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Scrapbook BILL CLINTON'S FELLOW CHINA APOLOGISTS As preparations for the Tiananmen Square Summit proceed apace, it's increasingly clear that no Chinese infamy—not blatant interference in American...
...Pressler is running on a somewhat broader platform this time, for tax cuts and school vouchers and against crime...
...Scrapbook BILL CLINTON'S FELLOW CHINA APOLOGISTS As preparations for the Tiananmen Square Summit proceed apace, it's increasingly clear that no Chinese infamy—not blatant interference in American elections, not Beijing's aggressive military buildup, not the forced-abortion and organ-harvesting horrors perpetrated by the Chinese Communists—^will halt the tank-like forward progress of the Clinton appeasement machine...
...Don't you think you've attracted a lot more blacks to the game...
...He summed it up at the time in a single word: "Gasahol...
...Failed presidential candidates never die, they just run for mayor...
...It's also clear that, as long as Clinton embraces the butchers of Beijing, much of America's commerce-loving foreign-policy Establishment will embrace Clinton...
...Three years ago, when still in college, he was asked at the Masters whether he felt an "obligation" to serve as a role model to minority youths...
...Maybe competition will...
...The court declared—over the protests of the ACLU, People for the American Way, the NAACI, and Americans United for the Separation of Church and State—that public funds, in the form of school vouchers, could be used by parents to send their kids to religious schools...
...Interestingly, the more craven and fawning Clinton has become towards Beijing, the more he has tended to point out that his policy is a direct descendant of George Bush's...
...Then he circulated this letter with a comically full-of-itself cover memo on Scowcroft's letterhead—a copy of which The Scrapbook has obtained—in order to drum up VIP signatures for the letter...
...MAYOR PRESSLER...
...Admittedly, both are the kind of factoid usually relegated to Trivial Pursuit...
...We smell a successful campaign slogan, if not campaign: "Larry Pressler for Mayor...
...As a result of the decision, which will open up participation by numerous parochial schools, another 13,500 children will be able to escape dysfunctional public schools...
...King asked, "Do you feel that you're an influence on young blacks...
...It's nice to know that if President Clinton needs any informal advance work for the Tiananmen Square Summit, he seems to have some very able helpmeets already on the ground...
...Plus, says Pressler, "I have a lot of African-American friends...
...We would be honored if you would join us...
...Currently, 1,500 children in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program use vouchers to go to non-religious private schools...
...Why limit it to just that...
...I think you should be able to influence people in general, not just one race or social-economic background...
...Last Wednesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court approved a pioneering effort to expand educational choices for the children in Milwaukee's worst public schools...
...I am currently in China with President Bush, but my colleagues . . . can assist you with any questions you may have regarding this letter...
...Yes, he really said it...
...And he answered, breathtakingly, "No...
...Forstmann and Walton have pledged to raise $200 million for the national initiative and have already kicked in $50 million each...
...And for the approval-craving Bush crowd, this praise from the man who booted them out of office seems to be most welcome...
...Colin Powell, for one, ridiculed Woods and this "very strange word" last year on Meet the Press...
...The issue he was hoping would sweep him into the White House...
...King, a little annoyed, shot back, "Just young children...
...TIGER, TIGER Golfer Tiger Woods is proving himself one of the nation's leading purveyors of clear-headedness about race, not that this is winning him many friends...
...A CHOICE, NOT AN ECHO School reformers just had a banner week...
...More good news came from the private sector, with the announcement by investment banker Ted J. Forstmann and Wal-Mart heir John T. Walton of a Children's Scholarship Fund that could send 50,000 needy children to private schools...
...Pressler's presidential bid began in 1979 and lasted a total of 106 days...
...Sandra Feldman, president of the AFT, said, "I would much prefer to have seen a contribution like that made to ±e public schools, the way Walter Annenberg did...
...We anticipate that funding for this effort will come through the U.S.China Education Foundation...
...Jerry Brown did it in Oakland earlier this month...
...Next week, once the letter has been published, we'll provide an update on which of these men has the gumption—and principle—to spurn Scowcroft's entreaties...
...the United States should neither fear nor oppose this development...
...But Woods seems immune to criticism...
...The Scrapbook is also pleased to learn, from the distribution list on the Scowcroft memo, who makes the Establishment A-list these days: James Baker, Lloyd Ben-sten [sic], Michael Blumenthal, Nicholas Brady, Harold Brown, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Frank Carluc-ci, Dick Cheney, Warren Christopher, Henry Fowler, Alexander Haig, Melvin Laird, Anthony Lake, Robert McFarlane, William Miller, Walter Mondale, William Perry, Colin Powell, Dan Quayle, Donald Regan, Elliot Richardson, William Rogers, Donald Rumsfeld, James Schlesinger, George Shultz, William Simon, Cyrus Vance, and Casper [sic] Weinberger...
...Trouble is, there is no evidence that Annenberg's gift has helped students...
...Then you probably don't know that Larry Pressler once ran for president, either...
...Dear Colleagues," Scowcroft wrote, "As you are aware, U.S.-China relations have come under significant criticism in recent weeks...
...In an effort to bring some balance to public debate, we are proposing an open letter to Congress, to be published in selected national newspapers a week before President Clinton leaves for China...
...The announcement was followed by grousing from the American Federation of Teachers...
...All have agreed to sign the letter...
...No doubt...
...And Woods answered, calmly, firmly, "Young children...
...Everybody should be in the fold...
...Perhaps that's why Brent Scow-croft, Bush's national security adviser, swung into action last week in defense of Clinton and his summit...
...Presidents Bush, Carter and Ford, as well as Henry Kissinger and Larry Eagle-burger, agree that such a letter could bring a much needed reminder of the critical importance of the strategic relationship between our two countries...
...Didn't know that there were Republicans on the ballot in Washington...
...And Woods replied, "Yeah, I think I've attracted minorities to the game, but you know what...
...I feel I have an obligation to serve as a role model to everyone, regardless of color...
...Scowcroft drafted a cliche-drenched "Open Letter to Congress" full of Council on Foreign Relations blah-blah ("China is destined to become a great economic and political power in the 21st century...
...Some Of His Best Friends Are Black...
...Woods's mother is Thai, and his father is black—but also part-Caucasian and part-American Indian, which leads Woods to describe himself as "Cablinasian," a rebuke of sorts to those who would assign him a part that he doesn't wish to play...
...Much of the criticism seems based on misinformation or a lack of credible facts...
...Few things these days are as shocking as a bracing dose of what used to be called liberalism...
...And the former senator is already doing his best to woo the city's predominant ethnic group, pointing out in interviews that he has an honorary degree from Southeastern University, which has quite a few black students...
...And he did it again, last week, on Larry King Live...
...Now, perhaps inspired by Brown's success, former senator Larry Pressler of South Dakota has announced ±at he may run for the Republican nomination for mayor of Washington, D.C., this fall...
...Mock him if you like, but there's little doubt the former senator would do a better job running Washington than the gang of larcenous race-baiters who have spent the last 20 years turning the District government into an unamusing joke...
Vol. 3 • June 1998 • No. 40
