Clinton expresses frustrations
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON (AI*) —
The "knee-jerk liberal press"
is ignoring or distorting the
administration's record to tin*
benefit of "the do-nothings
and the right-wingers," o
combative t'restdont i .union complains
The nows media are too quick to judge and too
harsh when they do so. trivializing the presidency
and ill-informing the public, Clinton said in an
interview for the Dec. 9 issue of Hailing Stone mag
azine.
His outburst came at the end of a wide-ranging
discussion touching on such topii s as gun control,
the ‘'change-averse" culture in Washington and
humorous moments of his months in office. The
angry comments wore triggered by a report that a
former supporter had questioned ins commitment
"That's the press' fault, too, damn it " Clinton
said. "I have fought more damn battles here for
more things than any president has in .it) years,
with the possible exception of Reagan's first bud
get. and not gotten one damn bit of < radii front the
knee-jerk hlteral press, and I am sick of tired of it,
and you t an put that it vottr damn nrtu le
Clinton said he has gotten little credit or positive
(.overage (or his at t oniplishments tax changes, a
family leave hill and national service legislation,
among others.
"You get no credit around here for fighting and
bleeding." he said. "And that's why the know
nothings and do-nothings and the negative peo
ple and the right-wingers alw ays w in
Ho added: "And they're going to keep winning
until somebody tells them the truth, that this
administration is killing itself every day to help
people like them, and making some progress "
On other topics in the Nov. 2 interview. (Hinton
— Suggested that many state gun control laws
could be federalized, iiu hiding a ban on selling
guns to minors He said Virginia's one a month
handgun purchase limit "is worth adopting
— Accused some Kepublii ails of at times treat
mg the White House as "their plaything, their per
“I have fought more damn
battlea here for more things
than any president has In 20
years...”
—BILL CLINTON
PRESIDENT
sonnt preserve" after 12 years of COP presidents,
creating unnecessary gridlock with Democrat* But
he also < rediled Republicans for their cooperation
on foreign policy initiatives.
— Laughed about rehearsing for the historic
handshake between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak
Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat He quoted
Rabin as saying. "OK. I'll shake hands, but no kiss
ing "
Clinton said there also was an understanding to
avoid an "Arab embrai e." so he practiced with an
aide until determining the best way to do so was
grab Arafat's bicep with one hand and shake bis
hand with the other I thought, I got elw led pres
ident to do this7' "
Warned that "Congress will make a serious
mistake if they don't pass campaign-finance
reform" legislation
Said Washington is "more < hange averse
than he had expected "This town is more < miser
vative than I thought And I don't mean conserva
tive. right to left "
Clinton'* frustration with the press was woven
throughout the interview, although he said he likes
reporters "This compulsion to make instanta
neous judgment* and make big things little and lit
tle things big is one of the problems of modern pol
itics." he said.
Wrapping up the interview. Clinton com edetl
he doesn't alway s do a good job touting his suc
cesses I'm sorrs if I'm not very good at comtou
mi ating. but I haven't gotten a hell of a lot of help
sin< e I'v e I teen here, he said
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Limited scholarships
receive judicial OK
ANNAPOLIS. Md. (AP) — A scholarship program limited
to black students at the University of Maryland is constitutional
because of the school’s history of racial discrimination, a judge
ruled Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Mots rejected arguments by
senior Daniel Podbreskv that his constitutional rights were
violated because he could not apply for the scholarship even
though he was academically qualified. He sued in 1990
"At bottom, the only damage... is the insult to his sensibilities
caused by the continuation of a program which he believes to
be wrong in principle." Motz said.
Motr. said the university proved that the effects of post
discrimination continue today and that many black students,
parents and counselors believe blacks are not welcome at the
main campus in College Park.
The Benjamin Banneker program, named after the 19th century
black scientist and inventor from Ellicott City. Md.. awards about
$800,000 in scholarships each year to 80 or more academically
gifted black students at the campus. The four-year scholarships
cover tuition, books, room and board.
The scholarships amount to only 1 percent of the total financial
aid in the university's budget and are "designed to remedy
the effects of past injustices to African-Americans without
interfering with the rights of others in the process." Motz said.
Richard Samp. Podbresky's lawyer, said hu will appeal.
"The Supreme Court has made it clear that this typo of
discrimination is to be permitted only in very ran- circumstance, "
he said.
Janelle Byrd, a lawyer for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
in Washington, said the decision bolsters her organization's
contention that universities should be able to remedy problems
that resulted from segregation and discrimination.
“The scare that was put into university officials as o result
of the actions of Bush administration officials in tin? late 1990s
should targin to lessen with the decision." she said.
To justify the scholarship program, the university was put in
the unusual position of arguing in court that it has not overcome
the effects of ils history of discrimination against blacks.
Lawyers for the university said the campus has a poor
reputation among blacks, who believe they face a hostile
environment at College Park.
Chub listed as endangered fish
(Ai’l Ihe Ore
gon chub, a two
inch minnow that
lives in a handful
ot \\ itlornette v alley streams, has
been added to the nation’s list of
endangered ■.po.n,s
Hy (i tits ns- dI lliir t S Interi
or I>1 ■ p artment on Wednesday,
the tmv fish lias Ins'll given tn#
same protective status .is the
sui hoy e salmon .md the gray
whale It is now illegal to hill,
harass or hurt a chub
Net levy people even know
sue h a fish exists one of the rea
sons the chub found its way onto
the list with little fanfare
"The listing is not likely to
have a major effec t on any par
ticular industry or upon any large
activities." said Kollie White, a
biologist at the U S. Fish and
Wildlife Service field office in
Pon land
"It's intended to be morn of a
warning' about the decline of
good fish habit.i! White said
t he Oregon chub t aught tht*
attention of resean tiers at Ore
gon State University several sears
ago. when tiles dm mnented it as
a unintie spur ies unreialed biu
logu alls to any other nativ e fish
it s tile only seitehrate genus
that’s only found in Oregon, said
Doug Markle, an Oregon State
fisheries professor who did much
ol the earls research on the fish
Markle also helped file the pete
lion under the U S Kndangered
Spei ies Act that led to Wednes
das s listing
based on historical records and
counts, the Oregon chub once
thrived in the Willamette River
basin Hut its numbers began a
rapid decline after the construe
lion of n scries of flood control
dams in the 1950s and 1 ‘tBOs,
Mnrkle said.
"It was obvious to me that it
met all the requirements" of list
ing, he said
The listing allows government
agencies to begin protei ting the
remaining habitat.
Other animals on the list
int hide the buffalo and the griz
zly bear
I'he state Department of Fish
and Wildlife has come up w ith a
plan to begin introducing chub
into other areas where it has a
good chance of survival.
"I'm hoping we'll start intro
ducing new populations next
year," said Hal Weeks, threatened
and endangered fish program
leader for the Department of Fish
and Wildlife.
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