Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 326, Ed. 1 Friday, October 13, 2000 Page: 4 of 14
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Sapulpa Herald and was provided to The Gateway to Oklahoma History by the Oklahoma Historical Society.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
vr *
v ^ v ,> ,■ , v y v > v « / «■ -+-+ •* J •-^',*'
■♦* • • .*-% f -V^ - # *
PAGE FOUR—Sapulpa (OkIa.» Herald, Friday, Oct. 13, 2000
What others
are saying...
On vice presidential debate:
" You might say that Dick Cheney is the quintessential Republican. He’s an
oil corporation mogul who drew $4.7 million salary until he was given a $20
million “golden parachute" at retirement, plus stock options worth vastly
more. He helped his firm get about $2 billion in federal contracts.
Republicans arc the parly of wealth, and Cheney is a poster boy for it.
During the first vice presidential debate, it was obvious that Cheney is
more intelligent than his superior on the GOP ticket Maybe this helps explain
Cheney's tycoon status.
Democratic nominee Joe Licberman praised his pany's plan to use part of
the growing federal surplus for moderate tax cuts aimed at the middle class —
such as $10,000 annual credit for sending a son or daughter to college.
But Cheney showed no interest in that Instead, he talked of much-larger
tax giveaways. He carefully didn't mention that they would go to the affluent
But, during the presidential debate last week, Democrat Al Gore emphasized
that the GOP cuts would favor the elite in the top I percent of taxpayers
Naturally, this newspaper agrees with the Democratic agenda of helping
mainstream Americans, and thus we were more receptive to Ucbcrman's half
of the debate That's the reality of partisan politics.
However, from a purely nonpartisan viewpoint, it was refreshing to sec the
cordial respect and civility between the two running-mates ...
-The Charleston Cazette, VV.Vo.,
On drama of debates:
In the current Neh Yorker, the magazine's Washington correspondent, Joe
Klein, recounts an exchange from a 1992 campaign debate in which President
Bush gave a fumbling answer to a question from the audience about how the
national debt affected the “economic problems of common people " Because
the woman who asked the question was black, Mr. Bush noted that he had
been to an A.M.E. church recently Then he veered awkwardly to the subject
of teenage pregnancies. When Bill Clinton's turn came, he stepped toward the
woman and said. ‘Tell me how it's affected you again." In Mr. Klein's view,
this demonstration of Mr Clinton’s superior cmpathic ability was a pivotal
moment in their competition The observation touches on the perennial ques-
tions of what voters look for in the candidate debates and how they process
what they sec and hear ...
The explanation may be that people are looking for something that cannot
be strictly measured by I.Q. or by checking a resume for the number of years
in Washington. Debate audiences arc trying to gauge something more mysteri-
ous and unpredictable, which is whether a given individual has a presidential
temperament....
-The Sew York Times,
On use of force against inmates:
Correctional officers must, at times, use force if they arc to do their jobs
properly and safely.
TWo weeks ago, the state Supreme Court wisely acknowledged that fact
and. in doing so. provided officers some protection from being prosecuted for
using reasonable force against inmates
The court, in a majority opinion wntten by Justice Phil Talmadge. made it
more difficult for inmates to claim self-defense if inmates fight back against
correctional officers. The standard to claim sell-defense for inmates, just like
free citizens, has been whether there is an “apparent” threat of injury or death.
That's unreasonable When a correctional officer gives an inmate an order
and follows that order w ith a threat of using pepper spray, for example, an
inmate should not assume he is in danger — at least if the inmate follows the
order. If the inmate docs not comply w ith the order, he has only himself to
blame for being pepper spray ed
A King County jury, however, Saw it a bit differently wlien it found a jail
supervisor guilty of two counts of custodial assault The state Court of
Appeals upheld the conviction, and that decision was appealed to the Supreme
Court....
The majority ruled that prisoners, just like those being arrested, must prove
there was actual danger to claim self-defense against a corrections officer. The
mere belief that they may be in danger is simply not good enough.
