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4The Daily Tar HeelFriday, September 25, 1992 .a T Lord calls By Jason Richardson Awbam Sutt tod National Editor , Nancy Lord, trie Libertarian nomi nee for vice president, said Wednesday Ujat the Libertarian Party offered voters afi opportunity to reject incumbent par ties and vote for truly innovative ideas. I But the party faces an uphill battle in 1 system designed to keep the two in cumbent parties firmly in power, Lord said. ; The Democrats and Republicans merely are exploiting their positions as incumbents to benefit themselves, Lord said. ; Lord and Scott McLaughlin, the Lib ertarian candidate for N.C. governor, said the present election system was harmful to all parties except the Repub licans and Democrats. : The Libertarians had to spend $50,000just to get on the ballot in North Carolina, McLaughlin said. Lord esti mated the figure at $1 million nation wide. f : This year has been an interesting one for candidates outside the two largest parties. , With Texas businessman Ross Herat's challenge in the presidential race drawing major attention from the pub lic, this election year holds promise for third-party candidates. Lord said. ;, Lord said Perot's campaign was "a very good thing for America. . "He legitimatized looking outside the Democratic and Republican parties," Lord said. Libertarian candidates for president and vice president are on the ballot in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Guam, Lord said. Lord and McLaughlin said that there were Libertarian candidates in 786 lo cal elections nationwide, including 42 in North Carolina. Although the Libertarians have no Whoopi Leleti Goldberg Khumalo She was their teacher. They were her hope. SARAflNAlV 104:20 109:20 The Sound of Freedom HOW DOES IT WORK? 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"If you add up all the votes (for third parties), our total surpassed all opposi tion parties combined. "We're where the new thinking is taking place," she said. The national media also can have an adverse affect on a third-party cam paign. Lord said. "The press has been a mouthpiece for the establishment par ties," she said. "It's part of the overall collapse of investigative journalism." But the N.C. media has been benefi cial to the Libertarians, McLaughlin said. "We're starting to see change as far as the media is concerned because of disgust with the other candidates." It is also very difficult for the Liber tarian candidates to debate the other candidates, McLaughlin said. "They're not going to let us debate them. In free debate, we would prob ably win," McLaughlin said. McLaughlin said that the recent de bate between Republican Jim Gardner and Democrat Jim Hunt was a "disser vice to every voter in the state." "Those two should be ashamed of 5 FILM (OpensNextFrtda " "At m&K. 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"We're the only party that under stands that the reason the economy is collapsing is because the government is taking our money," Lord said. With an increasing percentage of Americans preparing to draw benefits. Lord said the Social Security system was in danger of collapsing. "If I were in college today, I'd be out in the streets demonstrating against Social Security the way my generation demonstrated against Vietnam," Lord said. If the system does not change, today's college students are "going to spend their old age eating cat food," she said. Lord also said the party disliked the present system of tax collection, in which the Internal Revenue Service bureau cracy is responsible for enforcing tax laws. "The IRS has become a very oppres sive agency," Lord said. "With the IRS, you are guilty until proven innocent." Libertarians do understand that some taxes are necessary, but think better collection methods are needed. 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Bush addressed the Triad Chamber of Commerce at the convention center Wednesday morning, focusing on small business reform and the presentation of an updated economic plan. Protesters standing outside the Guilford Ballroom, where the president made his address, said they were con cerned with Bush's stand on women's issues and the environment. Six women wearing 1940s-style dresses, horn-rimmed glasses and pill box hats protested Bush's stand on mm '! II -lj Hill facing Granville Towers lunch and dinner women's issues, saying their dress re flected Bush's view of women. The group called themselves "Bushwomen" and criticized the presi dent through their comments and dress. "My husband won't let me talk to strangers," said one woman, who would only identify herself as Mrs. Harold Kiwaleski. Kiwaleski, who said she was from the Greensboro area, would not give her first name, saying that her identity should be based on her husband. "My first name's not important," she said. Kiwaleski said Bush and Vice Presi dent Dan Quayle's traditional family values should be followed. "We are what Bush sees as women," she said. "He's promoting these values; we are, too. "We should let our men run this country," Kiwaleski said as she lifted a sign saying "Whatever you say, dear." A group of five UNC-Greensboro students also held signs saying "Will the environmental president please stand DIPS COUNTRY KITCHEN Put A Little South in Your Mouth Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Mon.-Sat. 8 am-10 pm Sunday 8 am-9 pm Takeout Chicken BBQ & Ribs Dumplings Seafood & 18 choices ofvegctables 405 W.Rosemary St 942 - Billy Ray Penny Returns to Time Out! UNC vs. State Football Weekend Exclusive guest appearance September 25 by Billy Ray to amuse and abuse you. Also introducing the debut of Time Out Express, a unique concept in the expedient (no waiting in line!) distribution FcjiSP of mass quantities of delicious MfttB Time Out chicken biscuits. ijOut 133 W. 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