Thomas continuation
worked in Gates’ favor
With almost no fan faro and little rancor, Rolicrt
Gains slipped into the CIA director's chair Tuesday.
The whimper of a confirmation process can be at
tributed to several reasons, and is surprising in light of
the furor his nomination caused.
Gates and George Hush's Supreme Court nominee
Clarence Thomas were both put in front of the Senate
at pretty much the same time In the beginning, it
looked as if Thomas would have the easier time getting
a job. us Gates was saddled with new scandals from the
Iran-Contra affair, claims he "colored" intelligence re
ports with his own political philosophy, and the over
riding specter of former CIA director William Casey.
It didn't work out that way, Anita Hill came for
ward, Thomas was pushed into the nation's spotlight,
and Gates slipped quietly into the background. While
the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled Thomas, their
counterparts in the Intelligence Committee had quiet
meetings, getting little press and attention.
Hut Thomas weathered the storm and was con
firmed After the long, tension filled process, the Sen
ate was m no mood to get involved in another brutal
showdown with the administration Public backlash
against the Senate lor the Thomas hearings could have
onlv helped Cates
Hut to nominate Gates in view of the negative test*
mom against him indicates the Senate screwed up
Again
Cates had been nominated (or the job before — in
I'.ifCi’ by Ronaid Reagan but pulled out because u!
his shadows- connection with the Iran-Contra affair,
which worked against him even then, Washington has
•m unwritten rule You only get one shot at the big
time, don't espei! another one
Rut Cates, a career analyst, another chance.
This time, the strength of a (>-< il Senate confirmation
vote helped him out
Sen, Joseph Liebermnn, a Democrat front donnecti
t ut who supported dates, said the question "is not is
he the best person in the world to fill this job. but ts he
qualified to fill this job."
From that perspective ves, dates is qualified: per
haps even more than his boss was when he took the
post in the earls ’70s Hut whether or not dates is qua!
ified is not the whole storse He stilt hasn't come up
with a credible denial to the ( barge of "cooking" intel
ligence reports about the Soviet Union to reflect the
hard-line stance sure to please Reagan, his (Sold War
nor cabinet and the military-industrial complex that
made billions producing "peace keeping" weapons,
lbs past record, his slippers answers about the
Iran-Contra affair during the confirmation hearings,
and his Cold War mentality in a time of emerging
peat e should have kept him from getting the job.
It didn’t Score another s ictory for Hush and do.
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Poll sitter
.Hi example hum ymir t)cl 15
i-.Mii' which file,! pulls on the
( I.Hence Thomas nomination
V i printed ,i report hum The
Amu.oiled Piess lh i .iiim: Ai’
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«iiv i nter.,It] editors did no!
the implications ai the
A :' lejiot! mure l atehllly
; lie headline Males i'uhlu
lielu-vrs Thom.is" and in ihe
Story, (Hills show thus most
Americans support him" ihe
. , ! - i'll 11". i ! tin (He ! ‘.si ■:1 ■
•.(. percent in support This is u
narrow majorllv, but Is it
" most"?
ih ! rs are also me.! ,i w hen
w r Hers l.i11 to (tea uss the error
iti poll estimates 1 he error in
the poll Is plus or minus 5 per
..■nt Thus, there cold tie as
tew as 51 pell ell! of people 111
support of the nomination in
slate on tliis basis that "most"
people are in support shows
the (Hills were interpreted to
suit a political end to
marginalize anti 1 hum.is opm
il is also worrisome tlint most
pulls are conducted by tele
phone Do the pollsters .recount
to: the (act opinions are biased
toward people with tele
(ill...lies? What about the people
who do not own a telephone?
What about those that work so
hard thus are not at home to
answer a telephone poll7 \r>
the telephone polls national nr
lust from a particular urea?
