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The cheers ft>r I’rosidcnl-elnct
[till Clinton's acceptance
speech Tuesday night in Little
Rock, Ark , echoed all tin' way
to the Lano County Fair
ground*.
Clinton's speech, which was
broadcast live via satellite to
lhit Lane County I- lection Head
quarters. was greeted with near
ly overwhelming approval by
about 2,500 p nop lo who
showed up ill the fairgrounds to
mingle with the local candi
dates.
Among those cheering the
loudest (luring Clinton's speech
were two sisters who moved to
Oregon from Arkansas
"This is a dream come true."
said Shelley Snow, a Kugene
resident who moved here four
years ago from Fort Smith, Ark
Her sister, SheDu I’opiot, a
University research technician
in molecular biology, said Clin
ton's victory was even sweeter
in light of Ceorge Hush's cam
pnign attacks against her home
slate
"It's always the hillbilly
jokes and everything else," she
said "Hut now it's like, OK,
now who's talking about
jokes7"
All joking aside, U S. Rep.
Peter DeF.i/io, U Springfield,
who also won re election Tubs
day night, said a Democratic
administration was going to be
able to get down to serious
business on some important is
sues in the country
Pfwlo by J0H P*»l#y
Son)a votara wort happiar than othara that Gaorga Bush lost hia ra
alaction campaign for U.S. praatdant, auch aa thia waitar " at tha
Lana County t tact ion Headquarters Juaaday night.
"For the first time In 12
years." he said, "the first Umo
in my six years of elected life,
I'm going to have an adminis
tration that will return my
phono culls They might oven
bo Interested in some of my
ideas. No more President 'Veto'
Bush Wo just vetoed him.”
ASIJO President Bobby Lee
said Clinton has a morn favor
abln attitudn toward tho Higher
Education Roauthorization Act.
which Bush has vetoed in the
past The act allots federal fi
nancial aid
"Bill Clinton was one of the
people who supported it." he
said.
But the atmosphere was not a
total washout of hugs and
cheer.
Republican James
Wiltonbnch, a first-year law stu
dent at tho University, said he
didn't believe Clinton's narrow
margin of victory In the popu
lar vote had given him much of
a mandate.
"It's not a mandate at all.” he
said. "It’s an expression of frus
tration.”
Witlenbach said ho wroto in
Jack Komp, Bush's Housing and
Urban Development secretary,
for president.
Although the independent
Magic Johnsonesquo campaign
of Ross Perot came to another
abrupt halt early Tuesday even
ing, Perot supporter John Shep
hard said the Texas billion
aire's run for the White House
had not been a waste.
“Ho brought up so many
more questions that had not
been addressed by my good
friends, George and Bill,” Shep
hard said.
And Shephard said Perot
shouldn't be counted out in
199G
“He has a page out called the
quitter," Shephard said. “It
says, 'Never give up. Never.
Never. Never.' "
CLINTON
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my (Sartor left office
Mis voice still hoarse from a grueling fi
nal Hay of u grueling campaign. Clinton
told (he nation:
"This election is a clarion call for our
country to face the challenges of the end
of Cold War, and the txjginning of the next
century, to restore growth to our country
and opportunity to our people, to empow
er our own people so tnoy can lake more
responsibility for their own lives, to faro
problems too long ignored from AIDS,
to the environment, to the conversion of
our economy from a defense to a domestic
economic giant "
Ho told Bush and Perot superiors; "Wo
need your help, and we will do our best to
deserve it."
Clinton took a minute to thank two sup
porters who died during the campaign,
fund-raiser Vic Kaiser anti l’aul Tuily, the
l)om(x:ruiic: National Committee's political
director.
“I still indievc in a place called Hope,"
he said at the close of his remarks, a trib
ute to his tiny hometown.
Clinton then introduced Core, who em
braced him and said:
"This has boon a time of discovery; a
time of restored dream and renewed
hope."
He thanked the people of Tennessee,
and the nation.
"I look forward to the high challenges
of national office and I consider it a matter
of tremendous honor and pride." he said.
Clinton ran an aggressive 13-month
campaign and in the end. trumped Repub
lican charges about his character with re
lentless attacks on Bush's economic stew
ardship Instead, Clinton offered a jobs
program, health cam reform and educa
tion improvements.
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