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...Bush campaign claims to be running on "issues," while the Democrats emphasize mere "personalities." But these are issues of a peculiar sort. The two Bush has chosen to stress -- reciting the pledge in schools and state prison furlough policy -- have nothing to do with the duties of the President of the U.S. (Republicans, as federalism enthusiasts, ordinarily would be eager to point this out.) Bush in fact is virtually ignoring real issues. He's running on emotions...
...also be working to keep Gov. Michael S. Dukakis out of the White House. Noting Dukakis' one-time support for prison furlough programs, Schlafly scoffs at the notion that the Duke can win by stressing competence and playing down ideology. "If he wants to fight on competence, I think he's going to come out the loser on that," she predicts...
...Medicare? Of farm price supports? Of civil rights? Of programs to clean up the environment? Of friendly relations with the Soviets? It's precisely because George Bush has no quarrel with the essence of the liberal agenda that he's basing his campaign on obscure irrelevancies such as prison-furlough policy and an ancient controversy over the Pledge of Allegiance...
...furlough furor threatens to overshadow these impressive achievements. Massachusetts is among 45 states that allow prison leaves. Last fall state legislators published a report lambasting the supervision of the program by the Dukakis administration. Authorities had not properly screened Horton before his leaves, investigators found, and they did not keep thorough records of his behavior in the prison...
Defenders of furlough programs point out that weekend leaves offer relief at a time when prisons around the country are dangerously overcrowded. Behavior during furloughs can help determine how an inmate up for parole might function in society. According to John Larivee, executive director of Boston's Crime and Justice Foundation, the recidivism rate since 1972 has been just 10% for prisoners paroled after taking part in such a program. Among other prisoners...