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Republican Congressman Jack Kemp happily says, "Capitalism is not a dirty word anymore." Actually, that is not quite right. In much of the world, the term still conjures up images of 19th century sweatshops and colonialism. In fact, socialism's elusive promise of economic equality retains a powerful appeal in many parts of the world, and its current malaise does not mean that it could not make a comeback...
...White's week. When he was not looking for music, he was looking for food: hot tamales, crawfish, gumbo, red beans and rice, barbecue, barbecued shrimp. On a dirt road to nowhere, he stopped at a place called Booga Bottom Store and was served, by a waitress named Heardacine Kemp, meatloaf, mashed potatoes, crowder peas, sliced tomatoes, corn bread and iced tea. There was no menu; you simply sat and accepted the day's fare. "Mississippi," said White. "God love...
...will then select delegates for a statewide convention, which will choose Michigan's delegates to the national convention early in 1988. Confusing? Yes. But the contest last week was to see who could get the most people to sign up. Vice President George Bush and New York Congressman Jack Kemp made it an early test of strength, but the wild-card performance of Robertson made both of them losers in differing ways...
Because the potential delegates are not yet formally pledged, there was a welter of claims about who had turned out the most loyalists. The Robertson people estimated they garnered some 4,500. Bush claimed about the same number, while the Kemp camp claimed more than 3,700. Though a little arithmetic reveals that somebody is exaggerating, Robertson clearly prevented Bush from establishing himself as an unrivaled front runner and prevented Kemp from making the race a two-person contest. Said James Killeen, clerk of Michigan's Wayne County: "When a person of Robertson's newcomer status is able to best...
...Vice President's campaign aides argued that a strong Robertson candidacy would actually help protect Bush on his vulnerable right flank by drawing support from conservatives such as Kemp and Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt. But W. Clark Durant III, a Detroit attorney who chairs Kemp's operation in Michigan, maintains that the Vice President was the big loser last week. "While a lot of the numbers may be overstated or double counted or muddled, the message is really very clear," says he. "The Republican grass roots want an alternative to George Bush. Even by his own count, Bush didn...