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Show DAILY A2 HERALD Saturday, January 19, 2008 routine Obama mocks Clinton in stand-u- p A Established in 1873 campaign. "Those kinds of tricks, that kind of approach to politics is what has to stop because LAS VEGAS The White House campaign has brought a what happens is then nobody believes anything,". Obama new act to Vegas. said. "The voters don't believe Democrat Barack Obama what politicians say. They get tried to use humor to cuf down rival Hillary Rodham Clinton cynical. Folks in Congress, before today's presidential they'll tell you they're looking out for you caucus. His "Iowa nice" ap- they're looking out for somebody else. We proach gone, Obama debuted a have to change that politics biting political stand-u- p routine and that's why I'm running for Thursday night that mocked ? his rival, and employed it again president." Clinton spokesman Phil on Friday. Obama began by recalling Singer retorted with a dig at Obama's experience. a moment in Tuesday night's debate when he and his rivals "Judging from his act, it doesn't sound like Senator were asked to name their Obama has much experience biggest weakness. Obama answered first, saying he has doing stand-u-p either," Singer said in a statement. "Nothing a messy desk and needs help somesays change more than using managing paperwork jokes to distort his opponents' thing his opponents have records." since used to suggest he's not Obama repeated the routine up to managing the country. CHARLES REX ARBOGAST Associated Press John Edwards said his biggest Friday in Reno. "This is political speak. This is what you weakness is that he has a pow- Democratic presidential hopeful. Sen. Barack Obama, learn in Washington for all shakes hands at a town hall meeting in Las Vegas. erful response to seeing pain those years of experience," he in others, and Clinton said she said. "It's funny except it's sad gets impatient to bring change because it means the American nuclear waste site that most "She says, 'I voted for it but to America. I was glad to see that it didn't Nevadans are loath to come to people are constantly having to "Because I'm an ordinary sort out what people mean." , their state. What does that mean?" person, I thought that they t pass.' "I have said over and over on the Humor is he asked, again drawing laughmeant, 'What's your biggest Las Vegas Strip and in presi-- " ter from the crovd and himweakness?' " Obama said to again Irm against Yucca," dential campaigns because it's Obama said. "I'm against laughter from a packed house self. "No seriously, what does' Yucca Mountain. I think the a way to score a point without that mean? If you didn't want at Rancho High School. "If I science is not there. I've never, sounding too negative. Presihad gone last, I would have to see it passed, then you can dent Bush used it tb skewer I've never been for Yucca. vote against it! People don't known what the game was. I it. John Kerry in 2004 as fancy Never Never for said mean. been what And then I could have said, say they and soft on terrorism, while was for it. "You know what I'm saying 'Well, ya know, I like to help Ronald Reagan was one of the is true," he said, then addressed old ladies across the street. "Suddenly you've got the Clinton camp out there saying, best at wielding his routine directly at audience Sometimes they don't want to In a 1980 debate, Reagan members who don't know who 'He's for Yucca.' What part be helped. It's terrible.' " sidelined Jimmy Carter's criti"Folks, they don't tell you they will vote for yet. "Undecid-ed- of I'm not for Yucca do you what they mean!" he said. remember now, remember not. understand?" he said, then cism with a dismissive "there Obama chuckled at his own joke what I'm saying." laughed along with his audiyou go again." He answered ence. He continued by respondbefore riff ing on another Clinton questions about his advanced As the laughter subsided, answer in the debate, when she ing to a new Clinton radio ad age in a 1984 debate by saying he wouldn't make an issue of Obama drove home the broadsaid that she is happy that the that accused him of having Walter Mondale's youth and financial ties to supporters of er point he's been trying to bankruptcy bill she voted for in 2001 never became law. the proposed Yucca Mountain . make against Clinton the entire inexperience. THE Customer Service Newsroom 375-510- 3 801-344-25- Toll free FAX 9 www.heraldextra.com Street address: 1555 N. Freedom Blvd., Frovo, UT Send mail to: P.O. 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Thursday Only SUBSCRIPTIONS Mon-S- Sunday Only Thur, Sun & Holidays Taser deaths raise safety questions about police use MEMBER, AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS 'Holiday delivery includes delivery the weeks of Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Pioneer Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. All contents Copyright 2008, Dally Herald. Any reproduction or other use is strictly prohibited without written permission. Let the Sunshine in! i yellowpages STAR TRIBUNE V firing bullets. The death of a Fridley, Minn., man Tuesday after being shot with a Taser after a dent, government-supporte- d research. Much of the safety research on the Tasers has been supported by the manufacturer, he and other experts said. "For the decade or more that Tasers have been involved in this controversy, why hasn't the federal government stepped in?" he asked. If the same number of deaths ;' Skylight!, ?.f the safety of thVdevices, said agency spokesman Evan Peterson. In October, the first such MINNEAPOLIS Every time someone dies in police traffic accident has brought study was released. Researchers led by Dr. William Boze-ma- n the issue back to Minnesota. custody after being zapped of Wake Forest UniverThree otherThave died here with a Taser, fresh questions after being shot by police with sity examined nearly 1,000 arise about their safety. cases of Taser use by police, Tasers since 2003, but their The devices, which fire darts to subdue sus- deaths were attributed to other and found only a small number causes. of injuries and two deaths atpects, have been criticized by Prof. Bill Lewinski, founder tributed to other causes. humanitarian and civil rights Other federal studies are exand director of the Force groups because of 290 deaths Science Research Center at associated with them. pected in the coming months, Minnesota State University, Peterson said. Yet, police across the counDr. John Butt, a forensic try increasingly are equipping Mankato, which studies police use of force, expressed doubt themselves with Tasers, and pathologist in Vancouver, B.C., who has consulted for the prosupporters of the weapons say that Tasers are causing so vincial government on Taser many deaths. many more lives have been saved because officers avoided However, he said, the safety use, said the Canadian government is only now conducting question should have been settled long ago through indepenindependent research of the PAUL shocking people deliberately would be considered unethical. Such research has been done on pigs, he said. Tasers shoot barbed hooks that when attached to a suspect's body or clothing send a jolt of electricity, disabling muscle control and typically causing the person to topple as stun-produci- www.heraldextra.com t David Shaffer MINNEAPOLIS-ST- . :&SOLATUBE Find out more about this Professional Installation hours in about 2 "smart" car and other SAVE $$ SAVE Energy smart innovations. We do swamp cooler switch-ou- t As police have adopted Tasers, departments have revised use-o- f -- force procedures that guide officers in using the devices. A 2005 Government Accountability Office study of seven law enforcement agencies found that policies varied. Generally, the policies called for the Taser to be used when a suspect is assaulting an officer or acting volatile. One department allowed its use if a suspect doesn't respond to the Taser-relate- officer's orders. The most prominent critics of Tasers have been AmResearch suggests that people nesty International, which in those conditions, when exhas called for a moratorium cited to the point of delirium, until more research is done, release adrenaline-lik- e suband the American Civil Liberties Union, whose Northern stances that may trigger an increase in blood pressure and California branch issued a critical report on the devices two cause other effects leading to were linked to a drug or medical device, federal agencies cardiac arrest, he said. years ago. "These (kinds of) deaths would have acted promptly, he "We are not calling for a ban said. 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