Alfred E. Neuman, oops, I meant to say John Ensign "insists there's no reason for Nevadans to worry about a Republican Party platform plank that criticizes President Clinton's veto of a bill to bring nuclear waste to (this) state."
After losing his former senatorial bid by only losing the needed margin to win among the voters in his former congressional district, reasonably a testament to how his former constituents perceived is congressional effectiveness, is Ensign trying to convince the voters that he can be more effective than his opponent in changing his own party's "minds" if he's elected to the Senate? Obviously, if he's not elected to the Senate he has a lessor chance of "changing their minds" and then his statement becomes true. But the same can be said for his opposition.
Ensign's statement itself, that Sen. Lott "wants to push this bill ... because he thinks if I (Ensign) get in there, he will have less of a chance of pushing through nuclear waste legislation" defies common sense and the integrity of the Reublican Platform, not to mention the reasoning capabilities of the voters.
Ensign has proven himself conceived and aligned with the state's most formidable special interest proponents and if the nuclear waste bill does not compromise their interests, the nation's least populated state is likely to solidify that position by dissuasion or disaster.
God save our state indeed.
NICK NICOSIA
Carson City
