European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 24,1993 commentary the stars and stripes a Pago 15boston Herald Mexico to ledge what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected front a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and United press now York times now at Long last Bill Clinton of Arkansas is president Clinton and it is time to take him at his was a time to hear and celebrate every word uttered by our president or unleashed on his order under the soaring vault of a flawless and Sun washed american sky. But today and in every second of every hour for the next four years comes the time of holding him to those Angelos times who let that Mastodon into the inauguration. Maya Angelou the award winning poet began her extraordinary inauguration poem with the unlikeliest of images Fossil traces of the Mastodon and the Dinosaur the dry tokens of their sojourn Here on our planet floor those fossils Are not just images of extinct species they Are reminders that no species has yet proved immortal and our own is grievously Long Island . Wipe the slate clean forget about Bill Clinton s Rocky transition and give the new president the Benefit of the doubt. He deserves it a and the nation deserves it. A this orderly transition of Power is one of the great spectacles of american democracy and one of the most important. The Sun balt Morein the 60 years since electronics made first the whole nation and now the whole world an instant witness to presidential inaugurals that event has taken on a symbolic significance that can affect National and political life. In any event an inaugural is a beginning Only and the real test of a presidency is what comes pantograph Bloomington Iii. The swearing in of Bill Clinton As president. Brought cheers not for the end of the Republican White House Era although a few people will be toasting that but for an end to the inaugural extravaganza. Play time is Over. Its time to go to Washington Post history is often a Kinder and gentler judge of presidents than Are their contemporaries. Harry Truman the once derided haberdasher Jiom both candidates claimed As a Model in the past Campaign is one example Jimmy Carter has become another. So has Dwight Eisenhower transformed from the Bumble of contemporary commentary into a kind of restrained and practical Sage in later times. The same Good turn could Well befall George Bush who wednesday concluded nearly a half Century of service to his country,.detroit free press historians May look Back on George Bush As the Man who never quite figured out Why he wanted to be president. Born to succeed and bred to serve Bush missed his Chance for greatness because of a faltering vision and fatal willingness to sacrifice principle for preferment or Short term political Florida times Union Jacksonville George Bush has left office a decent and honorable Man just As he entered. He goes secure in the knowledge that he capped a lifetime of Public service with four years As president of the United states a position of High Honor and Trust. That the american people wanted a change in that position is not a repudiation of Bush personally nor his policies. Political fortunes Rise and fall and from the time he entered politics Bush knew there was an end. Whether he wants to or not president Clinton is going to be a foreign policy president. Former president George Bush a greatest Blunder in Iraq a one for which Clinton ripped him in the Campaign a was believing for so Long that Saddam Hussein a genocidal monster was capable of Quot conversion and that appeasement could induce him to Quot change his behaviour. Las vegas review journal r. A Quot Fiji. The Bush administration cot tired. Of drawing new lines in the Sand for Saddam Hussein to stroll across and decided to sting the recovering iraqi War. Machine. To ignore such repeated and wilful violations As Saddam a would make a mockery of the civilized business of accepting conditional surrenders leaving future victors no Choice but outright extermination of Defeated and defenceless populations taking warfare Back to the Era of Genghis Huntsville Ala times even after the cruise missiles did their work Saddam was As defiant As Ever. He couched the conflict in terms of muslims versus infidels and called upon iraqis to fight to the death. Every time Saddam opens his Mouth he makes new hostilities unavoidable. If the Man has a death wish the world a including Iraq a would be better off if someone helped him fulfil it. Houston chronicle voices across the islamic world Are coming into full cry urging support for Saddam Hussein and Iraq in an All out holy War against the West. T he iraqi dictator should not be permitted to get away with reinventing himself As the Noble defender of the islamic Faith battling against the infidels. He is no such Greenville . News the conclusion by a second congressional committee that there was no Deal Between Iran and officials of Ronald Reagan a 1980 Campaign to delay the release of american hostages should be the last punctuation Mark on an episode most americans would like to forget.,. A bipartisan House committee reported. That its investigation found no credible evidence that there was a Deal and substantial evidence of fabrication. That echoes the findings of an earlier less ambitious Senate investigation and it should finally put the matter to Sun Herald Biloxi miss. The Bill Clinton. As president Isnit the same Bill Clinton who campaigned for that office. Some of the things he promised then he a crabbing away from now. A broken Campaign promises Are hardly new in politics. Pledges Are easier to make than performances. It was t Long after the november election that the list of Campaign promises president Clinton plaits to break began to grow. And grow. If the trend continues we wont be surprised to see Ross Perot win in a landslide in 1996.milwaukee Sentinel /. 1. A. 1 a. It was apparent during Bill Clinton a successful presidential Campaign that democratic party chairman Ronald h. Brown marched to the beat of a different drummer. But Brown Clinton a Choice for Secretary of Commerce jumped too far out of step when he agreed to be tet cd at a pre inaugural gala where partners would dance to the beat of a band paid for by some of the biggest corporations in America and Tribune newspaper of the twin cities it Minneapolis granted that thousands of haitians were preparing to flee Haiti in death trap boats soon after president Clinton a inauguration believing he would rescind president Bush a interdict and re Patriate policy. Granted also that not yet being president Clinton had limited options. Clinton erred in announcing he would continue a practice that is illegal immoral and needs to change forthwith.,the Seattle times Congress must act quickly to protect the safety and Access to clinics of women exercising their constitutional right to choose abortion. The supreme court has already affirmed a in its own convoluted fashion a the right of women to choose abortion. Congress is duty bound to ensure that right is backed up with the resources of the Federal Boston Globe on its face the supreme court decision in the Case of Bray v. Alexandria seems to have narrow Imp actions. But the court s ruling that an 1871 civil rights Law cannot be used by Federal judges to keep Anli abortion protesters from blockading abortion clinics sends a dangerous and far reaching signal to those who insist upon infringing on the reproductive Freedom of women. The positive result of the ruling is that members of Congress Are preparing to introduce legislation that would give Federal judges the authority to Issue restraining orders against those who blockade abortion Post Gazette to a woman seeking to exercise her right to abortion a Gauntlet of anti abortion Quot rescuers Quot outside a clinic can be just As intimidating As a Phalanx of Kun flux klansmen would be for a Black american seeking to cast his vote. Yet the . Supreme court ruled that a Law that would allow Federal marshals to protect a voter from racial harassment does t offer the same Protection for women seeking abortion. Still the effect of this latest ruling is unacceptable. Fortunately Congress has the to Yemo nullify the decision