The court was right to set a higher standard to charge correctional officers
with assault The threshold has to be higher because officers arc working in an
environment that can be dangerous. They need to have leeway to use force in
order to protect themselves and co-workers.
-Wulla Walla (Wash.) Union-bulletin,
Q
-I
(E
O
£
CC
0c
LU
CO
# *
wc camel cam
"WfctL, \f VOU'ftfc COMIKG BACK ffe*
/we Off OW TKG . •»
Sapulpa Daily
HERALD
FstabksrteO Sapt 14.1914. and publshed at
16 S Pwte. SapufcM. OMahoma 74066. Pub-
khad 6 days par week except Saturday. Peri-
odical Postage Paid at Sapukia. Oklahoma
ISTMASTER: Send 3579 to 16 Sa Perk.
Sapulpa. OK. 74066
^81920 __
Contents uopynohl 2000. All Rtfits ReswvwT
Con .nunev Newspaper Hofar^s. Inc.
Eflectlv* December 1.1999
By Mai — Creak & ___
Elsewhere m U SA per year............$16356
Jbn Money...................PUHeher
Lorde j. Outona*....... Manning Ed*x
Clnrjy Leake......... Advertamg kfcneger
Diana Duncan .......Busmeea Manager
Teresa L Cooper .. Production Supervisor
Roy M. Roop.........Caculalton Manager
Mara mw B. Broaddus.....Associate Edtor
............Aset. Advertising Manager
evenmgs or before 9:30 a.m, Surety morn-
ing___
Member OMahoma Prasa Assn.. NaMonaf
Newspaper Aaerv, The Aaaorialed Press
The Sapulpa Han*) assumes no response
baity torSie relum of unaolcaad photographs,
stortee or cappings_
National Ad/er»sng Rap . Landon Associ-
ates, 750 Thrd A/anua. New ihrk. New ttxV
Opinion
Congress already spending surplus
While the presidential candidates arc
debating how to carve up the anucipat-
cd budget surplus. Congress and Presi-
dent Clinton arc busy spending it — to
the point where some experts wonder
whether there'll be a surplus
The Concord Coalition, for instance,
warns that if discretionary spending
keeps growing at the same rate it has
over the past three yean, the 10-year
non-Social Security surplus won't be
$2.2 trillion, as expected, but $700 bil-
lion
"That's a good sum of money." said
the Coalition's executive director. Bob
Bixby. “but it's far less than the cost of
the presidential candidates' promises."
Vice President Al Gore proposes
spending increases and tax cuts —
mainly spending increases — that his
campaign totals up at $1.4 trillion.
Texas Gov. George W Bush proposes
programs worth $1.9 trillion — mainly
in the form of tax cuts.
In each case, though, the accuracy of
the estimates is under dispute Gore
puls the cost of his "Retirement Sav ings
Plus" entitlement at $200 billion, but
Republicans say it could be $750 bil-
lion Democrats accuse Bush of under
estimating his tax cuts by $300 billion
Disputes aside, the fact is that the
Congressional Budget Office's estimate
of the 10-year on-budget surplus was
based on the idea (hat discretionary
spending would grow at the rate of
inflation — 3 percent per year.
Instead, according to Bixby, it's been
growing at 5.5 percent — a rate that
would chew up $1.4 ml I ion of the
CBO's estimated $2.2 trillion
CBO calls for discretionary spend-
ing to decline as a percentage of the
gross domesue product from 6.2 per-
cent in the current fiscal year to 5.2 per-
cent by 2010. Al cuirent rates of spend
mg. Bixby figures, it will grow to 6.8
percent.
Of course, these pessimistic calcula-
tions may be offset by new and rosier
CBO projections based on continued
Capitol Roll Call
By
Morton
Kondrake
Newspaper
Enterpnse
Association
strong growth in the economy.
