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While the party initially found appeal through its idiosyncratic founder, H. Ross Perot, and was later given new life by Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, its current torchbearer, Patrick J. Buchanan, is alienating voters like Davis and Hawkins. And so the Reform Party is still struggling to gain national credibility as it attempts to break the two-party hegemony...
...While Buchanan appears to be the likely Reform nominee, his selection is alienating moderate voters--especially the student base which has always been attracted to the Reform Party...
...Last Wednesday, Harvard hosted Jane Fonda, an active supporter of America's totalitarian opponent in the Vietnam conflict (News, March 16). On Thursday, Harvard hosted Patrick Buchanan, a controversial politician with unpopular views (News, March 17). The contradiction in student reaction to the speeches and in your coverage of the speeches amazes me. Attendees of Fonda's speech warmly received her, and never questioned her about her actions in support of Ho Chi Minh and North Vietnam. Similarly, the news article neglected to mention that aspect of her past. Buchanan, on the other hand, was widely protested, and audience members...
...controversy over Buchanan stems from his words, not his actions. Fonda, on the other hand, acted not only against policy but against American servicemen. North Vietnamese propagandists photographed her posing with North Vietnamese anti-aircraft guns that had been used to shoot down American pilots. She visited North Vietnamese prison camps at which hundreds of American veterans have reported being tortured by their captors...
...students asking Buchanan questions were not the only ones taking statements out of context...