Bob Dole: “last November, Senate Republicans and Democrats put aside our partisan differences and passed one of the toughest crime…”

“last November, Senate Republicans and Democrats put aside our partisan differences and passed one of the toughest crime bills we have ever considered. Will this bill put an end to the crime epidemic? Of course not, not by a long shot. But after years and years of congressional inaction, and after more chaos and slaughter on the streets of America, this bill--if adopted by the full Congress--would represent a good first step in the right direction. It would be progress. President Clinton is now on the rhetorical offensive, talking tough on crime as he tries to refashion himself as a new democrat. Although the President has not fully embraced every detail of the Senate-passed crime bill, including the $6.5 billion it devotes to incarcerating violent criminals, it appears that each day he is inching closer to an endorsement. an opportunity for the president If President Clinton musters up enough political courage to say ``No'' to the liberals in the House of Representatives and throws his unqualified support behind the Senate-passed crime bill, it will be a credit to his administration and a boon for the American people. When it comes to fighting crime, the American people do not indulge in muddled thinking: Criminals are not the victims of society, as the root-cause liberals would have us believe. On the contrary: Society is the victim of criminals.”