CBO based its surplus projections
on a 10-year economic growth average
of 2.7 percent. If that is raised to 3 or
3.3 percent, it could add $500 billion to
$1 trillion to the new estimate posted in
January, leaving more room for spend-
ing and/or tax cuts
However, as Democrats on the
House Budget Committee note. Con-
gress isn’t only increasing discretionary
spending hut mandatory spending, as
well
Whereas CBO projected fiscal 2001
outlays at $638 billion, and the Repub-
lican budget resolution promised to
hold spending down to $612 billion,
actual outlay s arc headed for the neigh-
borhood of $650 billion or $660 billion.
On top of that. Democrats observe.
Congress is on its way to enacting tax
cuts and mandatory spending increases
that could total nearly $3<X) billion over
10 years, which would further reduce
the surplus
The mandatory items passed or like-
ly to pass include $62 billion in health-
care improvements for military retirees,
$50 billion in Medicare "givebacks" for
health-care providers. $55 billion for a
telephone excise tax repeal. $15 billion
for railroad retirement benefits. $20 bil-
lion for community renewal incentives.
$20 billion for business tax cuts and
$80 billion in lost interest savings.
A Medicare prescription drug bene-
fit probably won't pass this year, but
when it docs, the likely cost will be
around $350 billion over 1(1 years
So. who's responsible for all this
spending? Naturally, massive fingcr-
pointing is under way. though it's hard
to argue with the proposition that Con-
gressional Republicans have failed to
hold the line as they promised.
Rep. John Spratt. D-S.C., the rank-
ing member of the House Budget Com-
mittee. asserts that all of the first five
appropriations conference reports
approved this year have exceeded Pres-
ident Clinton's requests by $11 billion
Republicans on the House Appropri-
ations Committee say the Democratic
numbers arc wrong, but don't deny
spending has exceeded Clinton's
requests.
Partly, they say, it's because Ginton
has raised the ante m latc-scssion nego-
tiations; partly it's because the GOP has
made policy decisions to increase
defense, wildfire control and trans-
portation; and partly it's because Clin-
ton purposely underfunded certain pro-
grams when he submitted his budget.
On (he plus side. Republicans and
Democrats have agreed not to spend
current Social Sccunty and Medicare
tax surpluses — reducing the national
debt by $150 billion to $200 billion a
year, lowcnng interest rates and helping
the economy grow
On the minus side, though, they've
done nothing to reform these programs
so they can survive the rcurement of the
baby boom generation
And as Bixby and former CBO chief
Bob Rcischaucr of the Urban Institute
point out, Members arc on their way to
spending and obligating most or all of
the non-Social Sccunty surplus before
they're sure it will materialize
"Today's politicians." Rcischaucr
observed, “shouldn't dissipate all the
country's fiscal flexibility for the next
decade" That applies both to prcsidcn
Hal candidates and Congress.
■ Morton Kondracke is executive
editor of Roll Call, the news/tafier of
Ca/ritol Hill.
Europe chokes on economic centralism
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
ASSOCIATION
Last week, some American minor
leaguers whipped the Cuban baseball
titans, underdog Norway beat the
favored American women in soccer,
and little Denmark rebuffed the mighty
European central planners.
This last event was not an Olympic
result. It was much more important than
that. It was the outcome of a referen-
dum in Denmark (total population 5
million) on whether that country should
give up its own currency and fold its
economy (and much of its politics and
social life) into the more-than-300-mil-
lion-person European Union
For some time now, European
agglomeration has looked inevitable.
Beginning with the idea that war would
be less likely if Europe's national
boundaries faded away, the pan-Euro-
pean crusade has more recently gar-
nered enthusiasm from centralizers who
sec the big planning bureaucracies
based in Brussels and Strasbourg as
handy tools for government manipula-
tion of economic and social policy.
As the unification bandwagon rolled
through the 1990s, only some British
and Scandinavian skeptics were left
resisting the Euro and arguing for
national sovereignty. In Denmark, the
government was vigorously in favor of
conglomeration. But the bigger is-bet-
tcr idea made some people wary, and a
coalition of Danes ranging from conser-
vative free-marketers to liberal Greens
lashed back in defense of self-determi-
nation. In a countrywide vote, a clear
majority of the public turned down the
Euro.
