ELECTION *92
Clinton criticizes Perot as lead declines
STERLING HEIGHTS. Mich (Al*)
Hill ('.Union, wary of Ross Perot's rt-snr
roctlon in thu final days of (ho campaign,
gingerly began in criticize the Indepen
dent challenger on Sunday as weekend
polls showed Perot ( titling into Clinton's
support and his lend over President
Bush.
"A lot of people < an claim, well, they
are outsiders." Clinton said Sunday,
linking Hush and Perot together In Ins
rhetom ()l all those running for prose
dent, "only one of them has never boon
part of the inside Washington scene." he
said, referring to himself
Later, referring to an interview with
Perot on CHS' till MIimIc*, he lumped
Perot and Hush together in another unfa
vorable light
"Tonight. Mr Perot is going to say that
Mr flush is investigating his children
Mr Bush has already said that Mr Perot
Investigated his i hildron." Clinton said
"They're worried about Investigating
on ti other's children I'll tell you what, I
want to investigate your children their
future, their problems, their promise," he
told a i hoering crowd that had been
warmed up with an introduction by Now
York (iov Mario < ammo
More than 10.000 pttnplfl braved a cold
wind to hoar and cheer him on the foot
ball field at Sterling Heights, in Mai omb
County Keagnn Democrat territory
Borrowing some of Perot's populist
rhetoric, Clinton said in a speech at Sagi
naw. Mich , that, if elected, voters would
know the While House was "your
house" and said he would bo "nothing
more than a temporary tenant, your thief
hired hand."
"Our main oppononl is Ceorge Bush."
said Ceorge Slephanopoulos. Clinton's
communications director Clinton, he
said, wanted to make sure people' know
that "any vote that doesn't go to Bill
Clinton is a vole for Ceorge Bush
Polls easily explain why Clinton t hose
Michigan to step up his attack.
A Detroit Pree Press poll taken before
the presidential delsites showed Clinton
with u tushy SO percent to 111 percent
lead over the president A poll token last
week showed 41 percent for Clinton. 31
for Bush and 10 for Perot
Clinton landed in Michigan on Satur
day night, anti also landed his first shot
at Perot's choice of Atlm James Slock
dale as Ins running mate
"Of all your choices for president.' lie
said. "only onn has over balanced a gov
ernment budget. Only onn has never
been part of the Washington political
scene, lobbying for special interest
breaks," an obvious reference to Perot’s
efforts over the years to win government
contracts and other favors
"Only one has ever passed a program
through a legislature," he said, ignoring
Bush's eight years as vice president and
four as president
"And," he added, "only onn made a
real good choice for vice president "
Though subtle in some ways, the new
rhetoric was a change for Clinton, who.
until recently at least, appears to have
benefited from Perot's candidacy and his
attacks on the Bush record.
With the rar e tightening, there is talk
in the Clinton campaign of campaigning
around tin? dock for the final those days
leading up to the Nov. 3 election
"I'd like to." Clinton told reporters,
but he said his doctor has cautioned that
hi' may lose his voice again — as In' did
just prior to the presidential debates
"We've been at this for more than a
year Surely, we ran go for another
wirek," Clinton said Sunday.
Perot pushes character
FLEMINCTON. N | (AIM
Koss Perot changed I lie
torn; of his message In fits
first In-ponton appearance of
I tie tall i ampaign, urging vol
ets to consider t harucler as
well as the issues and asking,
"Which one of the three can
didates . would you want
your daughter to marry?”
Emerging from the relative
set ltisioii of television stu
dios where tie has spent
min li of llie last three weeks
taping common tats. I’erot
made the first lace to laie ap
pearance of Ids revived cam
paign before an enthusiasm
crowd of tens of thousands at
a slot k car inn k Me spoke in
Pittsburgh later
The Texas billionaire, who
had insisted during the presi
dentinl debates that issues
were more important than
personality, cast himself as
more responsible (ban his op
ponents.
"If you are going into com
bat and you could take anv of
the three of us, who would
you want on your side?"
Perot asked the cheering
crowd at Flemington Speed
way.
