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From: preece@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Watts gaffe:  an uncomfortable truth - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 29-Sep-83 22:53:30 EDT
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uicsl!preece    Sep 29 11:07:00 1983

				the liberals who argue in favor of
	affirmative action, reverse discrimination, quotas, and
	who criticize Reagan for not hiring enough women, blacks,
	etc., are now screaming for Watt's termination for openly
	acknowledging his efforts to meet some quota of minority
	staffing.
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Nobody is complaining about the composition of the commission or
even about Watt's braggin about the composition of the committee.
People are complaining about the words he used and the attitude he
displayed in the way he used them. The man is obviously a totally
insensitive idiot. People want committees to be well balanced but
they'd rather the Secretary not act as though he had done some
remarkable and exemplary thing by producing a balanced committee.
The President seems to think Watt is an asset to his administration.
I think that's indicative of the President's intelligence and
sensitivity to the public mood. I do think the President is better
tuned to the public than Watt, but you could say the same thing
about a pingpong ball.

scott preece
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