Daily Nebraskan
Friday, September 5, 1986
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.laint's Ropers, Editorial '' Editor
(idic (ienlnip, Miniiui'niij Editor
Tammy Kaup, Assx-iatc Xors Editor
TimIiI vom Kainpen, Editorial I'uui' Assistant
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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Historic race, common issues
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Ithough both gubernatorial Orr refused to embrace interna
candidates Kay Orr and tional technological protection
Helen Boosalis officially ism as the answer to sagging U.S.
began their fall campaign push
earlier, Thursday's debate at the
state fair marks the campaign's
entrance into the consciousness
of most Nebraskans. Perhaps t he
biggest surprise of the debate
was how traditional ii ' : ,-ndi-dates'
approaches were .n
the extensive national media
attention the historical race has
received.
Being so traditional, Omaha
TV reporter Loretta Carroll accu
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the campaign's most significant
issue, certainly over tne last
week or so this issue has received
the most public attention with
Orr's charge (based on a news
paper reporter's estimate) that '
Boosalis will raise taxes and
Boosalis's continued insistence
that she won't.
In the debate Boosalis appeared
to play both sides of the fence in
superlative Ronald Reagan fash
ion: Promise everybody everything,
all the while insisting that taxes
won't have to be raised to pay for
them.
On the other hand, Orr appears
content to run for the position of
caretaker governor: Except for
the money saved from increased
cost-effectiveness, Orr's basic
position is that current programs
are sufficient to maintain the
type of government most Neb
raskans want.
Linked intimately with the
issue of taxes is the broader
issue of the Nebraska economy, the Unicameral, style, personal-
Both candidates appeared to be ity and basic philosophy are as
struggling for something sub- significant "issues," as policy
stantive to say about an economy issues themselves. We should at
which is mainly controlled by least get a good look at style in
forces outside the state. While the weeks to come.
Game policy released
Officials crack down on fans' conduct
The Nebraska-Florida State
football game Saturday
marks the first time a night
game will be played in Memorial
Stadium. And law enforcement
officials and university adminis
trators are prepared for any irre
sponsible behavior by fans.
A memorandum from Rudy
Lewis, vice chancellor for stu
dent affairs, warns that the fol
lowing activities will be utilized
to prevent injuries and property
damage for all home games:
University officials and police
officers will be active in person
ally identifying participants who
are involved in criminal behavior
or violations of university regula
tions. Plainclothes as well as uni
formed police officers will assist
in crowd control and individual
arrests at the scene of unautho
rized rallies or bonfires.
All disorderly behavior at
football games will result in
immediate arrest and ejection
from the stadium. Gate attend
ants will not permit individuals
with oranges, alcoholic bever
ages, or large coolers and con
tainers to enter the stadium.
Police officers will photo
-on:
agriculture exports, Boosalis
struck a more populist chord by
railing against American bankers
who assertedly provide low-in
terest loans to less developed
nations while refusing similarly
favorable terms to U.S. farmers.
The tone the two candidates
attempted to set for their cam
paigns were distinct. Conserva
tive O r invoked the imagery of
the continuity of Nebraska's
future with its past and the rich
tradition of Nebraska setting the
tage for surviving its present
difficulties. Liberal Boosalis in
voked the imagery of governmen
tal activism as a solution to
Nebraska's current woes.
The fact that two women were
running as the major party can
didates for governor for the first
time did not go completely un
noticed at the debate. But the
question on women's issues
focused on the fact that the two
women candidates have not re
ceived an overly enthusiastic
reception from "women's advo
cacy" groups. These groups'
lackluster response to this his
toric race is more a reflection on
the policy positions of these
groups rather than of the two
most-qualified candidates to run
for Nebraska's governor in a long
time.
All in all, it's difficult to see
much maturation coming in the
issues over the next 10 weeks of
the campaign. Yet, especially
given the non-partisan nature of
graph participants at street dis
turbances and make further
arrests after identifying those
involved. A video camera and
slide projector will be utilized
during home football games to
help in the identification of fans
involved in any disruptive con
duct, including orange throwing.
The university will continue
to initiate disciplinary action
with students as appropriate,
including possible suspension
from the university.
If necessary, arrests could be
made for a variety of reasons,
including arson, interfering with
the work of police and fire
department officers, assault, lit
tering, use of alcohol, disturbing
the peace and destruction of
property. Some of the offenses
are misdemeanors, others are
felonies.
The Daily Nebraskan encour
ages fans, especially students, to
act responsibly and follow uni
versity regulations. With the first
game being played at night, the
chance for irresponsible behav
ior increases. Day parties are a
possibility and officials will not
hesitate to bar entry to any
intoxicated individual.
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Four more years
More Reagan rhetoric would send U.S.
Well . . . I'm trying to imagine it.
My eyes are squeezed very tight.
I chant, "Four more years, four
more years." But I still can't imagine
the Teflon president's Tupperware party
lasting that long.
Yet according to the most recent
edition of Newsweek, dated Sept. 8
(does that mean we don't have to
believe it until then?), a movement is
under way to keep Ronnie in power.
Yes, that's right, Ronald Reagan, of
"Bedtime for Bonzo" and bomb time for
Gadhafi.
Lise Olsen
"It's simple, sort of," Newsweek
says. All Reagan lovers have to do is get
both houses of Congress to pass a reso
lution to repeal the 22nd Amendment
and then have the resolution ratified by
two-thirds of the 50 states. A.S.A.P.