"II you win- taken hostage
in <i foreign country, which
one ol ili<‘ candidates do you
ihink would (time In and get
you?" said I’erot. who organ
i/I'd tin- rOM III’ of several of
Ins employees imprisoned in
Iran after th.il country's revo
lution
"All three < undidntc* go
over to your house one night
and want to ixirrow money
fnmi you Which one would
you lend money to?" he
asked above uproarious
laughter from the crowd
"Which one of the three
candidates as young men
would you want your daugh
ter to marry?'’ I’erot asked
“Which of the three candi
dates will he the host role
model for your children?"
I’erot asked
I’orot's appeal to the char
acter issue was a marked
shift in his rhetoric
During the first presiden
tial debate, I’erot pointedly
refused to join Hush in chal
lenging Clinton's participa
tion In anti-war demonstra
tions in London while a
K hod its Scholar at Oxford
Perot climbs in poll,
draws Clinton voters
NKW YORK (AIM The additional voter support Koss
Perot picked up after the presidential debates c ame at Hill
(Minton's expense more than President Bush's, hv a .1-2
ratio, act ording to a national poll released Sunday
The Times Mirror Qtnler for The People & The Press
said its poll found many voters have reconsidered Perot
and that Republican attacks have hurt Clinton's Image,
hut opinions of Bush have not changed much.
The findings were based on re-interviews Tuesday
through Thursday with 1,153 registered voters who were
previously |>olled on Oct H-12 About one in five voters
changed allegiances (Minton fell -1 points to 44 percent.
Bush slipped 1 (mint to 44 percent Perot shot up 11
(mints to IB percent
A breakdown shows that Perot's Itt percent is made up
of (i portcnl who stuck with the Texan from the previous
poll, t> pen I'til who defected from the Democratic nomi
nee. 4 percent who switched from Bush and 3 peri cut
won over from "undecided
The percentage who ruled Perot tin' least reliable candi
date fell from .if) to 17, while those rating Clinton least re
liable rose from 21 pert cut to :12 perc ent Clinton also lost
ground and 1‘erot gained on measures of honesty.
Clinton also remained out front in trar king polls, which
average in fresh results from small samples each night to
gain early warning of any trends
Alii'. New* reported that its poll of 1,130 likely voters
interviewed Thursday through Saturday showed Clinton
with -t-t percent to Bush's 34 percent and Perot's 17 per
cont The poll had a margin of error of 3 5 percentage
points
Bush begins
last drive
in campaign
SIOUX FALLS. S.D. (AP) — Pres
idont Bush on Sunday plunged
Into a nine-day, nonstop drive to
Election Day. saying Democrat Bill
Clinton has misled Americans Into
thinking "everything was wrong
with this country."
Amid signs that the race Is tight
ening. Bush renewed his charges
that Clinton lacks tho character and
trustworthiness to sit in tho Oval
Office.
Bush was joined by chief of staff
James A. Baker III. who was
brought to the White House to fix
tho president's troubled campaign.
Baker has been plotting strategy
from Washington.
Bush seized on a report in the
Sunday Tnlo^ntph of London that
Clinton’s campaign had hatched a
secret deal with the head of the Eu
ropean Commission to delay a
world trade agreement until aftur
the election.
"If this report is true, and if the
Clinton campaign is going over to
Europe, interfering with an agree
ment that would benefit all Ameri
can agricultural, it is a sorry, pa
thetic thing to be doing a few days
before an election,” Bush told a
campaign rally in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Asked about the report while
campaigning in Michigan, Clinton
said, "No. Nothing to that.”
Several thousand people stood In
a hot exposition hall at the Sioux
Empire Fairgounds to cheer Bush
Outside, u handful of Clinton sup
porters passed out copies of an edi
torial in the Argus Leader newspa
per endorsing the Democrat.
Bush told the audience that if
you listened to Clinton and his
running mate, Al Core, "you'd
think everything was wrong with
this country. The only way that
Clinton and Core can win is to
make everybody convinced every
thing is horrible.
"We forget 93 percent of the peo
ple arc working in this country. We
forget that interest rates are at re
cord lows We forget that inflation
is bettor. And wo forget that ag in
come is up in the United Stales."
Bush will not return to the
White House before the election.
"It's pretty much all scheduled
through the end," said White
House press secretary Marlin Filz
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