THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN

senator, Mr. Tsongas con-
sistently supported foreign
aid. He said loan guar-
antees are humanitarian
and not political.
He believes arms flow to
the Middle East should be
reduced. But, he said, this
should be done in a way
that does not put Israel at a
military disadvantage.

Racism, Women's Issues
Abound On Campus

olitical rhetoric is
everywhere, and alle-
gations of anti-
Semitism run rampant on
the trail. Though the GOP
dismisses him as a legiti-
mate representative of the
Republican Party, former
Ku Klux Klan grand wizard
David Duke is a candidate
in the Michigan Republican
primary.
Joining Mr. Duke is con-
servative commentator
Patrick Buchanan, who
despite his alleged racist
comments, has fared
substantially well in
caucuses and primaries.
Mr. Buchanan has taken
over the ammunition
brought about by the Duke
campaign, which is runn-
ing out of money.
Last week, the American
Jewish Congress publicly
called Mr. Buchanan anti-
Semitic. After Mr.
Buchanan suggested that
President Bush drop out of
the race, the Republican
Party gave the go ahead to
its leaders to condemn Mr.
Buchanan.
Mr. Buchanan has made
many racial and anti-
Semitic slurs in the cam-
paign. Most recently, Mr.
Buchanan told a group of
Jewish protesters at a
campaign stop in Georgia
that only Americans were
invited guests at his rally.
"There is no room in our
party for racists or anti-
Semites," said Oakland
County Republican
Chairman Jim Alexander.
"There is only one thing
that makes Pat Buchanan
different from David Duke,

p

During the 1990s, Americans are concerned about education reform and
adequate day care for their children. According to the U.S. Department of
Labor, half of the work force today are women, meaning more and more
parents are opting for day care.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1992

which is that he was once a
newspaper man. We have
to say enough is enough."
The Republican Party is
in a quandary. The Gulf
War fame is past, taking a
back seat to a widespread
domestic agenda including
record unemployment, a
middle class recession and
skyrocketing health care
costs.
The most emotional
debate seems to be over
abortion rights, which has
been divisive among some
political and religious
groups — including Jews.
Although Reform and Con-
servative Jewish leaders
support a woman's right to
choose abortion, some Or-
thodox maintain that
Halachah forbids abortion.
Meanwhile, supporters in
Congress last week started
pushing forward the
Freedom of Choice Act,
which would codify the
landmark Roe vs. Wade
ruling that said states may
not prevent a woman from
seeking an abortion within
her first six months of
pregnancy.
Neither President Bush
nor Mr. Buchanan support
abortion rights. Mr. Bush
favors an overturn of Roe.
The entire Democratic
slate supports a woman's
right to choose, which
aligns many Jewish wo-
men with the Democratic
Party. National polls still
suggest Jews vote Dem-
ocratic over Republican 3
to 1.
Polls during the '92 race
show Americans believe
the Democratic Party is
still the party of the work-
ing person.
With women voters,
Israel often is on equal turf
with women's issues.
"I would never vote for
someone who is anti-Israel
or who does not demon-
strate a belief in the
separation of church and
state," said political ac-
tivist Arlene Victor of
Bloomfield Hills. "But
women's issues are very
important. Israel is no