The proponents are Max Hugel, form
er deputy director of the CIA, and Guy
Vander Jagt, chairman of the House
Republican Committee. And apparently
they've got plenty of supporters, possi
bly including the president.
Although Reagan has repeatedly said
he plans to retire, he also has told
friends that he would work to repeal
the 22nd Amendment. He once told
Fortune magazine, "If they want to vote
for someone, we shouldn't have a rule
that tells them they can't."
Admittedly, other countries, like
Great Britain, have had long-term polit
ical leaders like Margaret Thatcher,
who has given the country a continuity
of leadership and of policy.
But continuity at what price? I don't
Did Brosnahan really see anything?
Will this Rehnquist thing never end?
A fortnight ago in this space I
ruled that the matter of William
Rehnquist and his alleged inter
ference with the rights of voters
approaching the polling place in
Bethune, Ariz., in 1962 amounted either
to a) mistaken identity, or b) perjury by
an associate justice of the Supreme
Court. I raised the further point that it
would be odd to perjure yourself in
order to conceal the charge that you
had asked a voter to prove that he
could read this because, in the Dark
Age of 1962, people actually were sup
posed to prove they could read before
being allowed to vote.
There it was left. But since then,
certain facts have come out. The star
witness against Rehnquist was one
James Brosnahan. It was he who most
resonantly insisted that Rehnquist was
out there harassing voters. But now it
develops that Brosnahan in fact didn't
pretend to be qualified to assess the
impact of what would happen if we
kept electing Ronnie until death do us
part, but let me make some obvious
predictions.
The Supreme Court would be hard
est hit. Bill Brennan and Thurgood
Marshall, the court's strong liberals,
probably would not be able to outlast
robust Ron. And Ron is likely to replace
them with reactionaries with funny
clauses for their suburban homes. The
court's center would shift decidedly to
the right. That would probably mean
the end of legalized abortion and the
end of any hope for repeal of capital
punishment. Obscenity rulings would
become more strict and criminals
defendants' rights would be protected
less vigorously.
Another four years of Reagan defi
nitely would test Soviet -American rela
tions. How long could Gorbachev stay
friendly in the face of Reagan's repeated
rebuffs of summit invitations and dis
armament proposals?
It also would be interesting to see
how the feud with Libya would shape
up, and if four more years would give
Reagan the chance to participate in
the all-out war he seems to want. Or
maybe he could just kill off a couple
more of Gadhafi's adopted children.
But could he really be re-elected?
Vander Jagt recently asked, "Is there
anyone (who) doubts that if Ronald
Reagan runs again he will win again?"
The answer is supplied by News
week's most recent poll. The poll, con
ducted by Gallup in August, showed
that 62 percent of the public would not
like to see Reagan elected to a third
term, although 64 percent approve of
his performance.
himself see the spectacle he described
with such animus. He had heard others
say that Rehnquist had done this.
Meanwhile, every engine of research
journalistic and criminal had
gone to work on the case. And there is
William F.
Buckley Jr.
nothing there. No contemporaneous
news accounts, no police report, no FBI
report mentioning Rehnquist. Brosna
han was reduced to saying that it must
have been some other episode involv
ing Rehnquist, at some other site. Per
haps in some other country.
for ffion?
back into Dark Ages
But Reagan himself recently con
ducted his own unscientific poll, ask
ing a crowd: "I wonder how the folks
would feel about giving it one more
try?" After thunderous applause, he
added, "I'm kidding, of course."
But was he?
We all know how well Reagan gets
along with the entire English royal fam
ily. And gee, didn't Nancy fit right in
with the stylish crowd at Andy and
Fergy's wedding this summer. Maybe
that's the kind of future Ron has
planned for his family. King Ron with,
Nancy co-starring as the Queen Mommy
That way we could all spend tax dollars
and contribute to the deficit until we
die paying for his children't royal wed
dings and reading the details in the
Enquirer.
Preventing all that is the idea behind
the 22nd Amendment, ratified in l9ol
It's a check on the executive branch';
power based on common law traditions
dating back to this country s begin
nings.
The only president to have broken
that tradition was Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, who was elected to four
terms and served 12 years before he
died. The amendment passed four years
later under President Harry Truman.
Even George Washington, "The Father
of our country," served only two terms
after he was formally elected in 1 1
(although he was de facto president
from 1775).
In fact, the people didn't want George
to retire, either. They wanted him to be
king but, he refused.
That wasn't why he dodged all those
icebergs in the Delaware.
Olsen is a senior news-editorial major.
Brosnahan is a liberal Democrat (his
self-designation) who has opposed
Rehnquist for years and who will pre
sumably oppose him as chief justice
which is his right, a right he will no
doubt be disappointed the Rehnquist
court will not deny him.
The diehard Democrats, however,
having failed to discredit Rehnquist,
thought to maneuver for time by asking
for a delay in the vote. Sen. Robert Dole
of Kansas replied with a simple no. And
no one can easily accuse Dole of being
precipitate: There has been plenty of
time in which to accumulate an anti
Rehnquist portfolio, right down to in
criminating birthmarks. The Kennedy-Biden-Metzenbaum
Democrats have
thought of filibustering, but that is not
a popular practice in the Senate a few
weeks before a national election. They
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