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...expects if Dole makes it to the White House, Gingrich fastens onto the relationship between two World War II generals, George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower. "I'm Marshall," says Gingrich. "Not in the sense that I'm the one who doesn't get to be President. But Marshall and Ike worked as a team, Marshall set the overall strategy, and Ike got it done. Dole can get it done because he knows the nation-at-large better than I do. I'm a natural teacher. I believe in ideas. But without implementation, ideas are just academic. Dole is a natural...
...person doesn't get to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs unless he is a political animal, and his years as a Washington insider are not what the country needs. If Powell intends to follow in the footsteps of another general, let's hope it is MacArthur, not Ike, and that Powell quietly fades away. MIKE HAMMITT Perris, California Via E-mail...
...WHETHER POWELL IS A Republican, Democrat or independent. I don't agree with anyone on 100% of the issues, but I do think the U.S. needs a reasonable, clear-thinking person to eliminate the contentious, nasty attitudes found in Washington today. Powell has got my vote. I also liked Ike. DONALD P. SMITH Mesa, Arizona...
...what does Powell believe? All the same motherhood-and-apple-pie bromides Ike intoned all the way to the prize. "I believe frantically in the American form of democracy, which rests upon free enterprise," said Eisenhower. "Everything I observe affirms my belief in free enterprise," writes Powell. Like Ike, Powell bemoans high taxes and government bureaucracy. When pressed for details, Powell and Ike meander. "It seems necessary to walk around some of the questions presented," Ike told colleagues. "I sense a difference between a man's convictions and what he believes is politically feasible." Hearing those words last week, Powell...
...Colin Powell, author and potential President, is coming to your television soon. You won't want to miss it. Powell may be less appealing if he ever gets specific, and reporters are sure to scrutinize controversial episodes in his career, most notably Iran-contra. But his story (and, like Ike, his platform would be his life) is a warming affirmation that the dream still lives, which may be enough for an electorate saddled with a choice between Bill Clinton and whomever the Republicans offer. As dice rolling goes, taking a chance on another general is something of an American tradition...