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Health
Check-Ups
For Women
Offered
Perot may be out, but
independent politics is still in
The Perot phenomenon was and is
a ll about the substantial number o f
Americans - white and Black - who are
disgusted and dissatisfied w ith two-party
politics in America. The response to
Ross Perot ’ s presidential candidacy was
a measure o f that disgust, not o f his
personal popularity. That remains as
true today w ith M r. Perot out o f the race
as it was yesterday w ith M r. Perot in the
race, even as the Democratic and Re­
publican parties move like the vultures
that they are to woo Perot’ s supporters.
Perot said he pulled out o f the race
because he couldn’t w in. But his deci­
sion was obviously prompted by the fact
that in order to w in the presidency in
November he would have had to reach
out to A frican Americans, to Latinos, to
lesbians and gays, to w orking people,
and to the left liberal w ing o f the Demo­
cratic Party which has been totally de­
serted by the C linton-Gore ticket. M r.
Perot decided that he w ould not reach
out to that base not because he w ou ldn ’t
do w ell to do so, but because he has no
sensitivity to those communities.
However, M r. Perot’ s insensitivity
over again that the while Americans
who make up the base o f the Perot
movement are w illin g to w ork w ith the
Black com m unity, the Latino com m u­
nity, and the gay com m unity. Those
bases must be brought together - and I
am the presidential candidate who w ill
do that.
M y appeal is directly to the Perot
voter: jo in w ith us to continue to make
your statement about the total corrup­
tion o f the two-party system in A m e ri­
can politics.
The Republican Party is a party o f
the right. The Democratic Party, under
the stewardship o f the Democratic Lead­
ership Council and B ill C linton, has
become a party o f the center right.
A frican Americans, gays, labor, and
liberal whites are le ft w ithout represen­
tation. But i f that disenfranchised base
joins w ith the Perot base, weean change
does not, in my opinion, carry over to
his base. As a Black woman running fo r
the presidency I have traveled around
the country, and I have found over and
American politics.
The tim ing on M r. Perot’ s decision
cannot be separated from the fact that
over the last several weeks he has sig­
nifica ntly alienated the Black com m u­
nity at the same time as he has seen the
Democratic Party convention render
Blacks and other traditional constitu­
ents o f the party powerless. A t a time
when it made the most sense for him to
embrace that base, he pulled out o f the
race. This decision shows his glaring
weakness and his unwillingness to build
a real independenlcoalition in America.
Far more revealing than the fact that
M r. Perot did not want gays in his
cabinet is the fact that M r. Perot did not
want gays, blacks or other disenfran­
chised people in his movement.
There must be an honest and seri­
ous debate now over where the Perot
voter can go. 1 am calling upon the
media to shape that debate in a in c lu ­
sive and honest manner by including
me and the independent option I repre­
sent in their coverage o f the presiden­
tial race so that the Perot voter can
know all the options that are available.
And 1 call on M r. Perot to put up the
hundred m illio n dollars he had pledged
to spend on his presidential run to fund
open and inclusive debates among
Democrats, Republicans and indepen­
dents a ll around the country so that the
American voter can participate in the
real grassroots dem ocratic process
which he claimed to support.
To speak to Dr. Fulani, call 1 -800-
288-3201, for further inform ation on
m ed ia b o o k in g s , c a ll M a d e ly n
Chapman atC astilloCom m unications:
A health check-up for women w ill
be given from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Satur­
day, A ugust 1, at W estern Stales
Chiropractic College C lin ic in Port­
land.
The $20examination fee w ill cover
the cost o f a pelvic exam w ith pap
smear, breast exam w ith instructionson
self examination and a spinal evalua­
tion. The health screen also includes a
urinary lab test and a blood pressure
check. The check-ups are administered
by fourth-year interns under the super­
vision o f chiropractic physicians.
Women are encouraged to call early
for appointments at 255-6671 as open­
ings are lim ited. The c lin ic is located in
the Parkrose area o f Portland at 2900
NE 132nd Avenue.
Western States Chiropractic C o l­
lege C lin ic is a nonprofit organization.
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