Word: duked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Harvard-Radcliffe Black Students Association, are writing in response to Vice Consul Duke Kent-Brown's speech on the situation in South Africa. We are outraged by the hypocrisies displayed by both the Conservative Club and its invited guest. The hypocrisy lies in bringing him in the interest of Freedom of Speech and in the title of his speech--"Time Out For Realism...
...Conservative Club and the local lefties are playing games with each other again, and the majority is saying "play nicely now children." Every sixth grader knows that intelligent free speech is important. We only wish the appearance of South African Vice Consul Duke Kent-Brown was an example of it. Instead it is the latest round in the ongoing left-right squabble. The Conservative Club brings in a speaker to mouth the same old lines. The liberals protest with the same old slogans...
Anyone with an ethnic image will likely find his candidacy stung by losses in the South--especially a Northeastern, liberal ethnic. Mario Cuorro knew this and decided not to run. Hopefully the Duke will learn this lesson also and help his party by dropping out of the race...
Besides being ethnocentric, Southern whites also form the most moderate portion of potential Democratic voters. To attract these voters Democrats have to adopt a middle-of-the-road image. In theory, Dukakis--with his pro-economic growth reputation--could pull this off. In reality, the Duke simply will be perceived in the South as an extreme liberal...
Democrats must unite now in support of a Hart-Nunn or Hart-Robb ticket. This means New Englanders must resist the temptation to support a favorite son and instead choose a candidate with the strongest chance of winning. Even if Massachusetts goes with the Duke, the rest of the country's Democrats must follow a different path...