European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Commentary the stars and stripes Page 15 sunday november 29, 1992 what 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 International. Milwaukee Sentinel a god has raised up a Leader from among the common  no the Rev. Jesse Jackson Wasny to talking about himself when he made that statement he was talking about president elect Bill Clinton. Rest assured although Jackson was quiet in the Campaign he will have a lot to say about politics in America. Dally press Newport news a. Recently Republican party officials spent some time and Energy trying to clarify remarks by Mississippi gov. Kirk Fordice. At a meeting of Republican governors Fordice said the United states is a a Christian nation and that Quot the less we emphasize the Christian religion the further we fall into the abyss of poor character and chaos in the United states of  governors statement was both stupid and bigoted and we can Only Hope that he serves the people of Mississippi better than he served his party with his ill conceived remark. The Cincinnati enquirer As the generation Ages the term a baby Boomers is becoming increasingly ludicrous. Imagine a 50-year-old of even 60-year-old a baby  much has been made of the baby Boomer ticket of Bill Clinton 46, and a1 Gore 44. One implication seems to be that voters elected a pair barely out of adolescence. But compared to a number of bounding fathers a those who signed the Constitution in 17s7 a Clinton and Gore Are Quot elderly. A Wisdom knows no set age limit. The Phoenix Gazette the press dutifully reported that president elect Clinton would eschew the expensive trappings of an official visit to Washington. Instead of travelling by . Air Force Jet and staying at Blair House the president elect would arrive via chartered aircraft from Little Rock Ark. Spokeswoman dec Dee Myers said Clinton declined the Federal Perks in the name of frugality and would stay in Washington Shay Adams hotel. The truth however is that it was Clinton transition director Warren Christopher who in a nov. 9 letter to the White House asked for a the immediate use of government aircraft for the transition related transportation needs of Clinton and a1 Gore. Of these Clinton people Are Good. Very Good indeed. The Greenwood miss Commonwealth president elect Clinton says he intends to reduce the White House staff by 25 percent or 100 people. That san excellent idea for it would set a Good example for the rest of Federal government. Also it probably would make the White House staff More efficient. Philadelphia daily news speculation continues Over whether George Bush is depressed by his defeat at the polls. This is ridiculous. Of course he is. The Man would have to be made of Stone not to be shattered. Let him finish his term in office with the Grace and dignity he is struggling to Muster. It can to be easy. The Baltimore Sun one of the Best parting gifts president Bush could leave president elect Clinton would be a draft agreement on the most ambitious Reform of the would trading system in history. This would be a Bonanza for the new president. It would lift Confidence in the economic Outlook. And it would make it easier for or. Clinton to Roll Over the protectionists in his party. Pittsburgh Post Gazette with the stroke of a pen Bill Clinton intends to end one of the most senseless and most bothersome forms of discrimination in society a the ban on homosexuals in the military. Because of the ban the United Stales has lost 1.4 h servicemen and servicewomen annually. It has spent $27 million a Vear to investigate such cases. Anil worst of All its military leaders have promoted the phony premise which a Pentagon study failed to support that the ban was necessary for Security reasons. Its time for that to Stop. And the sooner that Bill Minton issues his historic order the better. The advocate Baton Rouge la. President elect Clinton seems to have stirred up a hornets nest with his Promise to remove the ban on homosexuals in the military. And because of that opposition Clinton seems to be modifying his position. That a a smart move on his part Given the monumental tasks he will face when he assumes Oil ice. S the Dallas morning news while the senator sen. Bob Packwood still is entitled to a presumption of innocence there is enough evidence of wrongdoing Here to warrant an investigation by the Senate lillies committee. Earlier this year the panel refused to look into similar charges against Washington Democrat Brock Adams in that Case the allegations were largely based on Anonymous sources and concerned incidents that occurred before or. Adams became a senator. 1 his time Many of the accusers Are known and the offence allegedly look place during or. Packwood a Senate tenure. The accusations against the Oregon Republican should prompt Congress to draw up once and for All. A strict set of procedures Lor disciplining members m such cases. The new York times m in women who have worked with or for sen. Bob Packwood of Oregon have Given explicit accounts of what they say were unwanted sexual advances from or. Packwood. Or. Packwood has now issued an apology of sort ii any of my comments or actions have indeed been unwelcome or if 1 have conducted myself in any Way that has caused any individual. Embarrassment Lor that 1 am sincerely  t hat betrays a Basic misunderstanding about the charge against him. Its not just about embarrassment its that he used the Power of his position Lor sexual purposes. Constitution Atlanta Clarence a Mimas May have won the Battle but Anita Hill is winning the War in a rout. Or. A Mimas. Of course sits today on the . Supreme ourt producing work so dubious that history will note him Only for the Means by which he acquired that High Post but is. Hill by her courageous Graceful and personally painful testimony against or. Thomas before the Senate judiciary committee has apparently achieved the larger goal of altering the nation s understanding of and tolerance Lor sexual harassment. And ironically that change is being Felt most severely by the very institution that treated her so shabbily the . Senate. Chicago Sun times Here a a Flash county music might Lead you to suicide. That s right. After Compaq my suicide rates with country radio s Market share in la metropolitan areas a sociologist has suggested that the themes in country music Quot Foster a suicidal mood among people already at risk of  s actually it in t county music that is reinforcing our thoughts of hopelessness. Its the idea that someone actually thinks lies making a contribution to the human condition by conducting pointless methodologically laughable studies that find an explanation for human behaviour m every correlation he stumbles across. Star Tribune Minneapolis it used lobe that it you pricked Superman he did t bleed. Now he not Only bleeds but cloaks. In the last Glossy fold out panel of Sulci Man no. 75, with Lois i a lie kneeling and wailing in re enactment of the famous Kent state photography the Man of steel finally succumbs to the effects of modern marketing. What happened to the Superman who could outwit any menace whereas his Imi Antom  projector whereas the Superman who was a Lii subject Lor kids he a dead. And he did no to die yesterday. The Huntsville Ala times i lie matter of presidential Pancis should not come up again. In 1978, Congress passed a Law declaring All presidential papers to be Public property even though most of the material will end up in presidential libraries. Even so its hard to take this notion of Richard Nixon collecting fat checks from the Cash strapped Federal government. This after All is the Man behind one of the biggest scandals in american history. He probably would have gone to jail had Gerald l Ord his successor not pardoned him. Here we Are almost a Gencia Tion after watergate and Richard Nixon is still at it a still plotting still scheming. Early in his career they called him i Ricky Dick. Let us merely add that old reprobates never die. They just go to court. The Rost and courier Charleston . I lie North Atlantic i Italy organization took a major Stop into the Post old w a world when it agreed. To enforce a naval blockade aimed at stopping serbian aggression in the Balkans. Nato is learning that action now May Fores All greater problems closer to Home later on