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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, JULY 13, 1984
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It was a very startling experience for me to watch your program
and not be requested to send money. When I saw you begin your
talk about the magazine you offer, I thought, "here comes the
pitch." But lo and behold--no pitch! I realize that TV exposure
is very expensive, but I just cannot understand why a person who
feels directed by God to spread the word should expect his audi
ence to pay for whatever expensive vehicle he decides to use for
this purpose.
ON THE WORLD SCENE
R.A. (Framingham, MA)
--Richard Rice, Mail-�rocessing Center
FIRST WOMAN "VEEP" CANDIDATE; ONLY IN
SAN FRANCISCO; MORE ON MOVIES
Walter Mondale has made it official. He has selected New York City con
gresswoman Geraldine Ferraro to be his vice presidential running mate on
the Democratic Party ticket. Both are expected to be nominated officially
at the party's convention in San Francisco, July 16-19. The 48-year-old
politician had been the favorite all along of the National Organization of
Women (NOW), which had exerted enormous pressure on Mr. Mondale to put a
woman on the ticket.
By selecting her before the convention, Mondale
spared himself a bitter floor fight in San Francisco from the militant fem
inists who had vowed to force him to pick a woman.
Described variously as "pragmatic," "forthright," "tough" and "hardnosed,
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Ms. Ferraro could actually add a little backbone to a rather soft-spined
ticket. She's still quite liberal however--a supporter of ERA (naturally)
and government-supported abortions for the poor. She somehow gets away
with this in her predominantly Roman Catholic district in the New York City
borough of Queens, which actually voted for Ronald Reagan over President
Jimmy Carter in 1980.
Many believe that the Democrats have sealed their fate for 1984 by this
choice. The South may turn solidly in President Reagan's favor. Southern
white males, already angry at the Democrats for caving in so much to Jesse
Jackson, will generally be repelled by the selection of Ms. Ferraro. Demo
crats in the west who favored candidate Senator Gary Hart don't like the
choice; they may have been attracted if Senator Hart had been given the vice
presidential slot. Jews in the pivotal eastern states are still fuming
over the anti-Semitic remarks by both Jesse Jackson and his Black Muslim
supporter Louis Farrakhan. Overall, a tough time for the factious Democra
tic Party.
Perhaps it is fitting that the Democrats, having collapsed under the weight
of one radical special interest group after another, will hold their con
vention in San Francisco. Quite a crowd awaits their arrival, as the July
12 WALL STREET JOURNAL reports:
This Sunday, starting about 2 p.m., more than 100,000 gays and les
bians will march on the Moscone Center, where the Democrats will open
their national convention the following day. Leading the march will
be a group of gay and lesbian elected officials, maybe 12 in all. Next
in line will be some 50 "up-front" gay and lesbian delegates and al
ternate delegates to the national convention••••