Bush under pressure to deliver
U \ S HINC
TON IAPI Af
i o r Inflating
h opt's to ex I r,to r d i n a r v
heights, President Bush no*
has to deliver
After ail the hype Bush on
Tuesday must produce a c red
ihle plan for economic revival
and a convincing political
manifesto lor his sputtering
re-elec (ton t ampaign
It s going to he .1 tough sell
when Bush' lakes los Slate.of
the Union address Before re
t cssmn-weary Americans,
m.nn who appear to doubt
fus leadership
The anticipation lor this is
so high ln>'s got to hit a home
run." said former While
House political director Kd
Rollins "A triple won't do
it.”
Senate Republic an header
Hi>fj Dole said. I think lues
day night max he the politic al
Super Bow! lor President
George Bush
For nearly two months.
Bush has teased voters with
vague promises, all hut de
claring that his State id the
l ruon w ill hold a magic lor
inula for prosperity
His message to voters in
New Hampshire, where the
recession has been devastat
ing. was I care" and Slav
tuned
Political strategists m the
White House and on the out
side agree that Bush must
spelI out a clear ec onoinic
message that reassures an
xious AmerU ans about their
future
He has to set/e the initiative
with a legislative agenda that
throws Democrats on the de
fcnsi i c
And hi' > got to do n with
.1 uthorit v
It *» a daunting assignment
for .1 president wivo is unc om
fnrtahlc with primetime tele
vision spi't'i in's
Hi1 s got to give .11! ilW ill i 1 \
good speech .is a speci h
ih>111 in terms of its ..rhetoric
and its driiien or hell gut
panned said Norman Orn
sti'iti a presidential analyst at
tiir VniiTu an Idilerprise Iristi
tut ion 'ii tills is a ty pic al
Stair ol itir l moil speech
with modest proposals, his
slide will i untinue
I in rr a si ngl v . pol l s show
■ih.il. Aim : ,■ air. doubt Rush
i ir. i tin- tiir sit k i-i onornv or
that hr has a plan lo improve
health i air
Hush's policies fai or the
■rich-over, thr rniddlr i lass, a
majorili of Amrrit ans be
Itrvr Mr spends too min Ii
lime on foreign pole i
Wiii'ti Hush stands before
Luesd.il night s joint session
of l ongtrss. it will in' far dif
ferent Irorn his Iasi speech on
(aipitol Mill
Last March ti, iir stood In
triumph, a conquering hero as
hr reported to the nation
about the allied victory over
Iraq
Mis approval ratings in the
polls leapt to nearly UO per
cent ( ingress was intimidat
ed
A little m ore t h a n 1 0
months later, his poll rates
have gone into a free fall,
dropping to the lowest point
ol ills president y
Hie country is mired in the
longest recession since tile
Great I'epression Unemplov
mi'iil i'* rising < longmssionul
Dumni t.its are emboldened
Saddam Hussein mix ks him
fr in Baghdad Vrui Hush s
slm w i a sc- u ii j-> ;i ills jobs
trip In I ip.in is dubbed .1 ill
saster
i'uesday s spo t h is t rue nil
perhaps the most important of
tiis president \ His campaign
staff circ ulated a memo i all
mg il die defining event nl.
the Bush president y . and
therefore a key to successful
re-election efforts
Says Rollins This has to
be his campaign theme It's
set up to lx- a politic al doc u
m mi ! T h e vs l V its flee n
staged it s Ills road map to vie
torv and his roacl map to a
sec otvd term
\ lenioc rats are sure to sav it
doesn't' go tar enough Some
Republic arts already have
been saying the same. ..prod
ding Bush to provide more in
a entry es for business
white House iliies yyorry
tliat people are expec ting too
mu: Il
Ill' s gcit a good plan, a
senior o 11 it ia I said 1 hat
does not mean that simply de
livering a speec h, somebody
snaps his fingers and every
thing s ()g
But Bush will try to make
voters happy
lies expected to propose a
mold ie lass tux break in the
form oi an trie reuse in the per
sonal exemption lor families
up to Vi .000 e : tax i redit lor
first time home buyers and a
tax credit for lower-income
Americans to buy health m
sum m e
Army officers sentenced
in El Salvador massacre
SAN V \ i A AIX)! \,
1-1 Salv .i.i ir AIM
i'wii .i-rim .off * -
( its rvi eived the
maximum senten. ex ul 10 VtMrv
in prison fiir-thi' luau massacre
of srv Jesuit priests. thinr
housekeeper and her daughter
i tic ki 11 mgs »iti' v lew i'ii as
om >! the worst atrocities of Id
Salvador s 1J \r.ir t iv 11 war
I’hi v drew international out
rage ami |>r>un|»ti-i! moves in
Washington to siasl.r aid to l.l
Salvador
\x a judge passed senteiu ing
on the colonel and lieutenant
I'nd.iv a contingent of about
ttlti ! \ peacekeepers arrived
to oversee a i ease lire In (tie
War that is to take eflis f on I eh
t
tier; \ a tor Sualives ol Spain,
duet of the ! ' N !- at e said tie
vv i: work w Ith (i.itli sides
tia government and leftist re
I let's to w or k out d isarma
merit plans
idle pe.o ekeepers and the
seiilem log i anie a dav after the
National Assembly voted to
grant amnestv lor most poltti
; ally motivated i rimes inimiiil
ted during the ( iv :I w ar
Idle amnesty covers most at
tai ks staged In guerrillas and
I l a til 1st (iealll si j lad . who to
gether killed tele, ol thousands
ol civilians, t re.il;ng a i 11mate
ol fear and bitterness that
helped pn Ul mg tile VV ;!
K i 'he i comma n i e. Salvador
Sanchez l emit, one ol live se
(not guerrilla leaders returned
openly hi the capital 1 rulav.
apparently lor lli«• lust Him*
.ri. i !In- i\ .if began Ihe rebels
ha.) been y\inline to: lIn- am
nesty id return
hi- amnesty spiei till illlv ex
emptod those responsible lor
the h'suit Mliiss.U re
lodge Kis .irilo Zamnra of the
•ttIt t rimm.iI c ourt also ini
pus.',I suspended sentetu es o|
three ve.trs on three other (till
ers itu In(iinp .i I(eutenant
, oione.J he lounil guilty ol de
stroymg ev liiont e
i'ltuse sentenced to III years
Weie ( ol (.uillern.o BellaVides
an i l.t Yusshy Kane Melido/a
\ fury Iasi . September found
Benavides guilty of i>ight
i i ms ol murder lor order mg
It: X Sups of.the luslllts |l U Is
the first tune ,m army officer
yyas i ortvleteii ol a i rime in
vulvmg the politically mollvat
ed abuse ol human rights
lire priests a 1111 the two
•s - in. i is ere lain on Nov In
I 'Iter at ( III I al Alltel n an fill
\ e' siiv vv ftere they liv ed Hie
slayings look plate on the sixth
.lay of a huge urban offensive
by the rebels
The iar riglil, ini hiding many
military ofhi ers, had long con
sidered the lesuits at the uni
versity to In- .subversive idiai
logues
The jury found Mendii/a
guilty ol om- count ol murder
that ol Hi y eai-old t elina
Kamo-, the daughter of the
pri.■ s 1 •- housekeeper
It at quitted two i it her I leu
tenants and 11 y e soldiers of
murder i barges
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