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It Is No Coincidence “ Hypocrites" and
“ Politics" Sound Similar
I promised lo discuss positive
topics this week (w ith the clause that if
something significant happened, I would
cover that in its stead). However, Dan
Q uaylc’ s visit Monday v is it evoked
nothing positive in my mind.
Before I talk about Q uayle’ s
visit, though, le t’ s back up in time and
review B u 'h ’ s May breakfast stop in
Portland, as there is more than a thin
parallel between Q uayle’s and his pup-
petmaster’ s visit. Bush came to Port­
land to extract blood m oney-S 1,000 per
p erson-front w illin g donors for a break­
fast. Stop for a m oment and think about
what you could do w ith one thousand
dollars (oi the $2,500 it cost to meet
Quayle). M ost o f us are liv in g hand to
mouth right now, and we have enough
intelligence (or perhaps, we lack the
vanity) tha even i f we suddenly became
millionaires, we would not toss one grand
out on a 1 eakfast that probably costs
$20 to maxe. I understand the value o f
a dollar, and I ’ m quite certain that i f 1
had the m >ncy and the desire to spend
that much ash on a breakfast, that I ’d
invite a ft v hundred homeless people
over to share that meal. I f you arc
religious, '’ ink about what God would
wish you o do w ith “ spare” money.
There are a lot better charities around
than Dave Frohnm ayer’ s pocket (which
is where the proceeds for the breakfast
went). Barbara Roberts, Frohnmayer’ s
opponent, dined that day at S isters o f the
Road Cafe, a place that feeds the home­
less fo r $1.25 per meal, and the needy
may work for their meal.
N ow , le t’ s examine Quayle’ s
visit. I f you’ve read the story on it, you
already know what transpired, os I ’ll
skip the basics. In his Seattle speech,
Danny got all worked up and stated,
* * Deterrence is w orking ,” and went into
the exciting details o f the war against
Iraq. W e ll, Danny, it appears that what
you mean is that death is w orking, and
that i f Am erica just k ills a few more
people in the struggle fo r cheaper o il, we
m ight not have to tap into “ hidden” re­
sources such as the free wealth o f the
sun’ s energy or untapped o il fields in
Alaska. But telling that to Danny or
Geòrgie would be like telling them, “ Let’s
not stick our noses into every country
unless they’ re pulling something im ­
moral. W hy don’ t we p u ll out o f Iraq
and head over to South Africa? O il
prices are inconsequential: we have
plenty o f other unsought-out resources.”
Danny S m ith ’ s campaign
manager seemed to summarize every­
body’s main excitement behind Quayle’s
visit when she said she expected that it
would provide a good publicity boost
for his campaign against democrat M ike
Kopetski.
I think the best way to further
my point would be to quote a pamphlet
announcing the Quayle v is it which, on
the front, shows Dan Quayle (this is an
actual photograph, not highly publicized
for obvious reasons) w ith a gun that he is
ignorantly holding backwards.
The
caption reads, “ Quayle stresses human
rights at meeting in San Salvador” . On
the back, the pamphlet says (and I have
no way o f know ing i f any o f this is true,
so listen extremely skeptically, but...):
•A reputed former pot and LSD user, he
now campaigns in the hypocritical “ War
on Drugs” w hile C IA operatives con­
tinue smuggling cocaine into this coun-
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try according to the Chrisic Institute’s
lawsuit
•W hile attacking social programs fo r the
poor he also assaults wom en’ s rights to
make decisions regarding reproduction­
forcing the poor and minorities into deeper
poverty
•After weaseling out o f going to combat
in Vietnam he is one o f the most right-
wing hawks in the country, happily
participating in the U .S.’ s global terror
network responsible for untold deaths,
torture and disappearances annually
• He is a homophobic and AIDS-phobic
je rk w ith a lot o f power
•By charging 25(H) dollars a person to
talk w ith him over lunch he adds insult
to injury to homeless and underfed people
in our com m unity
•He is both a blithering idio t and the
vice-president o f a F elini film gone stark
raving violently mad called the United
States o f Am erica.
One last thought: isn’ t it scary
to envision a computer holding captive
Am erica’s thermonuclear future (w ith
the push o f a red button), when one
considers that there has never been a
computer proven to run without glitches?
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