·--
.I
.
Vol. U, N0.1:
~
. .
.
. >- . J";'
WORKING FOR A . FREE WORLp
September 28, 1988
',.h\ ... .For : l ' ~ e~ ,P-resid,eh cy
..\
..
p!Jblic, th:at . si~rilfic'~t -persuade "~ . . .. · . The first of two Presidential .... c}langes occtrr in the·polling ·¢ita. ~ · debat.~s was · h~ld S~nday ~ight at . Wake F~rest U~iversity iii Notth.. , In -an ~alysis of the debate, · ·Carolina. The two candidates for the . . Busb appearedi- to be the wipner by a \._ ·Presidency discussed many issues ..slight ' margin~ The Vice Pi-esident ranging _from . 'social and- domestic . was able to-. pr((sent himself as a issues to foreign and military topics. . pe~sonable . · pub fie~ figl!.re.. 'Virile· ' .. . D~akis· seemed cold, technocratic, and passionless. . . This year's PreSidential · · debates .carry heavy consequences to the two candid~tes, It has. been -said ~~ " · --that .the Ainefi~aR electorate · was . -~ One defih.i te . p-oint that waiting for :the completion·_ of the " · . seemed to emerge during the debate debate series .b efore maki~g up its . was that Dukakis failed to. prove .his· mind on who it wan~~ t<;> he the 'forty . · al;>iliry to provide. this counfry ·with · first_~esident of-the-United States. _ ·four more· years ....of economic productivity and political stability . .Instead, he concentrated on trying to · Both Governor -,M:ic'heal '· improve his · image and ·putting _· .Dllkakis .and Vjce President Bush were / . himself on equal _footing\ :with-- the I. . successful in , ~voiding any S:erious Vice President. blunders-that would hurt them in their ·. camp~gns.- As predicte_d, both sia~ c-am:e prepared with a ·· number of , :· 'fhe.) wo candidates were i~ ttying to ScHpted one'liners to . suc~c¢sst:nL _-i n th.~fining · ~ their thr~w their opwnent off guard. " perSpective beliefs. · Bush established ..... . . the fact. that his beliefs. were more in .:rthe main ·st:ream ·off American political the conclu'sion of ihe thought. , Dukakis's d~nounchition 9f . debate both campaigns sent out scores the Vietnam War ~ntl . his . call ·for of sU:tff people· in an attempt to Socialized· medicine illtisttated that . persuade the m~4ia and; the American . point
the
by"/Jrian.Sulltvan .
l
.l-
,:._ • •
I
use
~
· -Afte; "'
-
/
.
-.
.
.
. public th~t their 'candidate had won. ·. A recent· study conducte4 by the National RepriblicaQ Comririttee fo1_,1nd that difectly after a debate·there-· -significant c!_lartge in-the polls; .is It is not until after three days, when _ . the press has liad the opp6~unity to
The ulU.mate choice will lay . American~ - p"ublic on the · with - .. . . . . . . . Noyeinber ·sth. It will be the decision ·. .of th_e voter:s _a fter ali the beliefs, ~ues, and ideas-are weighed thatwill -· · ~etermine -our next P!esident -(-
no
.•
I . ·· ·: •,j!l!-,ll __:g;_
./
, .:..
.:; - ':.
~-- - -·
·-
".
1·n-s i de .·•• -
'-5
I
)i
~World in Revlew.~····-··; ......-.........'.~~ .... ::.~-...... ~:: . :.p;3 -
.......
.
.
'
.
:-
~
.
.
.G·et the Facts.Straight. -~ -~ . ~ .... ~ ~-~ - ..... ~ .._.. ~ ... .-·~ ....: p5 C9ncerr'!ed Hypocrites ...... :... ~ ....... -~.~- _. .. -~ ......,....p6
. ,·
Student Voting.-.~-~ ..... :: ........... ~····-~---~- .. ~:_. : .. -.. ~... p8 ·
·Efeption watch .. ~.~~- ~ ....-.:.... :_.... :.. ·~ -~. ::... ·...·....... ~.p-1 o r
,
-(
•
•.
,
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
. ;' .
Eco-nomics . in 'f.teview... ~ ... ~ ......... ~.~ .._........ ~ ...... p11'· _...._-
.....
I
-
.
)
-·