European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 22, 1992 commentary the stars and stripes Page 15what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and United press  Milwaukee journal history ultimately will judge whether 1992 was really a the year of the woman a As it has been dubbed. But there s Little doubt that women fared better at the polls and helped play a decisive role in the outcome of the presidential election on nov. 3. In so doing they taught politicians some important lessons. Political parties that ignore women do so at their  . Daily mall a record 10 women sought . Senate scats. Dozens More ran for seats in the . House of representatives. The final tally saw five women elected to the Senate but their election May have had More to do with the size of their purses than the fact that they carry purses. Once again Money spoke loud and Clear the Clarion Ledger Jackson miss. There was not the turnover in Congress that Many frustrated voters would have liked to Nave seen but the freshmen who will take seats in january have their priorities straight. A Survey by the associated press shows that freshman members of Congress say that giving the Economy a shove is the no. 1 priority. The new members got the message from voters. We Hope the older ones did  Phoenix Ariz Gazette if you be been feeling relieved about All the members of Congress who retired this year voluntarily and otherwise we have news for you they Are still spending your Money forget All that you be heard about retired people living on a fixed income. It does no to apply to former members of Congress. Their pensions have Cost of living adjustments to insulate them from the hazards of a poor  Atlanta did you wonder what the democrats meant during the Campaign when they urged Bill Clinton selection so they could eliminate a a gridlock they said they meant a Congress and president of the same party so they could get things done move the country Forward pull the Economy up by its Bootstraps All that sort of thing. What they really meant was More Likely the sort of Ala Aikaz lot or Sprino the thing Congress did the other Dot in ordering the Pentagon to spend $15 million to help build a Ltd a .1. A a a and i pack cruise ship that the Pentagon does no to need a just so shipyards a i congressional districts will have work. In certain the Detroit nows president elect Clinton announced almost matter of factly recently that he would sign an executive order ending the military a policy of discharging admitted homosexuals from its ranks. The president elect May have thought this would be no big Deal. Wrong considerable opposition has since welled up in the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill. While a fair chunk of the opposition May be simple prejudice there Are also legitimate concerns. Clinton would be Well advised to step Back from his commitment at least temporarily by forming a bipartisan committee to examine the matter More  a review Doea tur Iii. What Senate minority Leader Robert j. Dole should do is take a Nice Long vacation. Upset at the loss of the White House by president Bush and the failure of republicans to capture a majority in the Senate Dole is letting his legendary temper get the Best of him. Dole is generally an effective and engaging Public servant. Our guess is that if he does take a few Days off hell Bounce Back in Good form a especially should he take a vow of silence while on  . Dally nows Sun embittered by the seemingly endless special counsels investigation of the Iran Contra Case a number of republicans in the Bush administration and on Capitol Hill Are pressing president Bush to preemptively Pardon the prosecutors biggest potential catch Reagan administration defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger. Senate minority Leader Robert j. Dole has gone even further urging presidential pardons for everyone who was charged in Iran Contra plus an investigation of special counsel Lawrence e. Walsh and his office. A Pardon ought to be a Means to Justice when the Normal processes have failed. In this Case they Haven to even had a Chance to  Gaston Gazette Gastonia . President Bush should close the Book on the pathetic investigation of Iran Contra special prosecutor Lawrence e. Walsh by pardoning everyone involved including former Secretary of defense Caspar w. Weinberger president Bush should end this political fishing expedition and lift the Legal Cloud hanging Over former government officials such As . Paul Minn Pioneer press now that his intentions have the weight of Power instead of just proposal president elect Clinton has sent Welcome news to haitian refugees. By saying he will repeal an order by president Bush to repatriate haitian refugees without letting them petition for . Political Asylum the incoming e resident puts the balance Back where it belongs on Luman rights and individual dignity. New York Post evidently you done to have to be a Republican to be put off by what a served up habitually on prime time to. In an interview appearing in to guide president elect Clinton stepped Ever so carefully onto the very minefield exposed by the Dan Quayle is. Murphy Brown Flap to wit Isnit it a shame that the to Industry which has such an enormous influence on the Way americans View themselves and their lives fills the airwaves with gratuitous sex and violence. The Baltimore Sun 111 with cancer and facing up to his mortality Jordan a King Hussein is tagging where he rigged. A suggested in recent interviews and a speech to his pop Lothat the dictator Saddam Hussein no Kin had outlived his usefulness to the iraqi people. Only two years ago. King Hussein upset his patrons and admirers in this country by making common cause with Saddam against the United  Var Winlan Pilot Norfolk a. A sad episode in a sadder time in american history a the Vietnam War watergate scandal period a has closed out on a Grace note Washington lawyer Morton Halperin and his family dropped a longstanding lawsuit against his former National Security Council Boss Henry a. Kissinger in Exchange for an apology. Tho Boston Globe the world Bank which has been pressing Russia and other constituent republics of the former soviet Union to restore economic growth has sensibly emphasized Oil production. Oil. Has the potential of being a dominant Factor that could make More meaningful the trading of other commodities and property As the russian Economy moves through its complicated  Virginia Dally Strasburg a. A Large but indeterminate number of terminally ill patients in the United states die by doctor assisted suicide. Yet those who a choose to take their lives Quot say three physicians in a new England journal of Medicine piece a often die alone so As not to place their families or care givers in Legal  that is a saddening aspect of our society a present resistance to letting people legally choose their own Fate. Tho Union Sacramento Calif. We have just completed a presidential Campaign during which scores of candidates the Liberal Media and one of the most promiscuous basketball players in the history of the sport repeatedly denounced president Bush for being insensitive to people who have the disease aids. And even though president elect Clinton will probably give the aids lobby everything it wants people will blame him or someone else rather than themselves. Maybe its human nature