The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, November 13, 1987, Page 2, Image 2
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2 THE GAMECOCK Friday, November 13, 1987
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Constitution requires Senate
to examine nominee carefully
President Ronald Reagan Wednesday made his third ? and
least controversial ? nomination to the Supreme Court,
California federal appeals Judge Anthony Kennedy. The
51-year-old Kennedy must now endure a microscopic examination
of his life, professional and private, as did his predecessors,
Robert Bork and Douglas Ginsburg.
The press and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee
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will 3V.1UIIIU/.C IVCIUlCUy S CUllCge Celled IU set" 11 lie eiieillCU Ull
any exams or smoked marijuana. They will ask many questions
about his marriage and social life. Then, and it seems only then,
will they consider his record as a judge.
Unlike Ginsburg, who had one year of judicial experience,
Kennedy has a fairly large number of cases under his belt. And,
unlike Bork, his public writings appear to be within even the
narrowest guidelines of mainstream thought. Of course, the
Judiciary Committee will magnify any of Kennedy's rulings that
seem remotely out of line ? in other words, his own subjectivity
that, presumably, distiguished him from others deserving the
nomination.
Tho SonnfP hnc pvrrv riaht tr> rtr?r?nlv invnetiont r? r?rr>ciHr>ntinl
nominees. It is its duty. We need that system of cheeks on the
President and the executive branch. But by exercising its constitutional
role as a presidential check, the legislative branch
might be guilty of overstepping is boundary, thereby becoming
too powerful. However, if the press and Senate dig up any dirt
on public figures, they have a responsibility to report it and ask
questions to give those accused a chance to explain. And anyone
who seeks a life in the public eye must face the interrogation that
accompanies it, and the surest way to avoid scandal later is to
tell the truth as you go. The witch-hunters of the world have
Miiciy piuvcii uiai any pasi muiscicuoiis arc iair game, anu iney
will sniff them out.
Politicians, knowing this, should show a little more courage
and staying power and not fall by the wayside because
somebody saw them do something socially questionable.
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Dcl., the key senator in the Judiciary Committee
that will vote on Kennedy, was a presidential candidate.
1 le was determined and ready to lead the nation, he said. It was
then learned his college career had a suspicious odor about it,
and he dropped out of the race. He hit the first rough spot in the
roau, ana ne quii. wnai vvouia nc ao 11 ne lea tne country into
economic despair as president? Pack it in and head for
Delaware? Is this what America is looking for in a president?
Douglas Ginsburg, the envy of all judges for winning a
nomination to the Supreme Court at 41, stepped down after admitting
to smoking marijuana. Now he is a former drug user and
a quitter.
What separates great leaders in this world from fair-weather
front-runners is the ability to say, "I am to blame." As a wise
man once said, "A man fails many times, but he is not a failure
until he blames others." John Kennedy, after the Bay of Pigs
political disaster early in his administration, called a press conference,
took the responsibility for defeat, and moved forward.
And he certainly had more than a few skeletons in his closet.
Biden, Ginsburg and even Gary Hart could take a lesson from
Kennedy, who didn't head for higher ground when the going got
tough.
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Help us stom
Well, the signs have gone up again. The
Clemson-USC Blood Drive is gearing up for
another vampiric dream of heaven ? people giving
blood voluntarily.
But the really good part of the blood drive is that
we get to take oti Clemson. In the two past contests,
USC has lost, and Clemson has won the
$1,000 scholarship.
But this past year, we actually won and were
cheated out by a snag in the rules. USC students
donated more blood, but they based the contest on
percentages. Since USC has more students and
didn't donate that much more blood, we lost.
And blood donations have decreased overall
because people think they might get AIDS by
donating mood, it s a real mistake. And then there
are some people who just cringe at the thought of
donating blood. Like me.
Sec, I've been in hospitals before where they take
blood involuntarily. They just reach in there and
take it. Well, they use a needle, but they never ask.
They just say, "We're going to have to take some
blood," or "We're going to have to draw some
blood."
To which I responded, "Give me a red crayon,
and I'll draw it for you."
Then they Kivc The Nurse Smile, (he smile that
says "What a jerk he is, I'll make it hurt." The
Ginsburg's p<
So Dougy Ginsburg smoked dope, eh?
Well, isn't that special? 1 guess now he is officially
a Doobie Brother. I wonder if he can sing
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I want to net that funky Reagan nod,
It'd be so cool to yet that job,
Oh that job, job,
(iive me that job, job, big Ronnie,
And I won't he lightin' up all night long.
He promises, really.
But if you stop and think about it, now would be
the perfect time for him to buy a bag. Everybody is
off his back, and since he can't have the Supreme
Court job anyway, he might as well blow a wooley.
He's uot not limp to lose
In fact, I think the entire Senate Judicial Committee
ought to get together and buy a gaibage bag
for good 'ole Dougy il for nothing else ? out of
pure guilt.
It's almost sickening to see all those selfrighteous
faces looking out over the cameras saying,
"Oooo, you pot head, you'll never work in this
town because you smoked drugs once." And we
know each of them is probably as guilty or more
so.
It shouldn't bother you that Ginsburg smoked
dope in college.
