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...said the administration's draft policy "sends a message, intentional or not, that the federal government is retreating from the vigorous and aggressive pursuit of equal educational opportunity for minorities...
Bill Clinton is a politician to the bone, as shown by his refusal to resist the draft out of concern for his "political viability." Paul E. Tsongas has been through the revolving door, serving as a corporate lobbyist. And Edmund G. Brown is a suspiciously recent convert to the "outsider" fold...
Brown, in a Rhode Island appearance, attackedClinton, calling him "not electable." He wasapparently referring to a Sunday New York Timesarticle that linked Clinton with the owner of afailed savings and loan. Earlier in the campaign,questions were raised about Clinton's maritalfidelity and draft record...
Bill Clinton had to contend not only with the claim of his marital faithlessness and questions about the way he handled his draft status in 1969, but also with an impression of being a bit too facile -- "Slick Willie," as some call him in Arkansas. The attention to his personal life and the forbearance with which he bore the rude, intrusive process diminished the Slick Willie problem. Clinton, calling himself "the Comeback Kid," got a handsome 25% of the vote for second place...
...Clinton still cannot afford a misstep. Though the New Hampshire results crowded out the Clinton headlines about Gennifer Flowers and his Vietnam-era draft status, the threat lurks in the shadows; in Savannah a veteran held aloft a sign that read NO DRAFT DODGER OR PLAYBOY FOR PRESIDENT. As a Clinton campaign aide put it, "It's a bit like Alcoholics Anonymous. Every single day has to go by. It's never completely behind...