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Transforming the Democrats OLLIE NORTH'S COCAINE CONNECTION Pg. 14 A JOURNAL OF FREE VOICES JUNE 17, 1994 • $1.75 BY JAMES CULLEN don't have the answers—I've never icons Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roo- claimed to. But this much I know: It is time sevelt, but he offered little to substantiate Fort Worth to change the course of the Federal govern- the allegation that he is now, or ever has LL THAT WAS MISSING was the ment that our administration inherited," been, a Democrat. "America is sick of the balloon drop. Fisher said. divisive partisanship...Our job is to put an Richard Fisher, the Democratic He invoked the names of such venerable end to the politics of obstruction and sheer nominee for the U.S. Senate, ap- partisanship," he said. peared to borrow more from In January 1993, after he had Ronald Reagan than past served as an adviser to indepen- Democrats as he took the stage at dent presidential candidate H. the state Democratic convention Ross Perot but before Fisher on the evening of June 3 while launched his first Senate bid, he Copland's "Fanfare for the Com- told a newspaper "the Democratic mon Man" swelled over the public Party is dead in this state." After address. Fisher's speech was sup- the Republicans placed that quo- posed to introduce him to the tation on a billboard outside the party faithful and to convince pro- Tarrant County Convention Cen- gressive Democrats and particu- ter in a jibe at the Democrats as- larly Jim Mattox partisans that the sembled there, Fisher explained Dallas financier was worth sup- that his election showed a New porting in the general election. Democratic Party was alive in Fisher gave no offense to the Texas and it stood for: Change. convention, which was a relief to (As long as it doesn't interfere the party regulars over whom he with Business.) had flown in his primary cam- That new Democratic Party paign. He showed off the Spanish champions "economic growth, he polished as a child in Mexico. not just redistribution," he told He also produced his wife, Nancy, the convention. It also champi- whose Screen Actors Guild card ons "civic responsibility, not just (though unused of late) gives the entitlement" and working men family a union connection, and the and women—as well as those en- four Fisher kids who look like trepreneurs who create jobs. And they came straight out of central he cedes to no one the platform to casting. His speech touched on his speak for the family. "We must family values (He was late arriv- recapture our role as the advocate ing at the convention because his for the basic American values of 14-year-old daughter was graduat- hard work and personal respon- ing from middle school the after- sibility," he said. In the end, noon before the speech.) and he Fisher went so far as to quote seemed intent on restoring the na- Helen Keller, who once said, tional character with buzzwords "Life is either a daring adventure that have become the hallmarks of or nothing." the conservative Democratic He did come out in favor of Leadership Council. choice on abortion rights. Fisher pledged to take to the If Fisher's speech lacked what U.S. Senate the cause of innovation and re- Democrats as Thomas Jefferson, Andrew party poopers might call substance, he nev- form, as practiced by Texas Democrats Jackson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and such as Dan Morales and Garry Mauro. "I Bobby Kennedy, as well as Republican . Continued on pg. 2 Transforming the Democrats ertheless had the delegates cheering and Texas, she clearly believes the Democrats clapping, particularly as he closed his can capitalize on reaction against the funda- speech with the Texas Tornadoes song, mentalist movement the way the Republi- "(He is a) Tejano." But Fisher is a Nuevo cans capitalized on reaction against the civil Tejano and when he can pour $3 million rights movement in the 1960s and '70s. into his own Senate campaign he can ride "The Republicans set out to use the radical far above the storm clouds that buffet mere right, to take their extremist votes but tried mortal politicians and still never has to to keep them, as best they could, at arms- break a sweat. His appeal to progressive length in public," Richard said. "Instead, Democrats is mainly by default; still, that they have invited a Trojan horse into their may be enough to get him into the Senate. midst and they've created a tremendous Jim Matt& joined in the love-fest as he danger not only for them but for all of us... endorsed Fisher and appealed for They have turned the party of Lincoln into Democrats to unite behind the party ticket. the party of Operation Rescue," she said, "As painful as defeat has been, I know you evoking cheers, although not everywhere in A JOURNAL OF FREE VOICES We will serve no group or party but will hew hard