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November 8, 1988
ELECTION DAY
BOILING SPRINGS, NORTH CAROLINA
Election Day 1988: The Choice is Yours-Bush or Dukakis
DEMOCRAT
Michael S. Dukakis
current status:
Governor of Massachusetts
education:
Graduated from Swarthmore
College with Phi Beta Kappa
honors. Attended'Harvard
Law School.
federal deficit:
Proposes elimination of
certain costly weapons sys
tems and development of
others; investment in eco
nomic growth; bringing down
interest rates; and col
lecting unpaid taxes.
abortion:
"I don't think it's a good
thing." "It has to be the
woman in the exercise of
her own conscience and re
ligious beliefs that makes
the decision."
death penalty:
"I oppose the death
penalty."
health care:
Supports provisions of
universal health care.
"It's time that, when
you've got a job in this
country, it came with
health insurance."
third world:
"...we've got to assist
those Third World countries
in dealing with this mas
sive debt... if we don't do
something about it and as
sist their economics, we'll
destroy their futures and
at the same time, we'll de
stroy markets that are im
portant to our firms."
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These are the candidates
for the Presidency of the
United States of America.
Their running mates are Lloyd
Bentsen, Democrat and Dan
Quayle, Republican. Please
study the issues closely and
choose carefully. Vote today
for your life tomorrow!
REPUBLICAN
George Herbert Walker Bush
current status:
Vice President of U.S.
education:
Earned Economics degree from
Yale. Graduated with Phi Beta
honors.
federal deficit:
Supports capital gains
cuts. Proposes a "flexible
freeze" allowing the presi
dent to sort out the priori
ties. Opposes tax raises.
abortion:
"I oppose abortion and
favor adoption." Exceptions:
rape, incest, life of mother
threatened.
death penalty:
"I favor the death penalty."
health care:
Promotes buying into Medicaid,
full enforcement of catastro
phic health insurance, actions
of private conscience.
third world:
"I want to see market eco
nomics spring up all around
the world. I don't want to
see banks let off the hook.
I think were on the right
track in agriculture."
Congressman Visits GWC
U.S. Congressman Cass
Ba11enger,candidate for
reelection as the North
Carolina tenth district
representative to Congress,
came to the campus of Gardner-
Webb on Tuesday, November 1.
He was a businessman before
entering into the political
scene. Before being elected to
congress two years ago he had
served in the House and ten
years in the Senate. He spoke
before a curious crowd of
about 20 people on issues
concerning both local and
national interests. He began
by giving some information on
his political history and
accomplishments and described
how he gradually became a
conservative in the working
world.
The issue he discussed the
most was the environmental
question. He was asked about
his stance with the Sierra
Club. Though he claims to be
ecologically oriented as a
businessman the Sierra Club
considers him a candidate not
to be supported when looking
at environmental records.
However, when asked about
local issues to be considered
in the future, the environment
was included along with labor
and Cleveland County's water
problem the latter of which he
said is "the biggest problem
furthest away from solving."
When he discussed world and
national issues, he indicated
that he wished to attack the
problems of the low job rate
in Central America. He also
supports presidential candi
date George Bush's concept of
a flexible freeze in the
budget issue.
The event lasted about an
hour and concluded after a
question-answer session.