Letters, Dec. 11, 1995

NO CALL TO ARMS

"Americans have managed to create a Catch-22: someone smart enough to be President isn't dumb enough to run for the office." RICHARD H. FAWCETT Uncasville, Connecticut

IN MIDAFTERNOON ON NOV. 8, BILL Clinton was assured a second term as President [CAMPAIGN '96, Nov. 20]. Ironically the assurance came from an unlikely source: a new Republican named Colin Powell. All that is left of the 1996 presidential campaign now that Powell has decided not to run is the rhetoric, vitriol, insults and blame. This will be Bob Dole's last hurrah, and afterward everything will go back to being...

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