CAMPAIGN'92
Wednesday, October 21, 1992
7
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Clinton defends economic plan
11 The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Bill Clinton defended himself yesterday against President Bush's tax-and-spend charges, insisting he would not look for more new taxes if revenues did not cover the programs he wants.
"Bush talked about the tax record when he's got the 'read my lips' burden around his shoulders ... talked about trust when he said 'read my lips,' " Clinton sat at a downtown rally.
"No one should make a read my lips promise," he said. "I have no intention of doing that, and I have a record of keeping taxes low and spending down in my state."
Clinton was animated — pointing his finger and using a stern tone — as he worked to make sure that Bush's strident tax attack in the final debate on
Monday night did not take hold.
Clinton said he was confident of his performance in the final television watchdog.
"I felt good about the debate last night, and the popular results afterward — the instantaneous polls," he said. Asked if he were a sure Election Day winner now that the debates were over, Clinton said, "No, two weeks from now is two weeks from now."
Both he and runmate mate Al Gore warned a huge crowd at a get-out-the-vote rally, filling several city blocks in downtown Chicago, not to be complacent.
"Fight on for two more weeks. Fight on to end trickle down economics," Clinton said. "Fight for a future worthy of our past."
Gore said, "There are two weeks remaining, and we can't let down. We have to keep our eyes on
the ball, and we have got to keep our energies focused on the 14 days that are left in the campaign."
Meanwhile, the Clinton campaign announced the formation of a bipartisan group of foreign policy experts.
Pop star Michael Bolton serenaded the rally with the song "Back On My Feet Again," and Clinton was hailed by local officials, U.S. Senate candidate Carol Moses Braun and comedian Jim Behlush.
Among them was Jack Matlock, ambassador to the former Soviet Union under Presidents Reagan and Bush. Clinton also was endorsed by four dozen former career U.S. diplomats, including many who served under Republican presidents.
"We who have spent our careers defending American interests abroad know that our country must be strong at home if we are to continue to be a world leader," they said in a joint statement.
Debates' variety serves public interest
WASHINGTON — None of them was exactly Lincoln-Douglas, but in the view of debate coaches and other observers, the 1992 campaign debates advanced the public interest by using a variety of formats and occurring so close together.
The Associated Press
These observers turned thumbs down on the format used in the first debate in St. Louis — a panel of reporters questioning the three presidential candidates for 90 minutes. Too stiff and too rehearsed, they said.
Instead, they preferred the town hall-type meeting in Richmond, Va., with questions posed by uncommitted voters, and Monday night's mix.
red voters, and Monday night's mixture in East Lansing, Mich., with moderator-interviewer Jim Lehrer asking pointed questions for half the time and a reporters' panel posing questions for the second half.
ANALYSIS
"The combination played to different strengths and weaknesses of the candidates," said Melissa Wade, director of forensics at Emory University in Atlanta.
"I don't think Ross Perot was served well by standing behind a podium. Bill Clinton was used to mixing with an audience, and it showed. President Bush does best behind a podium," she said. "Mixing the formats up informed the electorate in a way that a dueling-moderator or a press conference format does not."
Former Democratic National Chairperson Paul Kirk and former GOP Chairperson Frank Fahrenkopf, both members of the Commission on Presidential Debates, agreed that the mixture of formats worked, even though it was unplanned.
promise. The Bush camp wanted reporters' panels, and the Clinton camp wanted a single moderator and a format in which the public asked questions.
William Southworth, director of forensics at the University of Redlands in California, said having the debates bunched together in a nine-day period built interest.
The mixture resulted from a com-
"You didn't have time to psychoanalyze the implications of the last debate because everyone was now looking toward the next one," he said.
James Copeland, executive secretary of the National Forensics League, a 67-year old organization representing 800,000 present and former student debaters, said he regretted that modern debates had dragged so far from the debates staged in the summer and autumn of 1858 by Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln on the future of slavery.
They were classics: an hour for the opening speaker, an hour and a half reply and a 30-minute rebuttal under the open sky of dusty Illinois county seats.
Historian Samuel Eliot Morison said no debate in history surpassed those between Lincoln and Douglas "for keen见 and take, crisp, sinewy language and clear exposition of vital issues."
Copeland said current debates were tense by contrast
"The format with the citizens asking questions was interesting," he said, "but I'm not certain it is as good as an old-fashioned debate where the candidates know each other's weaknesses and can zero in on them."
Lanny Naegelin of San Antonio, a four-time national debate coach of the year, said current candidates preferred tight time controls: "They can hedge very nicely for two minutes."
Campaign ad blitz becoming costliest ever
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON—The presidential rivals are wagging what shapes up as the costliest political advertising blitz in the history of the airwaves, spending more than $40 million on network television this fall.
From pro football games to prime-time sitcoms, presidential ads are everywhere and will be until election eve, when the rivals are expected to air 20- to 30-minute final appeals at a rate of almost $1 million an hour.