This defeat may have something to
do with the way the Euro has performed
since it was launched. In January 1999,
11 European nations centralized their
economic policies and began the
process of retiring their francs, deulsche
marks, lira. etc., in favor of the Euro.
Since then, the new currency has tum-
bled. so far losing a quarter of its value
That is a reflection of economic
problems in the countries now under the
sway of the European Central Bank
Think Tank
By
Ben
Wattenburg
Newspaper
Enterprise
Association
Long accustomed to political direction
of their economics, Europe's politicians
have merely dabbled at economic
deregulation over the last decade.
Unemployment remains stuck above 9
percent in the 11 -nation Euro zone (ver-
sus 4 percent in the U.S.). Growth
chronically lags U S. levels by a couple
of percentage points.
Two percent less annual growth than
America may not sound like so much.
But consider: If that differential contin-
ues for just 20 more years, instead of
the European Union being roughly the
same size as the U.S. economically (as
measured in gross domestic product),
the U.S. will be 60 percent richer. Hav-
ing resisted the free market gospel
much more than their trans- Atlantic
partners, Europeans now find them-
selves stuck in the slow lane.
One exception to Europe's tepid
economic performance has been the
Irish. Ireland — which I visit regularly,
including this summer — is an econo-
my on fire. As recently as the late
1970s, when I attended college in
Dublin, the country was still a kind of
developing nation. Today, after two
decades of red-hot growth, the Irish,
stunningly, enjoy a pa capita income
higher than the Germans.
How has Ireland become a "Celtic
tiger” (a la Hong Kong, Taiwan and
Singapore, the earlier "tiger"
economics in Asia)? Simple- By cling-
ing for dear life to the coattails of the
American economy. The Irish have
basically set themselves up as a free
enterprise zone for U.S. companies
wanting a base in Europe, rolling out a
business-friendly red carpet.
The government also mimicked
American growth policies in some
important areas — chopping taxes and
reducing regulations. More than in
other parts of Europe. Irish entrepre-
neurs studied and then cloned some of
America's hypcrcapitalist airlines, ener-
gy companies, communications busi-
nesses and computer firms. Ireland's
smashingly successful Ryanair, for
instance, is a direct knock-off of Dallas-
based Southwest Airlines
Ireland has done this while pro-
claiming its fealty to the European
Union (which admittedly made many
Irish farmers wealthy with its lavish
agricultural subsidies). The real engine
of Ireland's economic advance, though,
has been its warm embrace of lean and
super-competitive American high-tech,
manufacturing and service businesses.
Across the rest of Europe, mean-
while. older formulas of government
planning, subsidies and controls (they
now call it "rationalization" or "market
unification") persist stubbornly Ger-
many still indulges its creaky labor
unions, the French still insist on prop-
ping up national iAd industries, and
bureaucrats in E.U. headquarters now
dictate everything from the tempera-
tures at which beer may be sold to the
hours that businesses can stay open.
If they are smart, more Europeans
will rebel against this economic
finagling, which is stifling their eco-
nomic vigor. They can do that by sneak-
ing more Amcrican-style capitalism
into their economy as the Irish have.
And they can do that by saying “No" to
further centralization of Europe's
economics through the European
Union, as the Danes did. A couple years
ago, the British and the Swedes were in
a lonely position as the sole holdouts
against surrendering their monetary and
cultural independence to the bureau-
crats o! tlic Luiupcui) Uiuoti.
Gore’s
dishonest
campaign
You just knew that Al Gore couldn't
make it through a 90-minute presiden-
tial debate — heck, probably couldn't
even make it through a mnc minutc
debate — without telling some tall tale.
His tallest of the evening concerned
a Florida high school girl.
“TWo days ago." said dis-Honcst AL
"wc ate lunch at a restaurant, and the
r wc ate lunen ai a rouuiwu. us
guy who served us lunch sent me a Ict-
—Z icr today. His name is Randy Ellis. He
- has a l S-trar-nki daughter who’s in
ICl llUdy. ms nail*. I5 iiv
has a 15-ycar old daughter who’s in
Sarasota High School.
