Nightline (ABC) - 1992-08-26 - 2 of 2

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[0:00] Bill Clinton's lead was growing again.

[0:02] >> Morning. I want to express our continued

[0:04] >> today. George Bush, President Bush was

[0:06] back in the White House where he warned

[0:08] Iraq of a new no-fly zone where Saddam

[0:11] Hussein's planes could no longer

[0:12] operate.

[0:13] >> I want to emphasize that these actions

[0:15] are designed to enhance our ability to

[0:18] monitor developments in southern Iraq.

[0:21] These actions are consistent with

[0:23] long-standing US policy toward Iraq. Uh,

[0:26] we seek Iraq's compliance, not its

[0:28] partition.

[0:31] >> A few hours later, he flew down to

[0:32] Louisiana, as he had, to South Florida

[0:35] two days ago, to personally inspect the

[0:37] damage from Hurricane Andrew. He had

[0:39] already declared both states disaster

[0:41] areas. As the president himself might

[0:43] have put it, message, I'm taking action.

[0:46] We're making available today $10 million

[0:50] to create 5,000 short-term jobs for

[0:53] Flidians to clean up and restore public

[0:56] services in the aftermath of the

[0:58] hurricane. This grant will be dispersed

[1:01] by the Florida governor's office and may

[1:03] be used to employ workers left without

[1:06] jobs from the hurricane.

[1:09] >> In both areas, the gap between a sitting

[1:11] president and his challenger is wide. A

[1:14] challenger can issue no ultimatum,

[1:16] disperse no funds. All he can do is

[1:19] express support.

[1:20] >> I support this action by the United

[1:22] Nations allies, by the British, the

[1:24] French, and with the concurrence of the

[1:25] Russians, and the Arab states. I think

[1:27] it is an appropriate thing to do.

[1:30] >> All he can do is express sympathy.

[1:32] >> That I uh talked to the governor of

[1:35] Louisiana today, expressed my sympathies

[1:37] to him and uh my support for him and for

[1:40] Louisiana and their efforts. Oh,

[1:43] >> but holding office during a crisis has

[1:45] liabilities as well as benefits. Even

[1:47] without an election looming, action or

[1:49] inaction can always be seen through a

[1:52] political prism.

[1:53] >> President, you heard the cry in four

[1:54] more years. Would you be here if you

[1:56] weren't in an election campaign right

[1:57] now?

[1:57] >> Yes, I would.

[1:58] >> When Vice President Dan Quayle visited

[2:00] the Bay Area just after the 1989

[2:02] earthquake, the San Francisco mayor

[2:04] called it a publicity stunt.

[2:07] When the president waited 8 days to

[2:09] visit South Carolina after Hurricane

[2:11] Hugo, he was criticized for the delay.

[2:14] >> He um he could have enforced a lot more

[2:17] help sooner if he had seen it sooner.

[2:20] >> Tomorrow or within 2 or 3 days, there's

[2:22] going to be another national story in

[2:24] this political campaign that's going to

[2:26] occupy all of our thoughts and uh the

[2:29] people in Florida will still be digging

[2:31] out.

[2:32] >> Moreover, crisis can be politically

[2:34] disastrous. In 1969, after New York City

[2:38] was paralyzed by a savage snowstorm,

[2:40] Mayor John Lindseay had to apologize to

[2:42] the voters in order to win re-election.

[2:45] >> I guessed wrong on the weather before

[2:46] the city's biggest snowfall last winter,

[2:49] and that was a mistake.

[2:51] >> A decade later, when Chicago's vaunted

[2:53] political machine failed to clear the

[2:55] streets quickly after a snowstorm, Mayor

[2:57] Michael Bandic did lose his job.

[3:00] >> And today's headline promises can

[3:02] sometimes become tomorrow's

[3:03] disillusionment. especially given

[3:05] government's sometimes tortoislike pace.

[3:09] >> For example, nearly 3 years after the

[3:11] Bay Area earthquake, the Federal

[3:13] Emergency Management Agency says it has

[3:15] dispensed just over half of the $364

[3:18] million it allocated to government and

[3:21] nonprofit institutions.

[3:23] The problem will come if the federal

[3:26] government drops the ball in helping

[3:27] those people who have no homes and no

[3:29] food and no cash and no insurance and

[3:31] all the rest of the things that we have

[3:34] grown to u believe that the government

[3:38] takes care of in natural disasters.

[3:41] As for Governor Clinton, a senior

[3:43] campaign adviser said today that it

[3:45] would serve no purpose for the governor

[3:46] to visit the site of a disaster area

[3:49] simply for the sake of showing up. If he

[3:51] were invited in for a specific purpose,

[3:53] the aid said, then he would go. Of

[3:55] course, this adviser acknowledged if the

[3:57] campaign felt it was important for

[3:59] Governor Clinton to be seen in such an

[4:00] area, it probably would not be that much

[4:03] of a problem to get the Democratic

[4:04] governor of Florida or the Democratic

[4:06] governor of Louisiana to invite the

[4:08] Democratic nominee for president in for

[4:10] a visit. I'm Jeff Greenfield for Night

[4:12] Line in New York.

[4:14] >> You may want to get a pencil and paper

[4:16] ready. We'll have a telephone number for

[4:17] you when we come back for those of you

[4:19] who may want to help those in need in

[4:21] Dade County, Florida. Back in a moment.

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[4:31] pretty much the same, right, Jake? Most

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[4:40] dog formula is different because it

[4:42] starts with chicken. Chicken, corn,

[4:44] wheat, and other wholesome ingredients

[4:46] provide high quality nutrition and a

[4:49] naturally good taste dogs love. To me,

[4:52] Purina 1 is the only one. Purina 1 also

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