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Kenned
unfavoral
As the campaign for the
Democratic presidential
nomination heats up,
Massachusetts Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy continues to further his
image as a political blunderer and
an inept candidate.
Kennedy has kept his foot firmly
entrenched in his mouth since his
asinine statements about the Shah
of Iran shortly after the U.S.
Embassy takeover in Tehran.
Instead of trying to clarify his
position and offer a viable solution
to the crises at hand, Kennedy has
attacked President Carter for
"hiding in the rose garden" and
refusing to campaign and debate.
ANY LOGICAL political observer
recognizes that the
president should be more con
cernea with the problems at hand.
Only a political blunderer such as
Kennedy would accuse Carter of
intentionallyusing the crisisin Iran
to improve his once-sagging image
as a leader.
Kennedy continues to alienate
those voters who look fnr rnnrn
than just a personality. He con
tradicts himself with almost every
speech he makes, and as a result,
says practically nothing of
political importance.
A growing concern among
Democratic leaders is that Kennedy
will split and severely
damage the party with his political
nonsense. If this happens, the
chances for a UonnKiinm
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president will increase. This is not
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to infer that no other Democrat
should vie for the nomination, but a
limit should be established as to
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Kennedy's campaign would
probably benefit more from addressing
the issues directly and, if
he must criticize a candidate, sling
mud at the Republicans instead.
KENNEDY'S SUPPORT lies in
the Northeast, and even this
faction of the voting public seems
reluctant to support him. The
South and Midwest, from all indications,
are strongly antiKennedy.
He seemed to be more
popular before he announced his
candidacy.
The fact that the Kennedy name
has long been associated with
money and politics are offensive to
some voters, especially middle and
lower class whites. The senator
should not be judged by his name
alone, but he has done nothing to
familiarize himself with the
average voter.
One must wonder what Kennedy
hopes to accomplish by his constant
attacks on the Carter administration.
The American public
can recognize the shortcomings
i.e., inflation, labor disputes and
gas prices, and needs a candidate
who offers solutions instead of
harping on the problems and the
president's failure to solve them.
IN FACT, Congress, where
Kennedy boasts of having great
power, has delayed many of the
president's plans for finding
solutions to the energy problem
and balancing the national budget.
It remains to be seen how the
Massachusetts senator could deal
with such a stubborn legislative
body.
Presidential politics almost
always involves a certain amount
of rhetoric and general political
bull, but the levels reached in these
areas by Kennedy are simply
ridiculous.
Perhaps Kennedy should put the
mudslinging aside and offer his
solutions to our problems, if he has
any. If he doesn't, the Democratic
party will suffer more embarassment.
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Slim Whit
To the Editor:
I was extremely disappointed at
the childish behavior by a group of
students (predominantly Horseshoe
residents) at the recent ion
following the GOP debate.
A little clean college fun never
hurt anyone, but when the Horseshoe
president and his cohort of
intoxicated follies rallied
clownishly in favor of their singing
superstar Slim Whitman, many
USC students (including myself),
were genuinely embarrased.
Not all US*
hnrdpneA \
To the Kditor:
We are addressing this to the
Gamecock written by Mand>
Sharon Winn. We are not op
because we too feel that alct
campus exceeds reasonable an<
We also agree that fundir
university is ludicrous in that
and immature students to
drinking.
However, you are overzealoi
USC students. We thoroughly
Diamond Disco ? not all stud
entertainment spot are alcoholi<
It is true that n#?or nrpscnro i.
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college students should be mal
tary constraint when they drin
Barry Ballou was unfortunate,
right to classify people who con
as alcoholics - NOT EVERY D
And incidently. before you
sumers perhaps you had better
talents. You say in your lettei
easier to study and achieve" 1
your letter.
You begin in the second p?
detriment...and it should be be
your letter with, "The univers
alcohol was restricted." Do yoi
(And honestly, does Carolina r<
team" Who nn <
dramatics.)
This is not particularly meanl
you don't know how to say it pre
don't say anything.
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P_tL;ZL" ~r_--^ V" ', t '-- i'~ - J "
S^MjEomwi'1 [ - ' rrv'"-"*^TJ:-:
- Lettersseshoe
called 'Donkey
man fans o
USC was fortunate enough to
host a nationally televised debate
among the four major contenders
for the GOP nomination. Any
student who views this sorl of
event as a joke does not belong in
college at all.
In all due respect, I move that
the Horseshoe be renamed
"Donkeyshoe" in honor of thsoe
rpsirlonts who in
making an "ass" out of them- i
selves alter the debate.
If any one of these contenders i
ever resides on Pennsylvania
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ilcoholicsy
authors of the letter in Friday's
' Davis, Julie Reynolds, and I
posed to some of your ideas
)hol consumption on the USC
i responsible levels.
ig for "beer busts" by the
it encourages impressionable
resort to overindulgence in
is in attacking the night life of
resent your reference to the
ent that are regulars at this
cs, as you so stated.
s a factor in alcohol abuse, yet :
Lure enough to practice voiun,1,
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but that does not give you the
sume beer and alcohol strictly
RINKER ISA DRUNK!!
begin criticizing alcohol con- [
consider your own journalistic
that "students would find it
out consider the ambiguity of
iragraph with, "Alcohol is a 1
inned." and yet you conclude
ity would be a better place if
ii really know what you want? 1
>ally have a "fearless football
ield?" Please, spare us the
t to be a literary critique but if
iperly and with congruity, then
Laurie A. Borsch p
business administration |
Frank M.O'Kelly
chemistry biology sophomore
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bnoxious
Avenue, I sure hope they hold a
Setter impression of our student
sody than was demonstrated
Thursday night.
It's a pity that our own beerwreathed
Donkeyshoe buddies
ried to turn a serious nolitiral
unction into a zany frolic.
I am sure their doltish slogan
'Slim up in -'80" only helped the
eputation of (JSC take a fat plunge
n the opposite direction.
Yes. Mr. Klein, the Donkeyshoe
nakes history once again.
V' ? - !il.l ? J
wiiiineiii upon requesi
Next war
to be nuclear
To the Editor: j
Recently there has been a lot
of talk about the draft. A slight
majority are in favor of it, as
was shown last week in the
British Union Debate.
The reason everybody seems |
to want a draft is because of the p
face slapping we received in i]
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iiciiiitiiu s\ignanisian. ;
Carter has instigated plans !
for a Rapid Deployment Force
consisting of 150,000 men. This
is more than enough to take
care of any small squabbles in
the future.
What people don't realize is
that any future world war is not
going to be conventional ? it's
going to be nuclear.
In 30 minutes the victory will
be decided and can claim the
radioactive sewer they created.
All this talk about the draft and
war is just dreaming. Earth will
either stay at peace or become
a chunk of radioactive wast
revolving around the sun. j
Andrew Garber I
journalism sophomore I
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