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...accident that Travis Tritt sang, in the convention's closing hymn, "I wish I could turn the clock back/to the way my daddy said it was before." Nor that the most powerful moment of Bob Dole's acceptance speech came when he invoked the honor of the father he loved, standing all the way on the train from Kansas to Michigan to visit the son he thought was dying in the hospital. For months the campaign has been played as a custody fight--who would be the better father of our country; whom would you trust, Clinton or Dole...
...stern, commanding speech told them that unless they shaped up and stopped failing key moral "tests," unless they substituted what is hard and right for what is easy and fun, the nation's best days were past. The mere act of voting for him, suggested Dole, would be morally renewing because he was asking them to make hard choices: courage over comfort, honor over wealth. Whether or not the polls bounce and the mood changes, Dole tried to frame the election as a choice: I am older, wiser, firmer and better, while my opponent--so flush with easy promises...
...teen magazines are restricted to a deliberately drab black and white text-only format. Billboards advertising tobacco products are subject to the same rules, and none are allowed within 1,000 feet of schools or playgrounds. After fashioning this policy missile, the Clinton camp hurled it right at Bob Dole, who half-heartedly defended tobacco last month, questioning whether it was really addictive. "Bob Dole faces a big decision today: protect children or protect the tobacco lobby," said Administration spokesman Joe Lockhart. "Dole will defend himself by bringing up the Administration's bad record on the drug issue," says TIME...
NASHVILLE, Tennessee: Hoping to make amends for snubbing the NAACP convention last month, Bob Dole apologized to a group of black journalists Friday and declared that the GOP will never be whole without the support of African Americans. Addressing the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists, Dole said that Republicans mean to earn the support of blacks by creating opportunities for minorities and eliminating discrimination. Both Dole and his running mate Jack Kemp suggested that the GOP would address racial inequality with outreach to minority communities, not with affirmative action quotas or set-asides. "I've supported...
...showcase the President's achievements, Wednesday's event follows the President's approval of the minimum wage bill on Tuesday. He is expected to approve the welfare overhaul bill on Thursday. "By signing the welfare bill, Clinton will take that issue off the table," says McAllister. "That leaves Dole with tax cuts and the character issue. And the Clinton camp believes that voters will see through tax cut promises." By Thursday, the President hopes to have polished his image as someone who get things done -->