Another Side
By
Joseph
Perkins
Newspaper
Enterpnse
Association
"Her science class was supposed to-
be for 24 students She is the 36th stu-
dent in that classroom. Sent me a pic-
ture of her in that classroom. They can't
squeeze another desk in for her, so
(Kailcy) has to stand during class "
Poor Kailey. unsuspecting viewers
must have thought.
Unless, they heard from Kailey's
principal. Daniel Kennedy.
"I would not permit any students to
stand." said Kennedy, a day after his
high school was slandered by the vice
president
"We have 2.480 students on a prac-
tically brand-new campus. In my opin-
ion. it's one of the top high schools in
the nation right now.
"We don't have any portable class-
rooms. All our students arc in regular
classes And we have 900 computers.
600 Internet sites. We'd never allow a
student to have to stand up in class "
Then there's Gore's claim that he
traveled to Texas with the head of the
Federal Emergency Management
Agency to survey damage wrought by
wildfires. "I accompanied James Lee
Witt down to Texas when those fires
broke out." said the vice president.
How compassionalc. susceptible
viewers must have thought
That is, unless they happened to
check out the ABCNcws com Web site,
which noted that: "Gore did travel to
Texas in laic June, after the fires broke
out. but he was there to address the
Texas Democratic Party, not to inspect
fiautpnugl A*d Wm vuU.uol with
him a< any pointdonng the trip."
Gore-was asked a bold Ihe. cr. dis-
crepancy in a post-debate appearance
on ABC-TV's "Good Morning Ameri-
ca." “Well." said un-Trathful Al, “I was
there in Texas 1 think James Lee went
to the same fires, and I've made so
many trips with James Lee to these dis-
aster sites.
"I was there in Texas, in Houston,
with the head of the Texas Emergency
Management folks, and w ith all of the
Federal Emergency Management folks
If James Lee was there before, or after,
then, you know, 1 got that wrong.”
No, Mr. Vice President. You lied.
And Gore saved his favorite decep-
tion for his closing remarks, what,
once again, he told the fable of the 79-
ycar-old Iowa grandma who can't
afford prescription drug coverage.
"There's a woman named Winifred
Skinner here tonight.” said un-Bcliev-
ablc Al. "She gets a small pension, but
in order to pay for her prescription drug
benefits, she has to go seven days a
week, several hours a day, picking up
cans. She came all the way from Iowa
in a Winnebago with her poodle to
attend tonight.
Poor old Winnie, poor poodle,
gullible viewers must have thought.
Unless they read a post-debate news
article in the New York Post, revealing
that Winnie's Winnebago was paid for
by the Gore campaign, along with the
gas.
And that five Gore campaign work-
ers accompanied the septuagenarian,
who happens to be a longtime Democ-
rat and former union organizer.
Moreover, Winnie is hardly so desti-
tute (hat she needs to collect cans to pay
her prescription drag insurance. She
owns her house, gets $700 a month in
Social Sccunty, along with the $70
pension Gore mentioned.
She also has an affluent son, Earl
King, a former business owner, who
lives on an 80-acre ranch.
He has repeatedly offered to help his
mom pay for her prescription drag cov-
erage. or whatever else she needs, but
she has refused.
“I don't take charity.'* Winnie told
the Post, on the road to the presidential
debate, poodle al her side.
“I don't take food stamps or nothing
like that. I cither earn it or do without. 1
know my son would willingly help me
at any time.”
Journalists have a saying:
Neva let the facts get in the way of
a good story.
Gore, who started his career as a cub
reporter at The Nashville Tennessean
— if we can believe this entry on his
resume — seems lo have embraced this
piece of cynicism as his guiding politi-
cal philosophy.
The American people deserve a
president they can trust, they can
believe. And Al Gore clearly is not that
man.
0 Joseph Perkins is a columnist for
The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View 14 places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Quinnelly, Lorrie J. Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 85, No. 326, Ed. 1 Friday, October 13, 2000, newspaper, October 13, 2000; Sapulpa, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1504038/m1/4/?q=j+w+gardner&rotate=90: accessed July 9, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.