Wednesday, September 23, 1976 The Daily Tar Heel 7
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By CATHY ROSENTHAL
Tonight, during the televised debates,
Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter will try to
impress the American people that each is the
more enlightened candidate for President.
Yet, are the debates the most effective way
for Americans to evaluate a candidate for
elective office?
letters to the editor
Misinterpretations
To the editor:
Twice this week depressing
misinterpretations concerning race have
been printed in the letters section. 1 mean the
reactions to the cartoon about Howard Lee
and the use of the term "colored" to describe
persons of mixed race in South Africa. The
one showed lack of imagination; the other,
ignorance. As much as we bandy about the
cliches of race, the mistakes are not
surprising, but I should hope people would
at least not publicly pontificate, upon
subjects about which they know nothing.
The problems of racism are too serious to
take time for the handicaps of
thoughtlessness.
1 call the mistakes depressing because they
could have been avoided simply by thinking.
Granted, the point of the cartoon was much
too subtle to be understood immediately, but
I'm sure that a few minutes spent pondering
it would have resulted in ah epiphany, in
which one's grasp of the cosmic situation
would have been enhanced. The proper use
of "colored" could have been divined by
checking the local encyclopedia. Thus, the
space taken up by the two letters could have
been used for something else.
That people tend to have opinions about
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The networks covering this phenomenon
will endeavor to present a slick package. It
will be less a televised debate and more a
staged talk show.
Many people are manipulated by the
media. We accept television too literally and
do not bother to research for ourselves. The
debates provide another opportunity to sit
and watch instead of challenge and question.
We do not view just the candidate but an
image on a screen.
everything seems to me no license to print
them when no attempt has been made to
support those opin.ons. But I suppose that's
merely a truism.
Robert Michael Hoskins
408 E. Rosemary St.
Man with a cause
To the editor:
I am regretful that the students here at
UNC are so apathetic. To the best of my
knowledge the '60s were characterized by
cause-oriented people. It seems today that
no one has a cause.
Josh McDowell, man with a cause, will be
on our campus Sept. 26-28. Kansas State's
campus newspaper, The Collegian, quoted
Josh as saying "My goal in life is to go to
Heaven and take as many people with me as I
can." He is a man who tells it like it is in a
straightforward and dynamic way. I feel
Josh has a message to share that can answer
many of our problems and fulfill the needs
we have as college students today.
I hope that UNC will take advantage of his
presence. The impression he leaves on his
audience, Christian or not, is basically
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Almost 16 years ago on Sept. 26, 1960,
Richard Nixon and John Kennedy
participated in the first televised debates.
Key political observers like Saul Pett
maintain that those debates proved to be a
turning point in the 1960 Presidential
campaign. Nixon's performance damaged
his position in the campaign.
Pett is probably right, but times have
changed, and neither Jimmy Carter nor
Gerald Ford are strangers to television or to
can easily
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316 Whitehead
Open your minds
To the editor:
I hope that Lillie Love ("Racist label?"
DTH Letters to the editor, September 21)
paid careful attention to the editorial article
"Student isolationism" that appeared under
her own letter to the editor. Her ignorance of
"colored" as a legal term in South Africa
belies a bit of the great student isolationism
on this campus with regards to international
current events.
What's wrong with students here? What
do they think, that the outside world won't
be real until they're ready to step into it from
all the fun and comfortable protection of
their college lives?
Come on, people! Open your minds and
let a little information in.
Sarah Stewart
220 Parker
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the American people. Jimmy Carter's
primary victories astonished a nation.
Gerald Ford, the incumbent, has tried to
restore legitimacy to the office of the
Presidency. His efforts have not gone
unnoticed by the American people.
Yet, the campaign remains low-key.
Carter has been forced to equivocate on
issues such as tax reform, and Ford has been
shielded from the rigors of campaigning by
simply performing the duties of the
be avoided
Close death loophole
To the editor.
We see by way of Tuesday's paper that we
might be allowed to drop a course if we die.
Must we still take a posthumous twelve
hours (the minimum load), or can we just
withdraw from the University for the
semester?
Seriously, the Administration should
close the death loophole before
unscrupulous students try to take unfair
advantage. If not, perhaps the DTH should
consider an obituary column in place of the
editorial. Either way, it's obvious that the
student body has been screwed again.
By the way, if we die, do we Jose our
reservations at the tennis courts?
Mike Sykes
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Presidency. The debates are a novelty, but
should not be taken too seriously. It is an
uncommon media event and should be taken
in that context. The American electorate are
acquainted with the Carter and Ford style,
and both have been accused of fuzziness on
the issues. The televised debates will not
solve this problem.
Supposedly the debates provide an
opportunity for Americans to view their
candidates in a pressure situation. Yet, the
media coaches and plethora of advisors are
well aware of this challenge and will prepare
their candidate to insure the slick package.
Garry Wills states that Richard Nixon
rationalized his loss in the 1960 debate
because of Kennedy's position as the
aggressor. Nixon was the incumbent and had
to defend the Administration's record.
Kennedy could initiate and make a lasting
impression The important factor, however,
was the bok, sound and presence of the
candidate compared to his opponent.
vKennedy was calm and secure, while Nixon
looked tired and seemed nervous.
Neither Carter nor Ford have a dynamic
rhetorical style. Carter is more articulate,
but Ford has had practice as an off-the-cuff
speaker in his twenty-five years in Congress.
Each candidate will be prepared, but the one
with more finesse and a more polished image
will impress the viewers. The debates provide
a forum for he candidates to espouse party
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lines in the most deft manner possible. Issues
are supposedly the key, but the reaction will
be based not on what they say, but how they
say it.
This approach reflects the nature of
politics today. Americans search for honest
and moral leadership. Ford and Carter will
try to reinforce this image during the
debates. Yet, at the same time they recognize
that an emotional appeal to the self-interest
of the electorate is most persuasive.
No one remembers the issues of the I960
debate. Perhaps the American people are not
issue-oriented, but they are eager to trust a
politician. The man, rather than his issues
takes precedence.
Ideally, issues should not be the overriding
concern of a politically active electorate.
Images will be projected in the debates and
accepted or dismissed. But, it is hoped that
viewers will look beyond the superficial
image and concentrate on issues. Party
platforms are necessary but should be read,
not heard.
The debates will not provide insights into
the candidates'ability to run the country, and
the viewer should be wary of final judgments
based on their impression of a media event
produced and directed by the networks and
public relations firms.
Cathy Rosenthal is a senior political
science major from Chevy Chase, Md.
Gregory Nye
Associate Editor
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