Clinton readies voters for attacks
PHILADELPHIA (API —
Bill (Hinton urged voters on
Monday to reject a "flag of
fear" that he said would hr
raised against him In attacks
at the Republican National
Convention
"They're going to tell you every reason in the
wide world why you ought to be afraid of Bill
Clinton and A1 Core," the Democratic nominee
told a thousands-strong rally at Independence
Hall.
He said the Republicans were planning their
convention, beginning next Monday In Houston,
to "tell you how bad we are We're against family
values, we’re against work, we're going to tax and
spend to death."
Voters should look more critically at the Re
publicans instead, Clinton suggested
He poked fun at President Bush for not saying
yet how he stood on a plun. proposed bv Housing
Secretary Jack Kemp and other conservative Re
publicans, calling for what Clinton contended
would be SHO billion a year In new tax cuts for
the wealthy.
"Even in their own party, they can't hold things
together," Clinton said, referring to the conserva
tives' memo.
"Let's ask tho president, before he spends all of
the next two weeks jumping on Al Gore and Bill
Clinton, where do you stand on your own leader
ship? ... What are you going to do for America if
M
you win1*"
Earlier Monday, Clinton addressed one issue on
which he has been criticized by Republican*
lack of foreign policy experience. He said that as
governor of Arkansas he "didn't have any prob
lem" authorizing force i>v the national guard and
ha«l also dealt often with international econom
ics.
Asked what credentials he would bring to am
decision to send Americans into combat silua
lions. Clinton rosjronded that he bad made tough
military calls in deploying his stale's troops
He said he had sent the national guard In train
in Central Amnrii a. had authorized force to quel!
a riot of Culxin refugees in 1UB0, and had used
the guard to remove extremists (rom armed
camps in Arkansas
"I didn't have any problem doing that." he
said And when called upon to make military do
c isuins as president, he said. "I'll make^ the I rest
judgment I can based on the export advice I get
from military leaders and based on what needs to
he the right thing to do for the American people
at the time."
Clinton commented during a Iwo-hour appear
ance with Core on "CBS This Morning '
Later, in Philadelphia, he urged voters to ignore
whal they hear out of Houston for the next two
weeks.
"When they raise their old flag of fear, you tell
them. 'No thanks, this time, wo re going lo vote
on our hopes.”' Clinton said
Class helps
with drawl
withdrawal
GREENVILLE, SC. (A!*) —
Stories told in David Ponce's
class are often tragedies on a
small stage. If they sound com
ic, you must not be from
around here?.
The class is called "Mow to
Control Your Southern Ac
cent.”
There was the story of the
Southern auto racer, trying to
buy clothing in California, who
couldn't make the vendor un
derstand that "rice wire" trans
lated to "race wear."
There was the pair of travel
ers, far from their homo in the
Piedmont, who ordered "ahss
lay.” The waitress bogged their
pardon "Ahss tay. pla/.o," they
repeated, meaning the cool
drink made from steeped tea
leaves The waitress tapped her
pencil on the order pad.
"Finally they said, 'Can we
have a soda?” explained Pence,
a speech pathologist by day
who has taught the evening
course at Greenville Technical
College for 3 years.
He smiled in telling the iced
tea suga but said accents are not
a laughing matter. A student in
his first class hurst Into tears
"All those handkerchiefs
came out." he recalled, us the
woman sobbed, "I’ve been ha
rassed about my accent so
much ... You don't know how
upsetting it is."
The Encyclopedia of South
ern Culture says Southerners
are "often schizophrenic about
their speech" — proud of its
color and expressiveness, but
"insecure" about being heard
outside their region. Some par
ents, it adds, try to expunge
Southern features from their
children's speech.
The goal of Pence's six-week,
S65 class is straightforward but
hardly simple: to give his stu
dents a choice In how they
communicate, especially with
non-Southernors.
"If people start listening to
how you're saying something,
instead of what you're saying,
thon you're losing effective
ness,” he said.
Attorney general declines
probe of pre-war Iraq ties
WASHINGTON (Al“) — Attorney General William P. Ban
on Monday denied a congressional request for an indepen
dent counsel's probe of alleged Bush administration miscon
duct in its policy toward Iraq before the Persian Gulf war.
Barr said there is not enough hard, specific evidence to
wanant an independent Investigation and said the Justice De
partment Is qualified to handle the matter.
Democrats immediately accused Barr of a cover-up aimed
at helping a politically ailing President Bush
Barr said a month-old request by Democrats on the House
Judiciary Committee "contains no specific information or al
legation concerning any person It also doe* not specify any
conduct that Is alleged to constitute a crime."
He said the committee's "vague and general allegations"
art; not enough to trigger the independent counsel law. en
acted in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal 20 years ago
"livery prosecutor reviewing this matter at ovury level of
the (Justice) department is of the view that the criteria for in
voking the statute are not present here.” said Burr
Kep. Charles li Schumer. D-N.Y., chairman of a House Ju
diciary subcommittee, accused Barr of "altumpling to sweep
the whole issue under the mg. It is hard to imagine him mak
ing such a decision were this not an election year and were
the president not 20 points behind in the polls."
House Banking Committee Chairman Henry B. Con/alez
called Barry's decision "a desperate effort" to protect the ad
ministration. "The attorney general is the giant boulder hold
ing the administration's stonewall together," Gonzalez said.
"It is stonewalling, pure and simple." said Kep. Jack
Brooks. D-Texas. chairman of the House Judiciury Commit
tee.
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