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...part, Buchanan is keeping a brave face. "This Reform Party skirmish is over," he said, perhaps optimistically. "It's on to November." At the convention he surprised nearly everyone by choosing a black woman as his running mate. Ezola Foster, a former Los Angeles schoolteacher, seemed the antidote to accusations that Buchanan isn't inclusive. And it also seemed right for this Summer of Love as the G.O.P. reaches out to minorities and Al Gore broke barriers by picking Joe Lieberman. But upon closer inspection, it was hard to see how the all-but-unheard-of Foster could energize Buchanan...
...defense industry, which has given Lieberman $63,000 in campaign cash this year, the Senator has used his seat on the Armed Services Committee to foster production of the Navy Seawolf submarine in Groton and land a $2.15 billion contract for a tactical fighter whose Pratt & Whitney engine is built in Hartford...
...have amassed great wealth in recent years [SOCIETY, July 24]. You've shown that the Andrew Carnegies of today have stepped up to the challenge. Only time will tell if their generosity will have a lasting impact. I hope their acts will alter the views of many and help foster an environment that is even more generous than the one that exists today. BRIAN R. ZWEIR Boston...
...This way were the Buchananites, in the center's main hall, led by the former Nixon crony who rails against illegal immigrants, gays, affirmative action, free trade, abortion rights, interventionist foreign policy and the "judicial dictatorship in America." Buchanan's running mate: Ezola Foster, a former typing teacher and current John Birch Society member who may be the only African-American living in L.A. who supported LAPD officers Stacy Koons and Larry Powell when they were charged with violating Rodney King's civil rights by beating him to a pulp. And if that weren't disturbing enough, she looks like...
...enforce civil rights laws --To help the poor get health insurance --To improve foster-care system (five pledges: $1.3 billion) --To fight the "bigotry of low expectations" --To connect veterans with youth through mentoring --To advance racial harmony...