Beyond that, President Bush and Gov. Bill Clinton are pouring millions more into a barrage of radio ads and local TV spots in key battleground states.
"If the opposition is doing it, you are afraid not to do it. That's what drives the spending up," said Herbert Alexander, professor at the University of Southern California and an authority on campaign spending.
What are viewers seeing?
Bush's latest ad shows a *Time* magazine cover with Clinton's face and the headline: "Why voters don't trust Clinton." Perot has been running half-hour spots laying out the country's economic problems and his proposed solutions. Clinton's first network ad aired Thursday night. It shows Bush telling voters in 1988 they would be better off with him as president. "How are you doing?" it asks.
Spending on network ads this year has exceeded spending four years ago. At this time in 1988, for example, ABC had taken in a total of $5.9 million from Bush and Democrat Michael Dukakis in post-convention ad money, compared with $19 million so far this year from Bush, Clinton and Perot.
Perot's presence in the race is one reason for the higher spending levels.
Another is Bush's underdog status in most states. He is taking to the networks with ads that in happier times might have been economically targeted to key states.
"Obviously, we've taken in a lot more this year," said AB representative Stephen Battaglio. The network so far has gotten $7.9 million from Bush, $10.4 million from Perot and $80,800 from Clinton.
CBS said total spending by the campaigns came to $4.07 million for Bush, $4.04 million for Perot and $2.4 million for Clinton.
NBC reported $5.5 million thus far from Bush, $3.7
million from Perot and $1.2 million from Clinton.
All told, that network buys total $17.47 million for Bush, $18.14 million for Perot and $4.28 million
And ABC is scheduled to air three 20-minute ads on election eve, one from each of the campaigns, from 7 to 8 p.m., at a total cost for the hour of $975,000. NBC is offering each of the presidential rivals a 30-minute slot for a final pitch to the voters.
for Clinton.
Alexander said the campaigns told him in 1988 that Bush had spent $30.2 million on air time and Dukakis $22.3 million, the bulk of it on spot buying in local markets. The Bush campaign reported general-election spending of $9.2 million for network ads in that race.
This year's totals make Clinton look like the penny-pincher among the rivals, but that is far from the case. The Democratic candidate, consistently ahead in the polls, is holding down network buys and putting large amounts into local spots in key states. The idea is to get more advertising punch for the dollar.
For example, the Democrats have bought only a tiny amount of time in California, where Clinton is riding high and Bush trails far behind.
But Clinton has flooded the airwaves in Texas, where strategists say Bush must win — but might not.
2429 Iowa 842-6555
Auto Mechanics for Beginners*
explore the fundamentals of car maintenance and repair under the direction of an experienced teacher and a licensed mechanic. The registration fee is `jss*$15,00` and is due at the first session. Because of limited enrollment, pre-registration is required
Thursday, October 22, 1992
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Bvron's Autobaus, 640N. 2nd Street
Byron's Autobaus, 640 N. 2nd Street
There will be two follow-up sessions:
Thursday, November 5th 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 12th 7:00 p.m.
*Session 1* a preamble for sessions 2&3
Sponsored by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center 115 Strong Hall
more information, contact Carol Mattershaw at 804-352-8654
842-0377
401 N.2nd
Wednesday Thursday
All-U-Can-Eat Spaghetti $2.50 Giant Burrito $2.50
Fresh Sale (until next week)
Free Salads (ladies only)
Chicken Bread Dinner $4.00
Homecoming
Come join us this Saturday for breakfast 9-11 am Skip the parking hassle and ride the FREE Johnny's bus to and from the game! GO HAWKS!
COUPON FREE:
3 MINI CINNAMON ROLLS
WITH ANY PURCHASE
10% OFF ANY PURCHASE (with the exception of any decorated cakes.)
OPEN 24 HOURS
TUES.
THRU
SUN.
Munchers Bakery
One coupon per customer,per visit
Hillcrest Shopping Center—Near Hillcrest Theatres Expires 12-15-92
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT KU ON WHEELS? WE WANT TO KNOW!
The following survey can be turned in on Wescoe Beach, October 20 & 21, or in the Organizations and Activities Office-400 Kansas Union.
Is the bus accesible for you? yes___ no comments:
Are the times convenient for you? yes___ no___ comments:
What do you like about KU on Wheels?___
---
Where do you live?___
What suggestions, comments, & concerns do you have for KU on Wheels?
---
Transportation Board Members will be available to answer questions, take suggestions and take survey forms. October 20 & 21 from 9:15 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.on Wescoe Beach.
Funded by STUDENT
SENATE
Warm Wear That Goes Everywhere
It's what you wear
UNDERCOVER
THE PINK BUILDING
21 W 9TH STREET
HALLOWEEN MASKS,
MAKE-UP, HATS
AND MUCH MORE!!
Halloween Hours
M-F10-8
Sat 10-6
Sun 1-5
FUN AND GAMES
816 MASSACHUSETTS