European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse June 2007 stars and stripes Page 15 opinion a Bloomberg bid would Benefit democrats president Bloomberg political bettors Are hereby advised not to put the kind of Money on the new York mayors chances that a i i he might Carl Leubsdorf spend if he decides to make an inde pendent bid for the White but if Mere speculation were you could make a Fortune on the number of words that will be devoted to that possibility Over the next few and despite the Odds against the Prospect of a Bloomberg bid adds an Uncertain note to a presidential race Al ready Rife with that inevitable in the Wake of the billionaires decision to aban Don the Republican party he joined in when he realized he have democratic sup port in his bid to become As Abc political director Chuck Todd noted in his daily Bloombergh move ensures that pollsters will now ask about potential three Way races while he travels the country to gauge and it would be hardly Surpris ing if he found substantial Back ing for a message that condemns the partisanship of the two major parties and promises a Ragmat centrist approach to the nations having the funds and an appealing message is a Long Way from mounting a successful third party presidential ask Ross its gotten easier to get your name on enough state ballots to be eligible for the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency the proposed unit Yos party could prove to be a and whatever strength polls May initially show for an alternative to the major main Taining that support is a lot harder unless you can show you have a real Chance to some reports said Bloomberg wont run unless he becomes con Vinced he can but that will be impossible to calculate by the time hell have to regard less of the Many voters who weigh the third party option ultimately go with one of the major party nominees As More Likely that happened to the last four major Independent candidates George Wallace in John Anderson in Perot in 1992 and 1996 and Ralph Nader in its True along with unlimited personal Bloomberg would bring a much praised record As mayor of new no Small but there is doubt How much personal Appeal the diminutive new York businessman would have to the millions of voters who live from the West Side of the Hud son River to the Pacific theres no certainty hed win his Home a recent Quin Lipiac University poll showed that Only 16 percent of voters would choose him in a presidential race against Democrat Hillary Clinton 43 percent and Republican Rudy Giuliani 29 the poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 3 if he hed be More Likely to influence the debate or help one or the other major party Candi initial speculation is Greg a top adviser to conservatives Pat Buchanan in 1992 and 1996 and Steve Forbes in predicted he would take More votes from Clinton or Barack Obama than from a conservative gop contending that Many democrats and independents oppose Clinton and consider Obama Inex he Bloomberg gives these voters a place to dividing the Democrat but Odds daily Abc analysis predicts that a Bloomberg bid would help the democrats by making them competitive in a three Way my own sense is that Todd is a Clinton or Obama Candi Dacy would have far More solid support from the democratic base than most Likely gop Candi dates might have from a smaller gop base already wary of Bloomberg might also attract independents Cool to thus keeping them away from the gop in swing under american University professor Allan Lichtmas theory of presidential keys that pre dict a third party Candi Dacy is harmful to the incumbent in this Case the Republic and that what happened in 1992 and in five of those the incumbent party lost in two independents damaged but didst beat Harry Carl Leubsdorf is Washington Bureau chief of the Dallas morning when pants morals and that not All Call me an old a gee an old a cum dug an Uncle Tom or any other unflattering i dont Bill Maxwell let it be Here and that i hate Saggin i dislike being in the company of anyone wearing these Buffoon self loathing and effeminate youve seen the hiphop style pants three or More sizes too Large that Are worn below the be showing under filthy flesh often in Plain Call me old fashioned if you i have a lot of the cajun town of which has a population of recently passed an ordinance that states it shall be unlawful for any person in any Public place or in View of the Public to be found in a state of or partial or in dress not becoming to his or her or in any indecent exposure of his or her person or or be guilty of any indecent or lewd mayor Carol Broussard said of the new Law and of Saggers if you expose some of your privates the crack of your behind if somebody feels they should press if youre offended by we want to straighten that according to the Christian science Moni Broussard is not in Many other parts of the school City councils and mayors Are fed up with Saggers and Are seeking questionable Legal which i disagree civic groups in Detroit and Are organizing anti Sag Ging a Florida senator Hast Given up on a Bill to outlaw Sagin ants in Public and the Diane Robinson of Jackson whose Effort i is handing out free belts through an initiative she Calls pull up your pants need some heres a Belt people who study such trends offer two main versions of How this subculture Origi one states that during american Sla some White masters would rape their african male and after the criminal deeds were the victims were forced to Wear their pants sagging so that their masters could identify them for future in other dehumanized Black slaves wearing Saggin pants were said to be announcing that they were available for their White Over the style be came a subculture that seeped into general Black the other version says the fashion devel oped in prison among Black i quote judge Greg Mathis of televisions judge Mathis he knows what Hes talking he served eight months in jail when he was and he has studied the Saggin phenomenon in his Effort to under stand some of the Young men he would have to in prison you Arent allowed to Wear belts to prevent self hanging or the hang ing of Mathis said in the May 7 Issue of Jet they take the Belt and sometimes your pants hang Many cultures of the prison have Over flowed into the Community those who pulled their pants Down the lowest and showed their behind a Little More that was an the youth dont know this part about i Al ways tease and Tell them that they better be careful because some Man who has been in prison 30 years who comes Home and Doest know any difference May think its an open despite his humor from the Mathis is philosophical about Saggin and its deleterious Impact on Black males Young people have Given up on society As a result of the obstacles they instead of fighting they join the subculture of drugs and crime As a Means of what they believe will uplift them from so you have this interchange of what is Cool and hip in the Hood and what is hip and Cool in you have a revolving i want to Challenge our Brothers to pull up their pants and lift up their were no longer we Are free to fight and that what we must the Good judge is spitting in the by All the Saggin craze grows stronger by the in an increasing number of hispanic and korean males Are adopting the of is that these hispanic and korean youngsters know when its time to grow up and put away their unsavoury lows lung not so with too Many Young Black who never grow they go to their untimely Graves Bill Maxwell is an editorial writer and columnist for the Petersburg prickly City by Scott Stantis 5bmn6 Omer Uch Wilt of do Ndu be Ayze Ummil Lotsang lots of
