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VIEW POW-1N Demonstrators n by interrupting I It is a very emotional top missing servicemen alive in S( sons. But those who want moi step. During President Bush's spt of Families for the Return of many demonstrating members obviously disturbed president r public relations blunder. However, if two wrongs are other. In this case the demonsti foolish. Bush is never going t move would be construed as w that such an apology is not wai If a group wants to get the j way is not to belittle him ant more for the cause than any pi Bush ordered the release of V 1.5 million pages thus far. It i been able to sift through all tl time. In an election year, Bush w gain much-needed votes. One him look foolish. Ann Mills Griffiths of th American Prisoners and Missi dent's reaction was appropriafc Rose, said a good way for Bi the rest of the files. One Vietnam vet asked the Bush administration. A be' thinking?" No President is goi as these. It is not an easy topic. T1 release all of the files must re will instead do what he feels i: the country. Bowing to hecklei I Wanted: Your c Summer is aimos very few of you h your opinions kn fellow students, two more issues Gamecock before back this Fall. Ma ings known! Brin | by The Gamecoc! 313 of the Russel Question: Sh POINT m IIA 3 "No. I don't thinl they should keep lake mistake yer?to d/?ph look as if they lush speech way." ;? x * i i -...uoflll Ka nc. many ucncvc incic may aun ut _ . . c lutheast Asia. Husbands, fathers and Halpn barrmento e information had better watch their Education Gradu< jech Friday to the National Alliance All America's Missing Servicemen, started yelling "No more lies." An esponded "Shut up and sit down." A made, one is usually worse than the rators were without a doubt the more I 0 apologize to the group, for such a weakness. The administration has said rranted anyway. Few would argue. resident to do something, the proven U.S. m 1 interrupt a speech. Bush has done esideni before him. Just a week ago, ietnam-era documents, amounting to Once a?ain 1111 s without question the group has not toward Iraq. If lose pages in just a week. Give him George Bush ge ^ ? J tumms the Amer ? Saddam Hussein, ill be trying to relate to all groups to For lhe sure way not to get help is to make were camped 0 Ministry to gain e National League of Families of Iraq's weapons ing in Southeast Asia said the presi- they have bee 2. The demonstrators, led by Jasnella WEEKS! I will ish to apologize would be to release intelligent man enough to remov /Eat are they afraid of," referring to within that time i tter question would be "what are you . ent*re i(^e ng to succumb to pressures as minor mili!ary lnt?!Tenl ^ mother of all lun; , ,, , .. What will it lose who would have the president more Repub|icar alize he is not at their bidding ? but ians! We've aln s right, right for his campaign and for boy did that accc s is not likely to be right for either. bravery and vale Storm for riskin the troops, howe r" But honestly, accomplished. C \ rights in Kuwait ^ \ *n power. ^ \ I whining about \ j Order." Let's fa< ]/ becoming nothi // II - mprrenarip.s thp / t|ie highest bidde V J / George Bush's - Timci! ( The time has y^JT We have waited ^ has waited, and t for this confuse* J* lt&r3just disappear. I k Months of san maturely termini him, and the cu will turn out to 1*^*23^ obviously a gam . vmi Play as lon? ^ h I little pov L?^ spent ^shtin? ?v hy.Jr^ cultural ministry TPVLL ages to baffle his r>/0 /O tration, will res< what will a few J^ a solve MytMng? ^ ?? don t ??after th( world outside. R ABORTION | OUTtAWEP.. t over, and |1|I EXTREME * ave made own to your j There are only F \ of The | \ "W /?v \ ' school starts I ^ \ g your letters r'l k office, room mL nf "H0USe' lould the Republican Party and President Bu k so. I think "Yes. I think they should. "I think peopli him. If they He's made too many mis- critical of him im it would takes, especially talking about give him a hi don't have Murphy Brown. I think that be giving him dership. But was a big mistake." don't really Clinton any- about him." Derrick Seabrook Nursing Kathleen Davi Education ate Student :ross Firer* ilitary strikes on Iraq idiotic 2 world turns its attention more than a political shell game to help him soon-to-be ex-President keep his job. He seems to feel Desert Storm ts his way, he'll also be was his greatest accomplishment. I rank that ican dogs of war loose on accomplishment right behind choosing Dan Quayle to be his running mate. Is the ree weeks, U.N. inspectors American public really so stupid to fall for iutside the Agricultural this ploy? access to information on According to a CNN poll, 70 percent of programs. Let me repeat the American public are in favor of military n waiting for THREE action against Iraq. I guess that figure speaks never say Hussein is an for itself. I hope in November that 70 per, but even he is smart cent of the American public is stupid enough re any relevant documents to re-elect him. )eriod. George has the audacity to say he should a of sending any kind of be re-elected because he has more experition into Iraq is truly "the ence in foreign policy. Hey George, let's acy." take a quick reality check! Sure, you're good accomplish? Kill a few at looking into others people's problems, but ? Guards, and Iraqi civil- you seem to be forgetting those of us at sady tried military action, home. mplish a lot. I applaud the Then, he dared to ask "Who do you trust, >r of our troops in Desert me or Bill Clinton?" Sure, Clinton has his g their lives. I supported character problems, but at least he seems sinver, I did not support the cere enough to focus on America and not on a third-rate dictator of a Third World counI don't feel anything was try. ... * las is still cheap, human I'd support sending a CIA assassination are still atrocious, Hussein squad into Iraq to waste Saddam. But I don't , and