to the haven't rejected the progressive stands I the crowd. Richards looked past the Demo- truth as we find it and the right as we see it. We are ded- have taken over the years," Mattox told the cratic delegates, to the TV cameras, as she icated to the whole truth, to human values above all in- terests, to the rights of human-kind as the foundation of convention. "Bill Clinton is leading us into a welcomed potential Republican refugees. democracy: we will take orders from none but our own new progressive era." Mattox added, "We Then she closed her speech with "I'll see conscience, and never will we overlook or misrepresent the truth to serve the interests of the powerful or cater are a party that can be proud of its past and you on Congress Avenue when we take to the ignoble in the human spirit. that is going to be a force for change in the back the Capitol one more time," the public Writers are responsible for their own work, but not for anything they have not themselves written, and in future." He was later seen on the convention address played "Theme from Chariots of publishing them we do not necessarily imply that we floor, looking for his ride back to Austin. Fire" and an honor guard of schoolchildren agree with them, because this is a journal of free voices. Delegates appeared willing to overlook appeared with a bouquet of roses and SINCE 1954 questions about Fisher's credentials. Collis Richard Fisher. Cannon, a Rainbow Coalition veteran from Publisher: Ronnie Dugger Beaumont, said Democrats have little choice HE PLATFORM, 28 pages of party Editor: Louis Dubose but to support Fisher. "He'll reap the benefits boilerplate, got easy approval after state Associate Editor: James Cullen of my hard work," Cannon said: "We can't Representative Roberto Alonzo of Dal- Production: Peter Szymczak T Copy Editor: Roxanne Bogucka sit on our hands and slow down. We've got las, the chairman of one of two feuding Mex- Editorial Interns: Todd Basch, Carmen Garcia, An- to pick up momentum and not even talk ican American Democrats factions, got an gela Hardin. about not voting." agreement that the party was not going to en- Contributing Writers: Bill Adler, Betty Brink, Warren Burnett, Brett Campbell, Peter Cassidy, Jo Clifton, gage in immigrant bashing. Alonzo was crit- Carol Countryman, Terry FitzPatrick, James Harring- NN RICHARDS took the stage on ical of Attorney General Dan Morales, who ton, Bill Helmer; Jim Hightower, Ellen Hosmer, Molly he morning of June 4 with a promo- had announced that his office would file a Ivins, Steven Kellman, Michael King, Deborah Lutterbeck, Tom McClellan, Bryce Milligan, Debbie Att" onal video but no fanfare; she was lawsuit to force the federal government to re- Nathan, John Ross, James McCarty Yeager. greeted by 'chants of "Four More Yeari" and imburse the state for the cost of providing Editorial Advisory Board: David Anderson, Austin; she adopted a fighting pose for her reelection services to undocumented immigrants, on the Frances Barton, Austin; Elroy Bode, El Paso; Chandler Davidson, Houston; Dave Denison, Cambridge, Mass; as, in her inimitable style, she brought the grounds that the federal government is re- Bob Eckhardt, Austin; Sissy Farenthold, Houston; convention up to date on the progress of her sponsible for securing the border. Ruperto Garcia, Austin; John Kenneth Galbraith, Cam- administration and her determination to keep Alonzo said party leaders did not pressure bridge, Mass.; Lawrence Goodwyn, Durham, N.C.; George Hendrick, Urbana, Ill.; Molly Ivins, Austin; fighting for the people of Texas. (See the text him to back off, and he felt the need to raise Larry L. King, Washington, D.C.; Maury Maverick, Jr., of her speech, page 22.) the issue after Mexican Americans com- San Antonio; Willie Morris, Jackson, Miss.; Kaye When she said, "Our fight is for the small plained that they were being blamed for un- Northcott, Fort Worth; James Presley, Texarkana; business owner who strains to make a documented immigrants. "The party leader- Susan Reid, Austin; Geoffrey Rips, Austin; A.R. (Babe) Schwartz, Galveston; Fred Schmidt, Fredericksburg. profit, it's for the industry that cares about ship understood that this was an important Poetry Consultant: Thomas B. Whitbread clean air and clean water," some nitpickers issue that needed to be incorporated in the Contributing Photographers: Bill Albrecht, Vic Hin- might have wondered where the fight was platform. For example, in the platform com- terlang, Alan Pogue. in a governor who has been criticized as mittee there was a discussion and debate Contributing Artists: Michael Alexander, Eric Avery, Tom Ballenger, Richard Bartholomew, Jeff Danziger, Beth being too open to compromise with pol- that we don't want to educate undocu- Epstein, Valerie Fowler, Dan Hubig, Pat Johnson, Kevin luters.
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