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What the Confederate flag represents is more ambiguous. Though it reminds us of slavery, it also stands for pride in the South. That is why Virginia Governor Doug Wilder embraced it during his successful campaign to become the nation's first post-Reconstruction Black governor. And that is why we disagree with the staff's failure to make a distinction between the Confederate flag and the swastika. While we dislike the Confederate flag and disapprove of its display, we cannot pretend that the two symbols can or should be equated...
...Connecticut, where the idea of a state income tax has been practically banned from political discourse, incoming Governor Lowell Weicker Jr. has boldly called for one. Elected 15 months ago, Governor Douglas Wilder of Virginia has continued to defy assumptions about the social priorities of black Democrats by proposing that the state eliminate, among other things, the Department for Children, the Council on the Status of Women and the Council on Indians. In California, where health and highways are obsessions, Governor Pete Wilson, a Republican, is taxing granola bars and raising the cost of registering cars...
...Horton ploy worked as well as it did because Michael Dukakis responded feebly. Determined to fight back this time, the Democrats began rhetorical carpet bombing a month ago. Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder sent Bush an open letter admonishing him to practice "moral leadership." The ideal of equal opportunity, Wilder said in a message that got wide attention, "is not a political football to be used by our President to appease the Jesse Helmses of this country." House majority leader Richard Gephardt, a possible candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, placed the Republicans on "a new trail of racial resentment...
...DOUG WILDER (5-6). Virginia rules prevent another run as Governor, so he has nothing to lose by going for the top post. May wind up in exacta with better- known candidate. Could be reckless in the stretch...
...script is at times too obvious, and lines like "It'll all be the same in 100 years" too blatantly draw attention to the cycles of time. But Wilder's play is also filled with more subtle, insightful references to time's passing; the additions to the Bayards' house and the changing names of the family's servants are good examples...