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- From: David Banisar <bd060@cleveland.freenet.edu>
- Subject: Sierra Club Endorses Clinton/Gore
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- The Montgomery Sierran
- Volume 1, Issue 5
-
- Club Endorses Clinton-Gore
- Ruckel Calls Bush an "Environmental Disaster"
-
- By Dave Banisar
-
- On September 4, the National Office of the Sierra Club endorsed the
- Democratic ticket of Bill Clinton and Albert Gore for President of the
- United States in the 1992 election. The board of directors' resolution to
- endorse Clinton-Gore was unanimous.
- Sierra Club President Anthony Ruckel described President Bush as an
- "environmental disaster," and said "He has broken every single promise. We
- cannot trust George Bush. " Ruckel promised to marshal grassroots support
- for the ticket. The Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters,
- which will vote whether to endorse the Democratic ticket on September 18,
- criticized Bush for failing to implement the Clean Air Act, reducing
- wetlands, rejecting calls to implement standards for better fuel
- efficiency, and refusing to sign the treaty at the Rio Earth Summit until
- deadlines for reducing carbon dioxide emissions were removed.
- This is only the second time in its 100 year history that the club has
- endorsed a presidential candidate. The other time was in 1984, when the
- club endorsed Democratic candidate Walter Mondale in his unsuccessful bid.
- A recent Mason-Dixon poll conducted in the first week of September found
- that Clinton leads Bush in Maryland by nine percentage points - 48 to 39.
- In Montgomery County, Clinton leads Bush by twenty points - 54 to 34
- percent. The poll has a 3.5 percent margin of error. Experts estimate that
- Clinton will need to carry Montgomery County by a large margin to win the
- state. In 1988, Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis only won Montgomery
- County by 51.3 percent of the vote. Bush barely won the state with 51.1
- percent total.
- Locally, the club has endorsed Democrat Barbara Mikulski for the U.S.
- Senate, Republican Connie Morella for the 8th Congressional District and
- Democrat Al Wynn for the new 4th Congressional District seat.
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-