CAMPAIGN '96: THE POPULIST BLOWUP

BY ATTACKING CORPORATE AMERICA, BUCHANAN GAINS REPUBLICAN VOTERS. NOT ALL THE REPUBLICANS ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT

WHEN THEY HEAR TALK about heartless employers and greedy corporations, Republicans generally grumble about Democrats waging class war. At least most Republicans do. And then there's Pat Buchanan, warmonger. "Executioners" is what he calls employers like AT&T; that lay off thousands of workers. "These companies are like creatures in Jurassic Park," he told TIME last week. And what will his campaign do? "Stand up for the working men and women whose jobs are threatened by unfair trade deals done for the benefit of huge corporations," he told a cheering crowd in Manchester, New Hampshire.

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