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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MEMORIES OF 1992
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The 1992 presidential election sparked considerable commentary among
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users of The Free American. Following are just a few excerpts from items
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posted by users.
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POLL FROM ANOTHER BBS
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by King Friday, Raisa Sysop
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On the Raisa BBS, users have voted for their favorite candidates. There
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is no sure winner yet, but it seems we have a front runner.
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Ross Perot 0%
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George Bush 0%
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Bill Clinton 0%
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A deranged lunatic from St. Elizabeth's 35%
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Bill the Cat (from Outland, not Arkansas) 5%
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Spuds McKenzie 15%
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The Doublemint Twins 20%
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TO THOSE WHO SAY, "I'M NO FAN OF POLITICS..."
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("...I'LL WATCH BASEBALL INSTEAD OF POLITICAL DEBATES.")
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by Cliff Steward
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An odd position to hold (at least for a long time) is: "I'm no fan of
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politics, nosiree. Fools, thieves, and shameless self promoters, that's
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what an American in politics is to me."
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On the other hand, let's put aside all consideration of impotence, all
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the cynical bitching, and even all thought that we could do better if we
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wuz dem...Consider instead the raw humanity, foolishness and all, the hopes
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and dreams, self-deceptions and eager-to-please leaps of logic that moments
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like the national presidential candidates' debates offer to us all. There
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will be so much there, said and unsaid, of life as we have done our best to
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make it - so much more than in the diamond of the bases.
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So allow me to urge all you anti-political residents of this here year
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of 1992 to tune in Sunday night, not for who wins but for what an intense
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90 minutes can show of what we have become, and what we might like to be.
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It's a "War and Peace" kind of novel playing against just another baseball
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game show. As in "War and Peace," Sunday's debate is not about who wins a
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skirmish, or even the entire war -- rather we turn to them both as an
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intensification of life and human foibles.
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Thus, to paraphrase old Doc Johnson, "He who tires of politics has
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tired of life."
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TWO VIEWS OF ELECTION NIGHT
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by Chris Graham and Jeff Epstein
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Clinton wins! What a wonderful feeling! I have become so cynical about
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how conservative this country is that I didn't do anything for this campaign
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except buy a Clinton t-shirt. I was superstitious right to the end - but we
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are going to have a Democratic president! Thank God. I really hope everyone
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will give him a chance, and I hope he lives up to it. We can't afford
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another Jimmy Carter debacle. But right now, there's hope again. Ironically,
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it * is * morning in America. Halleluia!
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-- Jeff Epstein
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Well, President Bill will be a disaster. I think the Democratic party
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has yet to learn what the Russians, Eastern Europeans and East Germans have
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learned at a great cost in human lives. Socialism * does * not * work. It
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will not work in the U.S. either. Ever. The Senate candidates in California
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- Boxer and Feingold - are both 60s rejects who are Socialist and
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collectivist to the core.
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-- Chris Graham
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FAREWELL TO SYMBOLS OF THE REAGAN-BUSH YEARS...
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by Christian Williams and Jean Blevins
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Sleeping at Cabinet meetings.
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Misspelling potato
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Confusing TV and reality.
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Learning Latin for trips to Latin America.
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-- Christian Williams
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A friend who works at the Pentagon tells me he learned from the
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office custodial staff that the day after the election * many *
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trash cans contained the formerly-framed pictures of President
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Bush that had graced the office walls - until the returns came in.
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-- Jean Blevins
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PRESIDENT-ELECT CLINTON MAKES HIS FIRST VISIT TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
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by Jeff Epstein
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I decided to make my stand at the West Gate Entrance to the White House
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at Diplomatic Drive. Several other people had the same idea as me, but at
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the last minute, the guard took pity on us and told us the motorcade would
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be coming through the East Gate via E Street.
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So I stood on E Street. The car came around, up went my camera -- and
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Bill Clinton gave me a thumbs up!
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Actually, I couldn't see him too well behind the glass, but it was him.
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So that was cool. I then went around to the north side by the West Wing (the
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place the reporters do their stand-ups.) But nothing was happening, so I
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left. Apparently, bush and Clinton did go out to the Rose Garden for a
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photo-op later.
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Later, I went up to Georgia Avenue, near Howard University, where
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Clinton was to take his walk, but I was too far south. Where he actually
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walked was so far north it's off the map.
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Tomorrow, I may try to see him at the Hay-Adams Hotel, although the
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news reports tonight said the crowds are being kept half a block away. In
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light of his walk around Georgia Avenue today, some of these security
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regulations seem a little excessive.
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