07/05/99 - THE NASHUA TELEGRAPH - JOSHUA TRUDELL   CANDIDATES TAKE TO THE STREETS ... Texas Gov. George W. Bush, Elizabeth Dole, Pat Buchanan and Gary Bauer – along with colorful floats and marching bands – managed not to miss a step Sunday despite the nearly 100-degree heat that left onlookers, parade participants and candidates dripping.   Politicking was left at the office, for the most part, as candidates went back to the traditional tactics of shaking hands, kissing babies and posing for pictures at every opportunity.   It wasn’t all smiles, however, as Bush was asked to respond to recent reports that he received preferential treatment while serving in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War.   The reports, published Sunday in The Los Angeles Times and The Dallas Morning News, said Bush’s rapid rise to the rank of second lieutenant was due to favors being called in for him, not because of any special training or credentials... Buchanan, who arrived late to the Amherst parade, shook Bush’s hand, pulled him close and quipped: "This is the only way I’m going to get in the paper today."    Bauer also took a jab at the mighty Bush campaign machine, which has made him the front-runner for the Republican nomination for president. "This is the Fourth of July, which means it’s a good day to remind ourselves that we don’t have kings in America," Bauer said. "If money was all it took, we’d be ending the second term of the Perot administration."... Martha Chabinsky of Amherst said having the national figures in the parade made it more exciting and gave her a chance to judge them by their mannerisms.   "If they don’t make an effort to come to the small towns, how do we know we can trust them?" she said... Buchanan reminded the crowd at the Amherst town common that not only was Sunday Independence Day, but it was the day patriots John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died.    "On his deathbed, John Adams’ family asked him to make a toast," Buchanan said.     "He thought for a minute, then said two words: ‘Independence Forever.’" 07/05/99 - THE UNION LEADER   BUSH, BAUER, BUCHANAN and DOLE LOVE PARADES ... With the exception of Dole, who launched into a lengthy description of the horrors she witnessed as president of the American Red Cross, the Presidential hopefuls kept their speeches brief.   "God Bless New Hampshire and God Bless America," Bush said.    Bush later found himself defending his Vietnam-era military service record at the Merrimack parade after details of his stateside duty emerged in the Los Angeles Times and the Dallas Morning News... At the Amherst parade, Buchanan was a late arrival, hopping over a fence to reach the stage. He drew inspiration from Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, who both died on July 4, 1826. "Let's say a toast to America this July Fourth," he said, then quoted Adams: "Independence Forever" ...   Dole reflected on her experiences as American Red Cross president for eight years...   Bob Meade, a 56-year-old computer company manager from Mont Vernon, said Dole impresses him, but her stand on gun control cost her his support.    Dole's remarks in favor of gun-control elicited a cool response from Republicans at the state's primary kick-off dinner earlier in May... Buchanan and Bauer joked with each other about Bush's fund-raising prowess while waiting for the Merrimack parade to start. The Texas governor this week disclosed raising a record $36 million for his campaign in the first half of the year.    "(Steve) Forbes told me that was chicken feed," Buchanan said... 06/28/99 - ABC THIS WEEK [6/27]   GOVERNOR JESSE VENTURA ... COKIE ROBERTS:   The other name that's come up for Reform party candidate is Pat Buchanan. What do you think about that? Gov. JESSE VENTURA:   Well, Pat Buchanan's not a member of the Reform Party, so I highly doubt that we would nominate someone who's not a member. Mr. Buchanan would have to join the Reform Party, and I don't think it quite fits Pat Buchanan, because he has social issues that he puts very strongly on the front burner. And we in the Reform Party tend to leave social issues aside more and make that a personal choice. We don't generally have them as Party platform issues. I think in Pat's case, he does have them as issues and very strong. And he's not a member of the Reform Party. I highly doubt that, again, they would nominate someone who doesn't belong to the Party. 06/28/99 - YAHOO - AP - PHOTO   VOICE OF AMERICA RALLY   Republican presidential hopeful Pat Buchanan goes over his notes before speaking at a news conference and rally Saturday, June 26, 1999, in Overland Park, Kan. The Kansas Republican Assembly sponsored the Voice of America Rally at which Buchanan and presidential hopeful Alan Keyes spoke. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner) 06/28/99 - KANSAS CITY STAR [6/26] - STEVE KRASKE   PAT BUCHANAN, ALAN KEYES, PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY SPEAK IN JOHNSON COUNTY Pat Buchanan brought his brand of bare-knuckled GOP politics to Johnson County on Saturday, declaring that the battle against abortion remains "the heart and soul" of the party.     "When the party walks away from the unborn, it will walk away from me," Buchanan declared at Johnson County Community College. He and a second GOP presidential contender, Alan Keyes, along with anti-abortion leader Phyllis Schlafly, were the featured speakers at a rally sponsored by the Missouri and Kansas Republican assemblies, which are part of a conservative group that refers to itself as the Ronald Reagan wing of the GOP.     The rally was attended by an estimated 600 people, including many who yelled encouragement to Buchanan... Buchanan, now in his third run for the White House, appeared to have lost none of his steam during his 20-minute oration. Taking the stage at Yardley Hall to chants of "Go, Pat, go," he ripped into the Clinton administration for its war-making policies in Yugoslavia and its lax security practices that he said led to the theft of military secrets by the Chinese.     As a member of the Nixon administration, Buchanan said, he supported opening communication with China in the 1970s. But he said the nation's "revolting character" in the face of human-rights violations demands that the United States stand up to the country even if it means the loss of a valued trading partner.     "We've got to stop feeding this tiger," Buchanan said. Regarding Yugoslavia, Buchanan questioned whether anyone benefited from the war, and he cited U.S. ties with Russia among the casualties. Buchanan said that after 50 years of defending Europe, it is time for the people of that continent to deal with problems in their own back yard. Buchanan, who threw a scare into fellow Republican Bob Dole in 1996 by defeating him in the New Hampshire primary, faces a more crowded field of conservatives this time around...    He focused little Saturday on the early GOP front-runner, Texas Gov. George W. Bush. Buchanan tagged Bush at one point for saying that he would have no anti-abortion litmus test for prospective Supreme Court nominees. Buchanan said such a test would prevail if he were president.     "I've got disagreements with the presumptive nominee," Buchanan said about Bush... Earlier in the program, Herb Taylor, president of the Kansas Republican Assembly, lampooned his state's moderate Republican leadership for attacking conservatives during the recently completed legislative session.     Taylor said moderates forced conservative Republican Rep. Phill Kline of Shawnee out of a committee chairmanship and attacked another conservative, Rep. Cliff Franklin of Merriam, for attempting to eliminate the sales tax on groceries.     The word "moderate" is inaccurate, Taylor said.     "They're liberals, pure and simple," he said. MORE FROM THE INTERNET BRIGADE NEWSWIRE...

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