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daily nebraskan
thursday, October 12, 1978
Political power strategies not just for men speakers
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Gina Dunning and Kandra Hahn of Lincoln told an audience in the union at
WomenSpeak that politics is a power game and women need to jockey for this
power in the political world of men.
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By Lucy Bighia
Politics is, a "big power game" that op
erates on a definite spoils system, two Lin
coln women active in local politics said
Wednesday at WomenSpeak.
Gina Dunning, an attorney for the
Legislature's Health and Welfare commit
tee, and Kandra Hahn, clerk of the District
Court, said women need to realize the way
the political system works.
Both women said the assumption that
people get political appointments based
solely on their qualifications for the job is
false.
"It's not what you know, it's who you
know," Hahn said.
Advising women
The Carter campaign commission, for
example, solicited resumes from
"qualified" women for possible appoint
ments to advising positions, Dunning said.
But the women who were selected were
those who had done the "ugly, dirty
work" in the campaign, she said.
Another misconception is that people
in politics are not interested in power,
Hahn said. People wouldn't enter politics
unless they enjoyed and wanted power,
she said, adding that traditionally, women
refused to admit this to themselves or their
constituents.
High motivations
"Women candidates seem to think that
they have to have these high, sparkling
motivations that don't apply to male can
didates," Dunning said.
Women also are traditionally reluctant
to use their political connections to further
their careers, although this is a common
practice among men, Dunning said.
Many women hesitate to ask their
friends and co-workers for money or
help, Hahn said, although men regularly
do.
Things done in politics are never done
in good taste; but they're necessary, and
women have to get used to them, she said.
Three categories
Dunning said politics could be broken
down into three categories: campaign,
party and issue politicis.
Campaign politics are the most exciting
and social of the three, she said.
Party politics tend to be the most
frustrating to newcomers. People at party
conventions spend hours arguing about
platforms that nobody pays any attention
to, she said.
"It's a celebration, but little more than
that," Hahn said.
Issue politics are "devastating," because
in such cases a candidate is judged by his
position on a single issue, she said.
The "issue campaign" often clouds the
real issue, which is the candidate himself,
she said.
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Pat Rackers said. "But there are as many kinds of diver
sion as jails and I would want such a program to reach
as many people as possible."
Rackers said he does not think the Lancaster County
program reaches those who really need it.
"1 think it should be expanded to include those other
than first -time offenders," he said. "There are people
whom I think are still salvageable."
Pre-trial diversion is a program that allows a person
charged with a felony or misdemeanor to do community
service, receive more education or vocational training,
or drug or alcohol rehabilitation. If the accused completes
the program, the charges are dismissed.
Rackers said he thinks it would be cheaper to require
a first -time offender to stay out of trouble for a certain
period of time, and then the charges could be dismissed.
That way, he said, pre-trial diversion could concentrate on
other persons.
"I would like to see the program have a great impact
on people in jail, who are unable to post bond," he said.
Rackers also said that poverty should not eliminate
a person's chances of participating in the program.
Rackers also feels there is too much personal discre
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"I'd like for program policies to be as narrowly defined
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Rackers says he feels the program also is not cost effec
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"Actually it's a good program," Rackers said. "It's
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