The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 12, 1981, GAMECOCK THURSDAY, Page Page 2, Image 3
Editorial""
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Political analysts measure
public opinion about our
president with intricate /
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surveys, elaborate i
questionnaires or
demographical voter turnout c
during election time. j
I did my own with a 1
Ronald Reagan mask.
On a Halloween visit to j
Mark Platte
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Key West, Fla. two weeks i
ago, i pui on a respienaeni i
dark blue, three-piece suit, a 1
striped blue-black tie, a
couple of half-shined cordovan
shoes, and the mask,
featuring the well-oiled
hairdo, the crevice-like ?
wrinkles and that familiar, 1
confused smile. i
THE STREETS overflowed
with boozed-up i
clowns, overweight belly- <
dancers and drugged, i
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gi Aiming yiiaica. 1 U1UI1 I
care. Being the president of
the United States, I shook i
hands with one and all, in- s
discriminately. i
The comments flowed 1
from the mouths of <
thousands of Key West
natives like the Jack Daniels
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50 people greeted me at i
different times. Some of the :
other remarks were less
cordial, some more so.
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Here is a brief sampling:
"Congratulations on the 1
^WACs, Ronnie, you did a <
;ood job," yelled one burly 1
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"Stay away from me," two
Id ladies warned while the ;
iresident tried to shake i
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"You're doing a great ;
ob," said a stoned young i
man who theight Keagan j
really was vacationing in j
Key West. "I really mean it. ,
You're doing a great job." <
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"YOU UGLY mother- j
shouted a red- ;
eyed, lanky teenager who
later tried to bum a cigarette
off the president."
4,Okay you be Reagan, and
I'll be Hinckley," an
ignorant Londoner was
quoted as saying in 1
reference to the March
shooting of the president.
"Where's Nancy?" asked
a startled young girl who
smeared the green makeup
from her ugly face all over
Mr. Reagan's blue suit in
order to give him a sickening
kiss on his rubber cheek.
"F*** you, I'm not
going to pay any taxes cause
I don't have to," a slimy type
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sidewalk was yelling.
"You're not going to get
me."
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"We need some more I
noney, Mr. President," the
:uban man with the
nustache said, smiling.
"SORRY, I didn't vote for
you," said one blue-haired
woman. "Hey, Mr.
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yelled from the balcony of an
aid house. >
There was, of course, the i
usual amount of hand- <
shaking, hugging and kissing (
babies. Unexpectedly, there 1
was a kiss on the hand in an <
open-air bar by a girl who I
kneeled before the president. <
rhere was the offer of a
mouthful of whiskey from a t
fat, bearded slob and the
occasional opportunity for
some disrespectful soul to
hold a joint of marijuana
pinched between thumb and
forefinger for the Commander-in-Chief
to reject.
Most of the time, I held out
my hand in friendship only
as a possible alternative to i
Letter ToT
Tiger Re
TO THE EDITOR:
Last Friday afternoon I
had the distinct privilege of
having a recent issue of the
Gamecock forwarded to my
office. As I turned to the
editorial page, my attention
was captivated by a colorful
column entitled "Sour
uia^co wiiitii i j;iutccucu
to read.
/&
DUNOE1
I Man?
>eing slugged in the face.
Sarly in the night, there had
>een the man in his 40s who
>lapped Mr. Reagan in the
3ack of the head. A few
ninutes later, he was forced
jy me ui&api uvnig cruwu iu
apologize to the actor.
LATE that night, while
valking to yet another openair
bar, Mr. Reagan met an
)ld friend, Dick Nixon. The
wo pals embraced like
overs at the corner of two
^rnu/HpH whilt>
Dystanders laughed and
;heered.
Take the polling, the in;erviews
and the telephone
;alls and cast them aside.
Put a Ronnie mask on, give a
jaunty tilt of the head, speak
lightly but firmly, and hop in
i white Granada rent-a-car
txuind for Key West. You'll
tind out that the president is
still quite popular overall.
Bonzo and Nancy would be
proud.
he Editor
sponse
Imagine my disappointment
when the contents
of the editorial became
apparent. Not only did the
article impugn the integrity
of Clemson University and
its esteemed faculty, it was
also repugnant to the high
standard of professionalism
to which all reliable
oublications are held
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AS ANY Clemson student
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