DOLE REBUKES CLINTON ON WAR AGAINST DRUGS.Byline: Michael Coit Daily News Staff Writer Renewing his attack on President Clinton's anti-drug efforts, Republican presidential nominee In United States politics and government, the phrase presidential nominee has two distinct meanings. The first is somebody chosen by the primary voters and caucus-goers of this party to be the party's nominee for President of the United States. Bob Dole told parents and students at a Christian school A Christian School is a school run on Christian principles or by a Christian organization. The nature of Christian schools varies enormously from country to country according to the religious, educational, and political culture. Wednesday he would win the war on drugs with their help. ``The bottom line is this: I trust the people. President Clinton trusts the government,'' Dole said to a crowd of nearly 200 at Temple Christian Temple Christian can refer to:
``We've got to have some responsibility by individuals in America. A government program's not going to make it happen. The parents are the answer. The schools are the answer. Everybody's the answer.'' Dole has made drug use a central campaign issue, and he repeated his call for greater military drug interdiction The interception of illegal drugs being smuggled by air, sea, or land. See also counterdrug operations. , federal judges who are tough on drug offenders, and using the presidency as a ``bully pulpit'' to fix what he contends has been a retreat in the drug war under Clinton. Several people both inside and outside the seating area turned out to criticize Dole on the drug issue, including a handful of public school teachers who said Dole should do more to support education. ``He's making this whole drug issue a political issue when it should be a family issue,'' said John Weiss John Weiss (1818-79) was an American author and clergyman, as well as a noted abolitionist. Weiss was born in Boston. He graduated at Harvard in 1837 and at the Harvard Divinity School in 1843, then preached at Watertown and New Bedford, Massachusetts About 1856, failing , a Ventura middle school teacher who wore a T-shirt that read ``Public Education. Our No. 1 Priority.'' However, Chari Sinclair, whose daughter attends public school in Ventura, said Dole and his vice presidential running mate running mate n. 1. The candidate or nominee for the lesser of two closely associated political offices. 2. A companion. 3. A horse used to set the pace in a race for another horse. Jack Kemp should get votes as a result of their anti-drug campaign. ``I think it's not publicized and supported enough. His position fires people up locally,'' Sinclair said. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Bob Dole speaks at Temple Christian School in Ventur a. Jeremy Greene/Special to the Daily News |
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