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h e
u s e s
t o
d e s c rib e
th e
v o lu n te e rsw o rk in go n h isc a m p a ig n .
" Ih o p e
th e yh e a ry o uu p
i nA lb a n y ,"
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th e nh em ade it c le a rth a t
h e
w a s
a g a in s t
tu itio n
in c r e a s e s :
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k n o w
th a tt o
g e tth e
b e s t
re tu rn
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y
o
u
r
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t o
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w hat
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t
t
e
r
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th a n
th e
hum an
m in d ?
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s to p
p u ttin g
a llo f
o u rs tu d e n ts
i n
d e b t."
T hese
a reth e
fu n d a m e n ta l
p rin c ip le s ,th e
b u ild in g
o f
e d u c a tio n
a n d
t
h
e
d e v e lo p e m e n t
o f th ehum an
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m a in ta in sw ill b rin g us outo f th e m ess th a t
w e
a san a tio n
a re
p re s e n tly
in . B ro w n
re m in d e d
th ecrow d
th a t w hen
h e w entt o
U C L A ,tu itio n
w aso n ly
$ 1 2 5
asem ester.
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th e u s eo f fe d e ra l fu n d in gfo r
th e S & L
b a ilo u ts a y in g
th a tth e
m oney
c o u ldh a v e b e e nu s e d
fo re d u c a tio n ."T he
fe w
a rerip p in go ffth e m a n y ,"
B ro w ns a i d ,
a n d
am ong
th o s efe w
h e
in c lu d e d
B ill
C lin to n ,s ta tin g th a t A rkansas hasate rrib le
re c o rdi nre g a rdt o c iv il rig h ts . "Y eah, h e 's
b e e n
th e re e le v e n
y e a rs ,s o
w h a t? "
s a id
B ro w n ,w ho
re fe rre d
t o
C lin to n
a s

a m e m b e ro f " ...a ne lite o u to f to u c hw ithth e k in do fh u m a n ityth is c o u n try re p re s e n ts ."

A t one
p o in tap e rs o nfro m
A C T -U P
(A ID S
C o a litio nt oU n le a s hP o w e r)w ho
s itu a te dth e m s e lv e s a b o v e
th es t a g eo nth e
b a lc o n y
o fth eF in e A rts p la z a , y e lle d o u t:
"w hata b o u tA ID S?"
B ro w n
g la n c e d
u p
a n d
s a id :" I 'llg e tt o
th a t,m y
ta lk
i s
m o d e ra te ly -o rg a n iz e d ,"
a n dh ed id . B ro w n
s a id
th a t
th e
fig h t
a g a in s t
A ID S
i s
a
n a tu re
o f
th e
p re s id e n tia l
c a m p a ig n
p ro c e s s ,a
b igb u c k s
s y s te m
o fp e rs o n a l
p a tro n a g e :" ...th ee s s e n c e
o f th isc a m p a ig n
i sa n
a rtific ia lp r o c e s s
th a t'sm o re lik e
a
g o n g
s h o w
th a n
a
d e m o c ra tic
p a rtic ip a tio n ."
H e
e x p la in e d
h o w
th e
p ro c e s s w orks.T hein s id e rss t a r t m assing
1 0 0 0d o lla rc h e c k s
and are
fo llo w e db y
ris in g
p o lls
a n d
m e d iac o v e r a g e
th a t
g e n e ra te s m ore
1 0 0 0d o lla r d o n a tio n s ,th a t
g e tsy o u
e le c te dt o d on o th in g . T h a tsw hat
h a sb e e ng o in g
o nfo rth ep a s tte n
y e a rs .
B ro w n
th e n
a s k e d
"w ho
h e re
h a se v e r
g iv e n
1 0 0 0d o lla rst o
ap o litic ia n ?
W hen
n o
o n er a i s e d
th e irh a n d s
B ro w n
s a id :
" th e n
y o ud o n 'tc o u n t"
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s a idth a t
h isc a m p a ig nd o s e n 't
a c c e p tc o n trib u tio n s
1 0 0
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a n d
h a s
s e tu p
a
d o n a tio n s
num ber
1 -8 0 0 -4 2 6 -1 1 1 2 ,
T he
B ro w n
c a m p a ig n
h a sb e e n
s u c e s s f u l
i nr a i s i n g
lo ts
o f
sm all
d o n a tio n s .
B ro w n
tie d
th e
is s u e s
o f
th e

e n v iro n m e n ta n d jo b sto g e th e r. H e saidth e w a s tei nth is c o u n tryr e p r e s e n t slo s t w e a lth . H e ta lk e da b o u t th e paperth a ti s w astedi n p a c k a g in g

and how
i ti sfillin gu pla n d fills
a n da d d in gt oth e
to x ic sp ro b le m . B ro w n
s a id
th a th ei sg o in g
t o
c re a tejo b sb y
s a v in g
e n e rg y ,b yre tro fittin g b u ild in g s ,
d o u b lep a n e d
w in d o w s ,m a k in gm ore
fu e l
e ffic ie n t
m o to rs
t oc u t dow n
th ew astei n
e n e rg y . B ro w n
s a id
a fte rl5
y e a rs
th e
p ro g ra m
w o u ld
s a v e
$ 3 5 0 B illio n
y e a rly .
B ro w n
s a id
w hen
h e
s to p p e d
N u c le a r
pow er
i nC a lifo rn ia ,
th e y s a id
i tw o u ld
c a u s e
"B ro w n -O u t."