These questions are not ad
dressed itl the urtli If
I’rotih ms with poll results
are one reason w hy The Enter
.ihl should lake a more respot!
slide attitude to printing arti
c les by influential corporate
press agencies
Roger I Harris
biology
...ere
ihe KMl hoard s dc ision to
ban military ret rioters on cam
pus another example ut polit
ically correct fascisin run
. hose tivp.M rites - i.iun ti ■ be
'liberal." hut forget so
me o! t
bass lentils of classical Liberal
Ism rmnielv (lull all view
|jinri!s deserve It^al equality
i ■. ,iimsi- iheir powers in
fining tlloir values on ihe stu
ilent bids iiiul squelching the
bee speei h lights of thu.se tins
disagree with
I liey flunn the military s
pid.i V on homosexuals Is the
re isiin lor iheir bun This is
wrung ill'' homosexual issue
;s : . : i i.ii Many of them
admit Ural even il the military
u ere to r h a n g e their
homophobic polities, they
would still oppose military n
c r a it men! oti i ampus
Thm are forcing their i'tl
values down the throats ot the
stu n nt body, hoping student
apathy will allow them to i re
at" a mi e. clean polite alls 1:111
i"! t environment on campus
It's ,1 humorous note their
fascist tactics so 1 losetv resein
* 11■ tliuse used by the Kefg ous
J V; l aims !\ pi 1 ’.
sersatives This comparison
might bruise their st-ll-nghi
euus sensiliilllles. but 1! I hey
could see past their hypocrisy,
they would understand they are
pen hed on the same trash heap
as tie extreme [ i ;ht w me ( , >n
ser valises
They 1 an put th.it in then
flash pipe and smoke I!
Mu huel Seals
) 1 >UI luilism/l'idltii al Si lent e
Explore this
I d like to take some time and
address Malt K.ikkeli : s letter
ol (lit 2*1 As ,i historian. Matt,
you should well be aware ol
the (ad that from 1520 to 1 !>_'(),
approximately 20 million na
tive Mexicans perished due to
disease and warfare against the
Spanish, and during intertribal
warfare generated by the Span
ish
Another fact The 1 S gov
ernment, via the U S Army,
waged germ warfare against the
1’lains Indians hv supplying
them with smallpox infested
blankets let! . ver from the Civil
War: this disease nearly de
stroyed all tlie triires aiong the
Missouri
N. , !I.i-si- p.- uplii we:ell't .due
to adapt to such European vi
ruses hut it look Eun ne until
Ihr 1500's to deal with the hu
homo plague, and to this day,
w> stiil hidtt diseases to whii ii
vvc havo no immunity
As tor the political si heme.
Matt, vou'ri- mrr-estimating
!a,ro|io's and the Near Last's
ah,liIirs to overcome thrir na
tionalism tn (act. isn't that
what's tearing the Soviet Union
apart’'
"Introduction of diversity to
their shores' i think, and most
would agree that diversity is
something ensiled t>v sharing
rim yvlutes brought goods like
guns, horses and such, whir h
added to the culture of the lndi
ans, who on the other (land
gave us in arts, squash and i ortt
They also gave us a model lor
the U S. Constitution.
Societies ol ail people have
their good and bad points
who tail lorget the interned
Japanese Americans during
U aid War 11 hen- in Amen, a'
til perhaps the genoi ide of
leyy s ill hill, ipe Mil! e 1 t'C
Matt, tins all is the human
experience, so either get out
there and learn with an open
mind or gel out of the way
I homas fir ossia
1iistuiy
Chop it
ft) Bobby Cox and team
members My name is Misha
Kassel I collect a lot of your
team players 1 like baseball a
lot 1 am 9 years old I would
like to be in the majors when I
grow up I am rooting for you
You can win it easy You have
a lot of young athletes like Da
vid Justice, Ron Gant. Tom Gla
v I n e , Mark L e rn k e , J o J) n
Smoltz. Jeff Treadway. Steve
Avery and others 1 like your
team a lot
1 have a lot of Indian friends
It is disrespectful yvith the tom
ahawk chop and die chanting
Would you please change your
name, song and tomahawk
i Mop and do something else'
i hank you lor your time
I' S How do you like the
name "Atlanta Cruisers'"
Misha Kassel
Venela, OR