Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, October 06, 1992, Page 12, Image 12

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    ELECTION *92
Bush says Clinton waffles on NAFTA
DOVER. Del. (AP) — Presi
dent Bush on Monday said ri
val BUI Clinton comes down
"on all sides of every issuo"
and pointed to the Democrat's
stance on a now free-trade
agreement as an example
Bush referred to the recently
negotiated North American
Proo Trade Agreement The
pact will fie Initialed Wednes
day In Texas by the trade repre
sentatives of the United States,
Mexico and (Uinada. with Bush
scheduled to witness the cere
mony.
"Once upon a time he said
ho was for NAPTA," Bush told
a rully in historic: Dover Croon.
"Then the labor bosses told
him thoy wore against it so he
said he wasn't sure he was for
it or against It.
"Now he’s looked at the polls
and ho sees the American peo
ple wunt NAPTA, so |ust yes
terday he said he's for it.” the
president said.
“He saddled his support with
all kinds of reservations and
qualifications." Hush said
Clinton on Sunday ondorsod
tho agreement. which nstab
llshos the United States. Cana
da and Mexico os the world's
largest free trade zone. In en
dorsing the pact. Clinton said
that additional steps should be
taken to ensure tho protection
of American jolts and tho envi
ronment as the agreement is
implemented.
The three countries are lo ini
tial the agreement in San Anto
nio, but it cannot Ixi signed by
the United States until Con
gress has time to review it
Bush flow by helicopter to
Delaware, which has just three
electoral votes, and, after his
spooch, had lunch with 75 con
tributors who paid 51,000 each
for tho privilege
Ho saw a few protesters. In
cluding some wearing Pinoc
chio heads and holding signs
that said, "Rond His Nose."
Hush's speech hud boon
billed in advance ns focusing
on health cure for children, but
the president hnroly mentioned
the subject. He did criticize
Clinton's record in Arkansas on
issues affording children, citing
the death rate for youngsters
and child poverty.
"Maybo the children of Ar
kansas would he better off if he
spent less time talking about It
and more helping them,” Bush
said.
Clinton communications di
rector George Stephnnopoulos
said Hush's domustlc policy
had neglected the nation's chil
dren and tha,t now ho was "try
ing to paint u different picture
on the campaign trail.”
Earlier Monday, Bush in a
television interview repoalod
his charge that Clinton support
ed agricultural sales to Baghdad
and met with Saddam Hus
sein's ambassador.
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Polls show Perot
no threat to Clinton
NEW YORK (AP) — Polls released Monday showed Bill
Clinton maintaining a strong lead, with Ross Perot in single
digits and President Bush losing the ‘’bounce" ho got after
the Republican National Convention,
In a Harris Poll of 1,015 likely voters nationwide. 53 per
cent said they would vote for Clinton, 36 percent for Bush
and 9 percent for Perot If the election were now. The ADC
News-Washinglon Post poll had the candidates' percentages
in the same order. 48-35-9, with the remainder uncommitted
to any of the throe.
Both polls were taken Friday through Sunday, after Perot
ro-cntored the campaign. The margin of sampling error was
plus or minus 3 percentage points for Harris. 4 points for the
ABC-Past poll of 799 likely votors.
Perot's support was down from 19 percent In a Harris sur
vey two weeks oarllor. The poll indicated that further slip
pago of Perot's support could help Clinton, who was named
by 56 percent of Perot backers as their second choice.
Overall. 31 percent of likely voters in the Harris Poll rated
the job Bush is doing as excellent or pretty good, which is
close to his July low point, after a rebound to 41 percent in
August.
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