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Article: . . . Or Just Loopy?
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- The Washington Post
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- February 3, 1994
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Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe. And now Oliver North.
"Heaven forfend!" say many Virginians about the prospect of
North's 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 generations?" A
signal they won't notice, senator, but never mind.
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