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Clintons Rally Support for Kerry
( AP) — On a night o f nostalgia.
Democrats wistful for the White
House joyously relived the glory
days of Bill Clinton and his mastery
o f American politics. John Kerry
should hope to do so well.
The opening night of the Demo
cratic convention brought a one-
two punch o f political stars. Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton and her
husband. She introduced him as
“the last great Democratic presi
dent,” and by every measure, the
adoring audience thunderously
agreed.
Delegatesjum ped up, screamed,
applauded and w aved banners.
“Calm down,” Clinton said half
heartedly. Four years ago, Clinton
left office with an approval rating in
the mid-60s and it remains above
the 60 mark today - much higher
than President Bush or Kerry, for
that matter.
Combining self-deprecating hu
mor with sharp-elbow jabs, Clinton
skewered Bush and tried to protect
Kerry’s flanks from Republican at
tacks - particularly accusations that
the Democratic candidate is weak
on national defense and not tough
enough for the war against terror
ism.
“During the V ietnam War, many
young men, including the current
president, the vice president and
me, could have gone to Vietnam
and didn’t,” Clinton said. “John
Kerry came from a privileged back
ground. He could have avoided
going too, but instead, he said:
‘Send me.’“
Clinton had used the same line at
an $ 1 1 million fund-raising dinner
for the Democratic National Com
mittee in March but no one ob
jected to the repetition.
W hile the presidential race is
deadlocked in most polls. Bush’s
leadcrshipof the war on terror is his
strongest selling point with voters,
by a strong double-digit margin.
Clinton addressed the issue head-
on, drawing some o f the loudest
applause o f his speech.
“Their opponents will tell you
we should be afraid of John Kerry
and John Edwards, because they
w on’t stand up to the terrorists,”
Clinton said. “Don’t you believe it.
Strength and wisdom are not op
posing values. ... They go hand in
hand, and John Kerry has both. His
first priority will be to keep America
safe.”
In keeping with the convention
dictum to avoid hard Bush-bash
ing, Hillary Clinton took some
swipes at the president but mostly
by inference. The New York sena
tor said Kerry would "lead the world,
not alienate it. He will lower the
deficit, not raise it. He will create
good jobs, not lose them.”
The convention is Kerry’s show
and C linton's assignment was to
whip up the crowd without stealing
the limelight.
Kerry is not a dynamic speaker
like the Clintons and he lacks their
July 28. 2004
Cheney’s Visit Sparks Protest
An a n ti-w a r p ro te st c o in
cid ed w ith V ice P resid en t D ick
C h e n e y ’s sp e ak in g e v e n t in
P o rtlan d , M o n d ay , Ju ly 26.
W hile C h e n ey ra ise d funds
for the R e p u b lic an p arty at the
E m bassy S u ites H otel in n o rth
e a st P o rtlan d , p ro te ste rs o u t
sid e ch a n te d , “ He lied , th ey
d ied ! B ring the tro o p s hom e
n o w !”
T h is is C h e n e y ’s se c o n d
sto p in P o rtlan d th is y ear.
“ D ick C h en ey w as at the
very c e n te r o f B u s h ’s cam p aig n
o f lie s and fea r m o n g e rin g that
d e fra u d e d o u r c o u n try in to the
attack in Ira q ,” said W illiam
S e a m a n , a s p o k e s p e rs o n fo r
P o rtla n d P e a c e fu l R e sp o n se
C o a litio n , the g ro u p o rg an iz in g
the p ro test.
P re sid e n tia l and v ice p re s i
d e n tia l c a n d id a te s Jo h n K erry
an d Jo h n E d w ard s an n o u n c ed
th at P o rtla n d is on the m ap for
an u p co m in g ca m p a ig n sto p ,
th o u g h a d ate h as n ot b een set.
Perez Family Sues for $10M
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., greets her husband, former
President Bill Clinton after introducing him to delegates at the
Democratic National Convention, Monday, July 26, in Boston. (AP
Photo)
deft touch connecting with voters.
It will be achallenge for him to show
the energy, passion and personal
appeal o f his warmup speakers.
“ Bill Clinton is one of the great
orators o f modern tim es, and he
also has the benefit o f having
given four high-profile speeches
before,” said Bruce R eed, presi
dent o f the D em ocratic L eader
ship Council.
Good thing for Kerry, then, that
se v e ra l d a y s s e p a ra te d th e
speeches.
A civ il rig h ts la w su it to ta l
ing $10 m illion w as filed M o n
d ay a g a in st P o rtlan d P o lice
O ffic e rs S ean M aco m b er, and
Ja so n S ery , as w ell as th e city
o f P o rtlan d .
Those related to James Jahar
Perez, who was shot and killed by
the officers in the St. John’s neigh
borhood o f north Portland, said
he was pulled over because o f his
race and the expensive car he
drove.
Officers testified at a public
hearing that they believed Perez
was armed and they feared for their
lives. No weapons were found on
Perez or in his car.
M eanwhile, the FBI is continu
ing to conduct a civil rights inves
tigation following the police shoot
ing death o f Kendra James in May
o f 2004, less than a year before
Perez’s death.
James, too, was unarmed and
African American.
That investigation is still ongo
ing and a spokeswoman for the FBI
said it’s not unusual for such cases
to take years to resolve.
Foxworth Sets the Tone
continued
fro m Front
2000, Foxworth said.
The training will include Taser
education, firearms and patrol tac
tics, crisis intervention training,
including responding to people
with mental illness, legally-required
first aid and legal updates from the
district attorney's office.
Tim e was not carved out for cul
tural competency training in these
40 hours, but Foxworth says he’s
looking at ways to address it at the
precinct level.
The in-service training rounds
out with an hour with the chief, to
a lig n o f f ic e r s ’ v isio n w ith
Foxworth’s. Again, this vision re
turns to community policing.
“Com munity policing is not an
option; it’s a way o f business. If
anyone in this bureau wants to be
successful they should practice
com munity policing or its going to
be a bumpy ride,” he said.
The deep-seated attitude o f the
policeofficerbeingaproblem solver
and peacekeeper goes back to the
fundamentals o f why Foxworth
joined the ranks.
“People becom e police officers
because they care, because they
want to make a difference and be
cause they w ant to help people.
You’re not going to get rich doing
this job.”
Foxworth also noted a coopera
tive relationship that’s being fos
tered with the officer’s union.
“W hatever decisions 1 make
have to be in the best interests of
the organization and best for the
citizens that we serve,” he said.
Foxworth says he’s not afraid to
be unpopular and controversial.
“I’m not afraid to make decisions
that are controversial because I have
to be true to m yself and my values,”
he saya-A ’ m not so-tied to thi s job
that I’m concerned with having it
tomorrow or the next day or next
week or next year. My decisions
have to be consistent with com m u
nity policing.”
He added, “I’m not running for
office.
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