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Familiar themes dominated campaign rhetoric yesterday as the 1992 campaign drew to a close, with Bill Clinton linking himself to former Presidents Jefferson, Washington and Kennedy while George Bush lambasted his challenger as "slippery when wet...
Bush and Quayle continue to use intimidation tactics to present voters with what they claim is a stark choice between jobs and the environment. Bush has said that a Clinton presidency would mean "no timber workers, only a bunch of owls" and "no farmers, only a great, big, wet hole out there somewhere if you listen...
Quayle's position as unofficial administration spokesperson for environmental policy says much of Bush's commitment to the environment. The vice president is far from an expert on the topic. When asked to define wetlands, Quayle said, "How about if we say, when it's wet, it's wet." Since a biosphere is only seasonally "wet," Quayle's statement is, by definition, completely inane...
Most poultry plants are cramped and noisy, with floors constantly wet and slippery. Some rooms are cold, others hot and malodorous enough to bring a visitor close to vomiting. Employees are sometimes splashed with feces, blood, guts or chicken fat. Even more odious is the industry's rising injury rate. Labor Department statistics show that 27% of poultry workers suffer on-the-job injuries and illnesses each year, making fowl processing one of the nation's most hazardous jobs. In terms of repetitive-motion disorders, poultry work is exceeded only by meat packing. In a study by the National Institute...
...doubled up with laughter as cliche rebounded off smirk, off slick quip, off tear-jerking'''real-life'" story. And then that charming Admiral Stockdale (with a passing resemblance to my grandfather) devastated his opponents with a faculty of articulacy as yet unseen in the Western world. Laugh? I positively wet myself...