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Dukakis's victory was widely seen to be a triumph of organization on par with the extraordinary organizing drive that catapaulted Republican helpful Pat Robertson to victory in Iowa...
...Jack Kemp (R.-N.Y.) narrowly defeated Pete du Pont and Pat Robertson in the competition for third place, emerging as a conservative alternative to the front-runners. But the group was clumped far behind Bush and Dole...
...Sunday night he claimed that the Soviets had placed 25 nuclear missiles in Cuba and in previous statements he has promised to send aid to Polish rebels and to make future wars short because "we could have won Vietnam in a week or two." To solve the budget deficit, Robertson favors a "year of jubilee" in which all debts would be forgiven and has proposed selling the U.S. Post Office to raise revenue...
...Robertson's ridiculous policies make him unfit to hold the nation's highest office, but his personal comments make him even more so. A few years ago Robertson said that "Christians and Jews are the only ones qualified" to hold public office in the United States. He has written that wives should "be willing to submit" to husbands and said that women merely "house babies." The TV evangelist has not denied he would quarantine AIDS victims; in 1980 he prophesized the end of the world two years later, and a few years ago wrote that there was a strong possibility...
Clearly these statements do not reflect the views of a man sane enough to guide this nation at one of its most critical times. However, Robertson's three strong primary finishes show that a substantial number of conservative voters have picked up Robertson's banner--making him a dangerous factor in the Republican convention and possibly even a presidential nominee. This is a serious threat--one that would destroy many of the things America stands for--and should be treated more seriously than it is now. If New Hampshire voters fail to stop Robertson now, Americans in the rest...