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Reader commends ‘real choice’
With all due respect to Mike
Reilley for his astute analysis of F.rnic
Chambers’ bid for dual candidacies
(Daily Nebraskan, Sept. 15), he
seems to have overlooked the entire
point of the New Alliance Party and
its selection of Chambers for a U S.
senatorial candidate.
The point is to put an end to an
electoral process governed by back
room political decisions. Or, to put it
another way, fair and open elections
through the creation of an independ
ent third party.
Toclarify this, let me pointoul that
when Judge William Hastings was
first appointed to make a decision
regarding Chambers’ dual candida
cies, he stated, in print, that he could
sec no reason why Chambers
wouldn’t be able to run for both of
fices. Two full weeks later, Hastings,
in his official decision, reversed
himself. It’s rather obvious to the
voter that Hastings made a judgment
based on politics.
Were Chambers allowed to run for
both his incumbent scat and the U.S.
Senate scat, the establishment of an
independent third party would be
almost guaranteed, thereby destroy
ing the political monopoly now en
joyed by the Democrats and the Re
publicans.
The Democrats and the Republi
cans can’t risk the upheaval of the
status-quo and so must prevent
Chambers from running — even if it
means deliberately misinterpreting
and misapplying Nebraska’s elec
toral laws.
It has been predicted that the 1988
presidential elections will have a
record number of people not turning
out to vote. Could it be because
people are tired of not having a real
choice bctw'een candidates? Judge
Hastings, Allen Bcermann and
Robert Spire arc doing their best to
continue this proud electoral tradition
of ours — concentrate .he power of
decision into the hands oi the lew ard
don’t allow those upstart “common”
people to have the option to change
their governing bodies.
Nanci Hamilton
sophomore
biological sciences and women’s
studies
and president
Nebraska New Alliance Party
King’s dream stays unfullfilled in the '80s
POLLOCK from Pago4
wav I feel after talking 10 Smith,
Wilson and Carranza.
1 have known them all before these
recent talks, bin never before lia^ ii
saidownand listened tow haltiie) had
to say specifically about racism.
I feel that I have done them an
njtisticc, constrained for space as I
am, writing thiscolumn. But it would
be impossible toexplain all the things
that I learned in the short lime I talked
ih each of them.
Il’sgtxxJ lo see recent news stories
that expose racism, discrimination
and problems laced by minority stu
dents. lac ally and stall members.
People — all people — have ideas
lo share, but until wc start sharing
these ideas with all people, senseless
things like racism and discrimination
will continue — out ot our own ne
glect, ignorance and apathy.
Pollock is a senior newstditorlai major
and Isa Daily Nebraskan editorial columnist.
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