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Since 1900 | Volume 106, Issue 38 | TUesday, October 19, 2004
★AMERICA VOTES 2004 ★
National
candidates
debate war,
terrorism
U.S. congressional candidates
present their views on the war
in Iracf in relation to terrorism
BY JARED PABEN
NEWS EDITOR
In two weeks the United States will
hold its first major election since
the devastating terrorists attacks of Sept.
11, 2001, making the fight against terrorism
one of this election year’s biggest talking
points.
The year-and-a-half-old war in Iraq has
cost the United States about $120 billion, ac
cording to factcheck.org, and has taken
more than 1,000 American lives, making it
one of the most controversial topics in this
year’s election.
While both President Bush and Sen. John
Kerry have focused strongly in their presi
dential debates on their stances toward the
war in Iraq and the broader war on terror
ism, U.S. congressional candidates have had
fewer opportunities to weigh in on the im
portant issues.
U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Represen
tatives candidates interviewed by the
Emerald had different ideas about how
to keep America safe from terrorists. Some
saw the war in Iraq as a pro-active step to
fighting terrorism, taking the fight to those
who support terrorism and moving
the battle away from U.S. shores. Others
saw the war as a distraction from the fight
against terrorists, who have the proven
desire and capability to kill Americans
at home.
U.S. House of Representatives
Republican candidate Jim Feldkamp, who
is challenging incumbent Rep. Peter De
Fazio, said he supports President Bush’s de
cision after Sept. 11 to attack terrorists like
war enemies, instead of pursuing them like
criminals.
“We’ve switched the game to playing of
fense,” Feldkamp said.
Feldkamp said the United States knew
Saddam Hussein had contact with known
international terrorists, paid the families of
Hamas suicide bombers, conducted re
search and development of weapons of
mass destruction and violated 12 United
Nations resolutions.
“Once we provide stability and democ
racy in Iraq, it’s going to reform the whole
Middle East,” Feldkamp said. “It’s good
that we’re establishing a democracy in Iraq
and hunting the terrorists wherever they
go ... I think in 20 years you’re going to see
this was just a fabulous opportunity we
took advantage of.”
Feldkamp did say it would have been
helpful if the United States would have con
sulted former Soviet states to learn how to
establish a democracy in a region where it’s
not a tradition.
“If that’s a complaint, it’s a very minor
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Erik R. Bishoff | Photographer
Holding a MoveOn.org volunteer registration card, filmmaker and political activist Michael Moore encourages
Oregonians to help “get out the vote" and support Sen. John Kerry.
MOORE
Bush-bashing
The maker of 'Farenheit 9/11'
delivers a politically charged
monologue at the fairgrounds
BY PARKER HOWELL
SENIOR NEWS REPORTER
ontroversial filmmaker and author Michael
Moore blasted President Bush as a member
V^/ of a “ruthless" minority and implored peo
ple to vote for presidential candidate John Kerry'
during a show at the Lane Events Center Monday.
Moore delivered a lashing monologue before a
sold-out crowd of about 4,000 during the event,
which was organized by the UO Cultural Forum .
Moore, whose blockbuster documentary
“Fahrenheit 9/11 ” was recently released on video,
said the Eugene show was the 31st on a 60-city
“Slacker Uprising Tour” of 20 battleground states
Wearing a yellow University baseball hat,
Moore said the tour is designed to encourage non
voters and slackers. Moore offered prior nonvot
ers clean underwear and ramen noodle packages
— the “sustenance of slackers everywhere” — in
exchange for their participation in the election.
“We just want you to try voting, just this
once,” he said. “I can’t think of a more impor
tant election in our lifetime.”
Moore said he and his wife are organizing a
team of lawyers to travel to Florida for the Nov.
2 election to help any people there who en
counter voter fraud.
He also said he wants to organize an “army
of video cameras” to document any voter fraud
that occurs nationally at the polls.
“It won’t be in the darkness this time,” Moore
said. “It will be with a big fucking light on them. ”
If election fraud occurs, Moore said he will
“call for massive, nonviolent civil disobedience.”
Moore criticized the Republican Party, saying
Republicans have “always done a lot of bad
things,” but that party members of old weren’t
“evil people.”
“They were like cheapskates, tightwads and
penny pinchers; the Republican in the family
was the one who wouldn’t leave a tip at the
restaurant,” he said.
Moore said times have changed, and a ma
jority of Americans disagree with the Bush ad
ministration’s policies on taxes and education.
“[Republicans] don’t even try anymore, do
they?” Moore asked. “It’s just one big ‘fuck you.’”
He added that Bush’s minority controls the
government.
“They know the minority," he said. “The only
MOORE, page 12
Board of Education appoints president
As president, Henry Lorenzen plans to examine
and then meet Oregon's educational needs
BY MORIAH BALINGIT
NEWS REPORTER
When Henry Lorenzen was
born, his grandmother, a German
immigrant, gave him a gift that
he’ll never forget: A $100 savings
bond set aside especially for his
college education.
Lorenzen said his grandmother
was one of the many that in
spired his passion for education,
leading him eventually to be
elected as Board of Education
President on Oct. 8. He is the first
from his family to graduate from
college. He received his Bachelors
from Oregon State University, his
Masters of Business Administra
tion from Harvard and his Juris
Doctorate from Northwestern
Law School.
Lorenzen replaces Neil Goldsh
midt, who stepped down from of
fice after allegations arose that he
had sexual relations with a four
teen-year-old during his term as
mayor of Portland.
Lorenzen, a lawyer with Corey,
Byler, Rew, Lorenzen and Hojem,
LLP, hails from Pendleton, Ore.
He is also from a third
generation farming
family and manages a
wheat farm started by
his parents.
Lorenzen, who has
been on the board
since 2003, said one
of his goals as presi
dent would be to ex
amine educational
needs in Oreeon and
HENRY LORENZEN
legislature will gain
confidence in our effi
ciency and will fund
(higher education) to
the best level possible
given current budget
costraints."
Board members de
scribed the president as
“thoughtful and wise.”
“Well, 1 think he’s ex
then develop a “methodology or
structure to meet these needs.”
He said his immediate goal is to
provide the legislature with infor
mation regarding the efficiency of
funds in the Oregon University
System.
He added he hopes “the
ucuiciy uiigm, uudlU illtlliuei
and University chemistry profes
sor Geri Richmond said. “He’s
knowledgeable in a lot of differ
ent fields from engineering to law
to public policy.”
Board member Tim Nesbitt
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