From: starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Tim Starr)
Subject: Re: California Senate races  (was Re: the Keating 5)
Organization: UDel, School of Life & Health Sciences
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1992 04:17:11 GMT

In article <36875@sdcc12.ucsd.edu> rnlee@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Profess'nal Agitator) writes:
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}Has Herschensohn actually said he wants *more* defense spending?  As I
}understand it, he just wants to keep the levels the same.  He opposes
}the radical cuts proposed by the more "dovish" Dems.

My libertarian understanding is that he does indeed favor greater defense
spending.  Lets face it, our military must be deregulated and privatized in
order for us to have a strong, effective defense.  The cost would come WAY
down if this were done.

}Most of Herschensohn's views are compatible with the suburban voters
}he's counting on to put him over the top, particularly Orange and San
}Diego Counties, as well as the Inland Empire.  This is how he won the
}primary, and this is how he hopes to win the general election.  I
}consider Herschensohn the second-best candidate of all the Republicans
}running (for either seat) in the primary.  Media-unknown Bill Allen
}(eek!  another black conservative) was tops.

Not really.  How many suburbanites want to abolish the Department of Education,
FDA, EPA, and many of the rest of the alphabet soup of Federal agencies?  They
may buy it if it's sold right, but it's not at the top of the agenda of many.
Moreover, Herschenson's fiscally conservative, but terrible socially.  Put
aside the abortion issue, which most suburbanites are pro-choice on: he's
a flaming drug warrior, while most suburbanites value their privacy, liberty,
and even their property!  They don't want to live in a world where their
neighbors can have their house seized by making a false anonymous tip that
they're in possession of drugs!

}for Seymour (why does everybody misspell this name?  not a flame,
}just an observation), he was using his absence of name recognition to
}his advantage in the primary.  This whole campaign has been portrayed
}as "Who is the outsider?"  Because Seymour is not well-known as the
}incumbent, he "out-outsided" Dannemeyer, the known congressman.  And
}of course, Seymour was treated to all the rewards of incumbency by
}state and national party leaders even though he was never elected to
}the post.  The GOP would have been better suited to sit out the
}primary as they do when the seat is either empty or held by a Dem.

Don't forget Dannemeyer's intolerance, either!  Sheesh!  Why do so many
conservatives only value economic freedom to the exclusion of personal?
They'r not mutually exclusive!

}"A political deadend."                  Bruce Herschensohn for U.S. Senate!!!
}    --Gore on the Vice Presidency when    Not the ten-year       //  The REAL
}      asked about a Dukakis-Gore ticket   Congress insider      //   outsider

Pheh.  If you want to elect a fiscally conservative outsider who isn't a
social disaster, then you should be working for the campaign of the Libertarian
running in this race, June Genis.


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