Editorial: Out Of Our Minds On Election Moanin'

We can hardly believe it. Ronald Reagan is ending his days in the White House rather than in his own house or even better, the jail house. Reagan's top gun - Poindexter, North, Meese and Abrahms - to name a few, admitted to participating in a scheme in which "private" aid went to (and probably continues to go to) a cause that the American people do not support. They lied to Congress and misused public funds. They carried out a policy of trading arms for hostages. They made profits from selling arms to our supposed enemies. They made profits from selling drugs . None of them have expressed remorse to this day.

How is it that Bush has never been taken to task for his part in the Iran-Contra affair? Why is Oliver North's trial waiting until after the election? Why hasn't any of this been more than a surface issue in the campaign? The whole thing smacks of complicity between the Republican and Democratic parties. What kind of a deal did they make?

Why are we bothering to go to the voting booth? To vote for Circuit Court Judge nominee, Nancy Francis. To vote for Andrea Walsh for County Commissioner. To vote no on Proposal A. To vote against George Bush. Why didn't the Duke's publicity crew pick up on the strategy that wins: Tell a lie that is almost believable, then stand back and watch your opponent spend his time and money defending himself? This is a technique Bush's camp surely learned from the Master of Lies himself, Ronald Reagan.

What are lies? Those little stories that Americans love to hear from their Presidents, like "I will not raise taxes."

Have you noticed that even though no one really cares about the deficit, and although no one really believes politicians v. when they say they will balance a budget, politicians MUST make these promises anyway?

Since when has the right to choose an abortion been a tax issue? Since the Reagan Revolution made everything a tax issue! The shame is that once the argument is framed in that language the opposition has to respond in kind or lose the argument. Advice: Hold your nose while you pull down certain levers. It may seem hypocritical, but how will you feel a year from now if you didn't vote against a Carl Pursell when you had the chance?