Newsgroups: bit.listserv.politics
Date:         Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:38:26 EDT
From:         todd pukanecz <CCCS@VTVM1.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Moves to Help Bush

I found these most interesting.  Most of them would not only help Bush
but could also spur some interesting debate between the candidates
(although the actual result would more likely be mud-slinging as usual).
However....

This thing from Cal Thomas (HI RUFUS!)
>12) Invite former homosexuals to speak of their former lifestyle and why they
>left.
>
Shows an lack of understanding of homosexuality, what it is, and why it is.
And what this has to do with politics is also slightly puzzling.

>15) Attack MTV and Clinton's use, Ice-T lyrics, and invite police to speak
>about 'Cop Killer, 'KKKB___h' and others.
>
Clinton used MTV because he was invited to do so.  I'm sure Bush was also
invited.  MTV's "Choose or Loose" segments feature all mainstream candidates.
And they have been marginally critical of Gore as the Demo VP choice
because of Tipper's past actions.

And what does Ice-T, Bodycount (who stole the show at last summer's
Lollapallooza, IMHO), and "Cop Killer" have to do with the Democratic
party?  I don't think Clinton is an admirer of Ice-T, and I know that
Ice-T is antagonistic towards Tipper Gore.

>2)
>An attack on Iraq now would be a boost to the country's moral and timed
>well just before the convention.  This would show Bush as giving Iraq time
>to show the UN inspectors all the facilities, and show Bush as being patient
>with Saddam.  (And now with Clinton's blessing just announced) should follow
>through on the 10 day ultimatum.
>
Not to say that we shouldn't or that the Iraqis haven't been total buttholes
about this, but after last year's gulf war and Bush's resulting high marks,
I, for one, predicted that American troops would be in action again
before the November election, although I thought we would be taking on
some Latin American entity.  Jingoism for fun and profit.

>3)
>Display the home video shown last night (Wednesday) of Ice-T openly stating
>to kill cops.  This would be good during the speech of the police officers.
>
Again, what does this have to do with the Democrats (or Republicans)?
Also, do you have more info on the Ice-T video?  I caught a transcript
of his "Today Show" diatribe on last night's MLNH, and although he said
he didn't like cops, that they never did him any good, that he's an
anarchist and would like to blow up police stations and the white house,
there was no reference to him saying he wanted to kill cops.  He has
denied that he wants to kill cops in other interviews.

Another interesting tidbit from last night's MLNH was Charlton Heston
saying Warner should pull the disc, saying that Ice-T was encouraging
hostility toward police with the song.  When questioned about "Terminator"
where Schwartzainager kills dozens of police, Heston said Arnie was playing
a role, which is the roughly the same line Ice-T takes about "Cop Killer".
    toddddddddd
>
>Sue Clark

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