It should bother you, however, that people who
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reading the Nov. 2 record review by psychopatl
Bill Sengstacken. What began as a areas to m
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veiled attack on animal research of the illni
designed to bias the reader against a flict us ai
very important basis c?t the medical without r
and behavioral sciences, disciplines innate as i
that benefit us all. use aniina
The humane treatment ol animals reasons. Si
is a very important issue, not only to do away
individuals who jump on every reac- tion, oftei
tionist bandwagon that comes alone, laboratory
but also to the majority of resear- that migh
chers who make every effort (despite the future
what some croups perpetuate) to coat theii
treat experimental animals in the vocating s
most responsible manner possible. spections (
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laboratory animals is no reason to to shut
condemn any and all animal facilities
research. mains, an
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child," but they don't fool me. My sister's a nurse.
So my past history with giving blood hasn't been
totally fun. In fact, it has all been totally unfun.
But I realize giving blood is important ? vitally
important to preserving lives. When my mother
was in the hospital and I was stuck here in Colum
bia, I was thankful that people had donated blood
to the Red Cross.
And I've always realized how important the Red
Cross thinks blood is. My dad has one of those rare
blood types, type O. He can give blood to anyone
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were 20 in college in 1967 say they didn't smoke
pot. Because if they didn't, 1 don't think I want
them as my representative to the national
legislature. 11 mey weni 10 conege in me ous ana
didn't smoke pot at least once, they must have had
very few friends.
And just what would happen if Ginsburg did get
the nomination? Do people think he would have
been toking it up in his chambers ? like he and
Judge Wapner would make midnight runs to the
evidence room and confiscate a few kilos, and then
they and Rusty the Bailiff would all sit around
Dougy's office smoking an Indian-water bong,
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benefit from animal until a better alternativ
ind many laboratory fin- highly unlikely at |
generali/.able to humans. developed.
.earch has led to many im- And what would tl
ndings in areas such as "humanitarian" aniti
abuse, drug addiction, ef- tionists suggest that st
cad injury, treatment of Perhaps sit around tie-c
io logical bases of and hoping for a hat
tiology and too many other vergence in the mi
entinn behavioral sciences? Let
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trict laws and periodic in- urge to respond to artic!
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vhen their true intention is for one reason or anoth
down animal research is different. It has tuggec
altogether. The fact re- strings, something very
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blood. They offer him wine, women and song to
come, but Dad just asks them to send a car so they ,
can drop him off when he's through.
And this past summer, my Mom had me drive
her down to the Red Cross a number of times
because she heard hlnnd was needed.
So giving blood is important. People need it dai- ^ t
ly. And I'm of the opinion that if you are going to i i
help save lives, you shouldn't sell it. You should
give it freely.
So, yes, 1 do hate to give blood, but I realized
this year that 1 hate Clemson more. I want USC to
win the blood drive and every other competition
against Clemson.
So I'll donate if they'll let me, and if, let's say, 1
10 other people donate. If I've changed your mind ?
or helped you make it up, drop this off at the Red
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campus. If they can get 10 copies, I'll overcome my <
hemophobia and let them stick that 80-foot needle
in my. ...
Let's not think like that.
I'll overcome my hemophobia and let them let
me help save a life.
And you can do the same. i
lot a big deal
plotting the disruption of the American judicial j
system? i1
Get a life. ! (
Ves, pot is illegal. And no, 1 don't think most t
Americans want their legislators getting lit-up li I
before a session. t ) ?'
But at least admit the fact that people change,
and young people experiment. ;
1 don't think Ginsburg would have been a very f 1
good justice. Not because he rolled one in college, |(!
but because he is a conservative hack. But 1 do
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American people are? If they think that we think
that they think that we don't think they smoked fj
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I'm sure somewhere in Washington D.C. on the W
day after Ginsburg withdrew his name, in one or a
few of the more well-lit pubs near Georgetown, J
Melvin "Gimme your vote" Doubletalker leaned H
against the bar with his tie semi-loose, smoking a
cigarette, ordering a scotch and boasting how he .?
never would use drugs.
"We got drunk in college, gentlemen, but by J
God, we never used drugs!" { } 1
Yeah right, Melvin; and Reagan doesn't use * cj
hairspray.
'e, which is In a recent paper, Richard Wertz
present, is said "he believes the bookstore saves
ctnrlpnlv mnni>? anrl f ript tn l/a?n
ic so-called prices reasonable by keeping a large
nal libera- inventory of used books that are sold >
ientists do? at a reduced price." It is apparent
Jyeing shirts Wert/ has not purchased a used book j
monic con- lately. If the bookstore is truly trying
edical and to keep prices down, then why is it ^
us all hope two of the used books I purchased j
this fall, both with more than one
"USED" sticker on the spine, cost
ill II. Kicker me more than they did my
lology senior predecessors?
Someone please explain to me the i
logic of a book in newer condition
costing $23.45 and in older condition
[1C costing $27.65. Or the logic of a book
> costing $16.25 in newer condition
and $17.40 later in its life? While
to.j:) ipius laxj may 1101 seem MKe
have felt the much money to Wert/., it can go a
les written in long way on the college budget. This
(lave resisted whole argument can be summed up % '
er. This time in two words: rip-off.
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