George Bush is still think America should be willing to waste the creating a "New World life of one more soldier so that King George zc it folks, our military is can keep his job. ng more than a band of government hires out to ?C.E. Holman r. C.E. Holman is a staff writer for The i recent actions are nothing Gamecock. > now for U.N. to oust Hussein come for Saddam to go. make him a martyr. Removing him would , the Bush administration be like removing a virus. It's tough to do he whole world has waited unless you attack each one separately, but i and irrational leader to luckily for Iraq they have only one. This should have been the goal from the ctions and weeks of a pre- sought to hedge his bet. He gambled and ited war didn't get rid of won, gambled and lost at the same time. A rrent cat-and-mouse game military victory for the short term without be more of the same. It's the long-run political benefits for himsell e to Hussein, one he will and a far-reaching Mideast peace.* e holds on to power. U.S. intervention and occupation undei /er he does wield is now the flag of the U.N. is the only solution tc rer U.N. access to an agri- the menace of Saddam Hussein. The building, and still he man- removal of the remaining military and gov; enemy. Bush, out of frus- ernment structures in favor of democratic 3rt to military action, but reforms is the only acceptable result. The surgical air strikes do to "March to Baghdad" should start where we That is, of course, if they left off, and finish the job that we left i man himself. behind. If not for eventual peace in the go after Saddam Hussein Mideast, then for the millions of Iraqis and ow the only link in a limp Kurds who deserve the second chance, one who parade around as the that only Bush can give them, t, propping up his inflated ?Jack Dunn tino him from the harsh Jack Dunn is the Snorts Editor of The emoving him would not Gamecock. CUfllllDRr "U? r HO.I,MEAN LIKE ScEPTIN iB ' MIMWTtll ^^^^1 ii By Robert Ariail, The sh dump Dan Quayle? HL jdH ^fKSL s have been too "I can't stand him anyway, so . A lot of people they might as well get rid of ard time just to him." a hard time and know anything Tomer Tishgarten Biology, Pre-Med s ] Media is allowing talk shows to act as commentary ?Aaron Sheinin With the general election just over three months away, the presidential campaign has turned into a juggernaut of political undermining and backs tabbing where the candidate appearing on the most talk shows has the upper hand. Arsenio Hall might as well wear a pro-Clinton button. as much as he maligns President Bush. David Letterman would be hurting for material if Dan Quayle didn't exist. Jay Leno is guilty as well of concentrating mostly on the Republicans, however, he does take an occasional stab at the Democrats as a whole. And the media continues to report it. USA Today recently devoted a page-long column of copy to r# mA what other columnists are saying yy about Dan Quayle. Grouped in there surreptitiously was a recent Top Ten List from Letterman's program. Was USA Today trying to be funny, was it merely par for the newspaper's course, or was it testimony towards the declining intelligence of the American newspaper reader? More than likely all three or at least the latter two. Since when was David Letterman considered a guage of the American voter? As a Late Night fan, I've often found the gap-toothed Hoosier's comments brazen and bitingly sarcastic, but I would not consider it serious political commentary. Apparently, USA Today does. It was good for a laugh, but it's hardly worthy of valuable space. Unfortunately it is what we have come to expect from the colorful soundbyte newspaper. Letterman is going to continue to ridicule those who leave themselves open ? worthy or not. With the condition of the country such comic relief is, well, relief to many who can find little else humorous in daily life. But is it political insight? No, it is political humor, not worthy of newspaper space. In a day and age where the news media is as much maligned as the politicians they seek to discredit, the media would be wise to reconsider who it accepts into its ranks. Let the Lettermans, the Arsenios and the Lenos have their fun but keep them out of actual l If the American voter is going to vote for the person the least ridiculed on late night television, the hosts themselves would be about the only ones who r could earn enough electoral votes ? remember those? Electoral College? Does it ring a bell? Even Quayle himself is getting on the talk show circuit. He i has recently appeared on Larry King Live and the ! Rush Limbaugh program on radio. Limbaugh praised him while taking shots at his favorite targets, the media and liberals. King went i beyond the boundaries of acceptable questioning and asked the VP what would he do if his 13-year-old daughter, Corrine, got pregnant Quayle, instead of : telling the overrated broadcaster it was none of his or I anyone else's damn business, said he would support : his daughter's decision ? an honest and encouraging answer from this staunch abortion foe. What did his daughter think? Who knows, nobody asked her. > Merely par for the election course. , iSaiff cock ? HmVXmniK) Editor in Chief Shelley Magee Managing/News Editor Tige Watts Copy Desk Chief Jay King S Viewpoint Editor Aaron Sheinin Carolina Life Editors Clay Murphy Parasettia Singleton Graphics Artist Sean McGuinness Photography Editor Jeff Mabon Sports Editor Jack Dunn Student Media Coordin Jim McKellar Production Manager Laura Day Faculty Adviser Erik Collins Advertising Manager Renee Gibson Asst. Classified Manager Neha Samagond I 'Tl)e "t a 11 ,etters re~ and professional title, or year and major if a student, must be included along with address and 4 phone number. The Gamecock reserves the right to ii adit letters for style, possible libel or space limitaW tions. The Gamecock will not withhold names under any circumstances. State