European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 3, 1994 election 94 the stars and stripes Page 9 Perot backs governor Dallas a calling her one of the greatest governors in the history of Texas Ross Perot has endorsed demo cratic incumbent Ann Richards. Perot stepped into the deadlocked Racoon tuesday insisting it had nothing to do with her Republican challenger Georgew. Bush the oldest son of the former president whom Perot opposed As an in dependent in 1992. No sour grapes. No basis for that con Jecture Perot said standing beside a smiling Richards. I m a longtime Ann Richards fan. T voted for Ann the firs time  challenger Bis he a wealthy Dallas businessman and managing general part Ner of the Texas rangers baseball team discounted the importance of the endorsement. Ross Perot and Ann Richards Are both interesting characters but the peo ple of Texas Are not going to vote for gov Ernder based on personality or endorser ments he said in a statement. Perot said Richards record in Man aging the state s $35 billion budget and bringing new jobs to Texas made her the Best candidate. She is smart Tough and principled Perot said. When the Tough unsolvable challenges come in Ann Richards does not run Duck and hide. She faces them head on like a Good Texas bulldog Ger and she wrestles them to the ground Richards acknowledged asking Perot for his endorsement but said she waited until her Campaign had  m really pleased to be endorsed by someone who is the personification of change in government she said. Perot acted to appear in radio commercials for Richards and a two Page letter of endorsement will be featured m newspaper advertisements. Perot pulled a surprising 19 percent of the National vote in 1992 in the three Way race with president Bush and Bill Clin ton. He was a harsh critic of the. Former president and now is a frequent foe of the Clinton administration. United we stand the political group that supported Perot s presidential bid said it planned to make its own endorse ment later this week it May be different it May be the same said Becky Bates assistant to the executive director of the Texas office of United we stand. Cans to Cut Pawtucket . A president Clinton on wednesday picked at chinks in Republican Armor unsocial Security before an audience of senior citizens one of the democratic party s most Loyal constituencies. \ some of you find it hard to believe that anybody even a conservative Republican would propose a plan that would Cut social Security benefits Clinton told elderly supporters at the portuguese social club in Pawtucket. It s hard to believe but it s  the president recited various gop candidates mus Ings on whether to privatize social Security make it voluntary phase it out or raise the retirement age. And he repeated the administration s assertion that republicans would have to Cut social Security by 20 percent to keep their contract with America pledges to increase defense spending Cut taxes Reform Wel fare and balance the budget among other things. That s $2,000 a social Security recipient a  s it. That is the Only Way you can do it Clinton said unless you Cut everything except social security30 percent or ditch the promises As soon As you re  a. A a. Clinton s Day in Rhode Island following appear ances tuesday in Cleveland and Detroit included rally and dinner in Providence. He travels to new York and four other states through the weekend in a last minute round of appearances to raise Money and energize democrats to turn out for tuesday s elections. The stakes Are High for Clinton and his party Gover nors offices in the nation s biggest states Are on the ballot while in Congress republicans Are challenging democratic control of both the Senate and the House. State sen. Myrth York the Rhode Island gubernatorial nominee appeared to be in a dead heat with re publican Lincoln Almond last week when Clinton was originally scheduled to visit. But the president s trip tothe Middle East forced a postponement and in the meantime two new polls have come but showing York Well behind Almond a former prosecutor who campaigned in Pawtucket on tuesday with new York mayor Rudolph Giuliani once a Justice department colleague. The democratic Senate candidate Linda Kushner is nowhere near closing in of Veteran Gap sen. John Chafee who in fact won Praise from Clinton on tues Day for his bipartisanship on crime and health Bills. The party s House candidates Are in better shape. Rep. Jack Reed is expected to win re election and state legislator Patrick Kennedy son of . Sen. Edward Kennedy is Well ahead of his Republican opponent for an open seat. In two appearances tuesday that the White House billed As get out the vote rallies Clinton depicted the republicans As trying to throw a Blanket Over what we be done the last 21  ticking off the accomplishments of his first two years in office More than 4 million new jobs created Defi Cit cuts tax cuts for the working poor passage of a crime Bill he said we will not turn Back. No no .,.". A gov. Ann Richards and longtime fan Ross Perot share a laugh at a news conference. Clinton says we re going  he told an appreciative audience in a Cleveland Church that republicans killed off several other Mea sures in the final Days of Congress including a lobbying Reform measure and a Campaign finance Bill. They want to kill things and then blame us for not having them pass he said. The stops in Michigan and Ohio were designed principally to boost the chances of two embattled Senate candidates rep. Bob Carr and Joel Hyatt. Carr locked in a tight race with Republican Spencer Abraham seemed to seek some political distance be tween himself and Clinton on an earlier presidential visit to a Michigan Auto Plant. This time at a rally that featured a balloon drop and several busloads of Chil Dren driven to the Hall he said or. President we Wel come you and applauded heartily when they appeared together. Clinton later spoke at a fund Raiser for the Congress Man. " / the political subtext was different in Ohio where party officials concede that Hyatt is in an Uphill contest against it. Gov. Mike do wine in the race to succeed Hyatt s father in Law Democrat Howard Metzenbaum. Unlike Michigan where Carr the state s two incumbent senators and numerous other democrats joined Clinton on the podium the Only politicians on the Pul pit with Clinton in Cleveland were rep. 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