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Article: THE ALTERNATIVE TO OLLIE NORTH.(MAIN)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 3, 1994
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Byline: George Will
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe. And now Oliver North.
"Heaven forfend!" say many Virginians about the prospect of North joining the ranks of famous Virginians sent north of the Potomac to serve high in the national government. The dismayed include the Republican senator who would be North's colleague if Virginia Republicans nominate and then the voters elect North.
Sen. John Warner says, in the orotund way some senators speak, that electing someone convicted on three felony counts would be wrong: "At the very time this nation is struggling against crime, what sort of signal does that send to the younger ...