Word: sitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BLACK voters have made a mistake by sitting out the last two elections. And once again, if instructed by Jesse Jackson, they may be tempted to sit at home again. But maybe the third time will be a charm. Sitting at home will leave the presidency in the hands of others. Whether or not if Jackson gives the go ahead, Blacks must vote all-out for the candidate with their interests at heart...
...there was another reason to sit at home. Apparently, the Democrats had treated Jesse Jackson poorly...
...important thing is not so much that Blacks vote Republican or Democratic, but that they make sure they do not simply sit out an election. What happens when a lot of people vote? There is more speculation as to who will win. It would be much better if Blacks made both sides hustle for their votes, much in the way that politicians must now seek out the Hispanic vote...
...body will be just one more powerless, white-dominated institution. The council will probably not even have a black majority, with most of the 36 seats taken by white, Asian and "colored" officials who are already part of the structure of apartheid. Most prominent blacks have sworn not to sit in the new assembly, which some have called a toy telephone. Said Mangosuthu Buthelezi, chief minister of the KwaZulu black homeland: "Black leaders have long passed the point in history where they can be used as rubber stamps for the real intentions of the country's white political leadership...
...Greek American comes bearing a gift: a Dukakis-for-President button with blinking lights. Then the two candidates sit down alone -- no aides, no translators -- for a 90-minute session, the longest of their three meetings in as many weeks. Jackson complains about the inequities of the delegate- selection system and argues for a tougher stand against South Africa's racial policies. Dukakis listens sympathetically. Looming over the meeting is a too- hot topic that remains pretty much unspoken: whether Dukakis should offer Jackson the second spot on the ticket (which he won't) and what will happen when...