T hat d id n 'th a p p e n . C a lifo rn iaw ento n tob e c o m e th e le a d e ri n a lte rn a tiv e e n e rg y . N ow

s o la r , w in dpow er,
a n dg e o -th e rm a l e n e rg y
p ro v id epow erfo r
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m illio np e o p le ,. . . th a ti sa m u lti b illio n
d o lla rin d u s try ."
Jerry B row n trashedC lin to n 'sre c o rda s
g o v e rn e ro f A rkansas. H e
p o in te d o u t th a t
A rkansas
is o n e
o f o n ly
tw o
s ta te s
th a t
d o s e n 'th a v ea n y c iv ilrig h ts la w s ,arig h t
to w orks ta te(as ta teth a t o u tla w sc lo s e d
u n io n
s h o p s )th e
lo w
w ages,
I th a sth e
w orstw o rk e rs safetyre c o rd ,a n d isa tth e
b o tto m
i n
th e
a re ao fe d u c a tio n .
B ro w n
ta lk e d
a b o u t th e
re la tio n s h ip
b e tw e e n
th e
T y s o n P o u ltry
com pany
a n d
th e
C lin to n
a d m in is tra tio n ,a n d" 2 7 0m ileso f riv e r th a t
isp o llu te d w ithc h ic k e n
fe c a l
m atter,it
s tin k s fo r fisha n di t s tin k sfo r p e o p le "
" T h is
c a m p ig in
i sac a m p a ig n
a g ia n s t
1 0 0 0
d o lla r
c o n trib u tio n s ,
th e
c o m p la c e n c y , th ea r o g a n c e
o f p o w e r,th e
in s e n s itiv ee lite le a d e rs h ip ,m yo p p o n e n ti s
th ep e rs o n ifia tio no fth a tfa ile ds y s te m ."
J e r r y
B ro w n
s a id th a ty o uh a v e tos e t
g o a ls ,"w e
c a ng e tat r a i nth a tc a ng ofro m
h e re
t oM a n h a ta n
i n
2 0m in u te s
i fw e
w a n te d
t o
d o
i t .W e c o u ld
a ls oe n d
w o rld
h u n g e r,
a n d
t o
s to p
th e
w o rld
fro m
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s tin k in gju n k
h e e p .
T h is
i s
y o u r
c o u n try
a n d
y o u r
p la n e t-
ta k e
i t
b a c k "
B ro w n
p ro c la im e d .
B r o w n 's
w o rd s
w eren o t fa llin g
o n
d e a f
ears.
A lth o u g h
a
g o o d
tim e
w as
h a d
b y
a ll,p e o p le
th e re
cam e
dow n
because they arec o n c e r n e dw ithth ep e o p le
w ho
ru le
th isc o u n try ,
a n d
a re
s e e k in g
a lte rn a tiv e s .P e o p le are awareo f p ro b le m s
i n
th e
n a tio n
th a ta reb e g in n in g
t o
h it
hom e. B efo re B row n show ed up, m em bers
o fth eP h ilo s o p h y
d e p a rtm e n tw ere
o n
s ta g e
ta lk in g
a b o u t th ed e fu n d in g
o f th e
H u m a n itie s
o n
th iscam pus,
a n d
th e
re s tru c tu rin g
p la n s th a tth is U n iv e rs ity h a s .
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o n
T h u rs d a y
A p ril3 rd , th e y
le to th e rs
k n o w
b y
s h o w in g
u pt o
su p p o rtad a rk
h o rse
c a n d id a te
w ho has drum m ed
u p
s u p p o rtfro m th isg ro w in gd is s a tis fa c tio n .
p rio rity
th a tin c lu c
s a f e
s e x
e d u c a ti(
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c o n d o
a n d
c le a n
n e e d l
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p la g u e
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1 9 8 0 's ,a n da
o fp e o p led ie db e c a
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s a id ,
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w e
h a d
p re s id e n t
w ho
w
b rin g
a b o u ta
n a tio
h e a lth
c a r e
s y s t
based onth eC anad
s y s te m
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c a re
n o ta
c o m o d ity
t o
p la y e dw ithfo rp rc
i t 's
th e
rig h t
o f
A m e ric a n s
ju s t
b e in gb o rn ."
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