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Show If 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 the ENTERPRISE f j Utah Republications at least their predominate conservative wing presently bask in euphoria. Everything seems to be going their The tax revolt, to which they are way. dedicated, became a California rout on June 6, I and the most prominent local Democratic reaction has been to disinter former Sen. Frank , The fact that Matheson, Moss and crew will have been tardy to hoist the banner will not distract from their eventual J Clifford Case : Richard Obenshains earlier convention nom- ination to succeed retiring conservative Sen. William Scott(R-Va.- ). One need not derogate the rectitude of the right wing cause to observe that, although it tends to flower each summer, it quite often withers in the fall. By November, the issues and candidates of June sometimes lose their appeal. And then theres the angel factor. Issues. The tax rebellion is both real and justified. Ii will not run quickly its course. But Democrats operationally wedded to power, even if at the expense of principle no doubt shall become its most expensive advocates as election approaches. Many of the electorate j 'i I I I . ? . j I j - j r I I i J W6R RV m. 1 duplicating Reganite (R-N.J- .), MM- - GOOV STUFF. WHAT IS by Kent Shearer vision man as perfectable, hence capable of enlightened governance and amenable to social engineering. Conservatives, to the contrary, view him in all his blemishes, distrust authority and detest social tinkering. In that context, a June 15 Gallup poll is instructive. It reveals that more Americans, 54 Vo, believe in angels (with or without wings) than those, 39Vo, who credit devils. Perfecta-bilit- y thus reigns over imperfectability, and conservatives should be cautioned to adjust to that circumstance. (D-Cal- .). I eOHAOCPP RM3ATIOO. Iff Conservatives, issues, candidates and angels (R-Ca- l.) Uk 370 IT-- KILO MARK umneip. Loi5 MTie iff 2k nr nr AMP 1HA75 AMAU. tOPFLV OF CROltfauE STASHtP IT II) 5110. W Id met mmi oi, B'Vy mp.. iftJ KMObJ it oim S0cw worn? ou A mUf hfc pr ce-ne- w B Pyr aether of LDS President Spencer L. revelation admitting Blacks to the Kimballs epoch-makin- g priesthood has cleared, the event seems to have raised some questions. Why must revelations always be so confoundingly cryptic? President Kimball subsequently answered whether the revelation also opens the priesthood to women, which was at first ambiguous. Apparently not a verbatim transcript, the announcement applied to every faithful, worthy man. All of which was inconclusive to the extent that man is a generic term and neuter when applied to an entire race or class. Beware of dog would not invite one to pet the bitch on the end of the chain, nor would one assume that a sheep ranch excludes ewes. In this instance God used the term man in a broadening context, and some have reasoned may have meant to include the entire species. Moreover, God is notoriously out of touch with colloquial fads that concern mere mortals and may have not recognized the implications feminists attach to the term. I, for one, do not take seriously the question, also popular so among feminists, of whether God is a man or a woman, but far as I can determine that is not definitive in earlier revelations. Moses saw Gods backside, but not the frontside, and if his view enabled him to tell through the robes in vogue at the time, he did not say. If President Kimball saw God he might have settled the have done so. question once and for all, but he does not claim to That is most improbable, for prophets seem to hear and feel the is the presence of, but never see God. In any event, there always there possibility that God is neuter. Perhaps (perish the thought) is no sex in the Great Beyond. In any event, to avoid offense to Shim. feminists I shall adopt the clearly Now that the Modern day signs non-sexi- st i U VK V 1 1 ay 1 pragmatic dogmatics fervor. Further, GOP nominees do not benefit necessarily from Republican issues. In 1964, polls demonstrated the public to agree with Goldwater on 19 of 22 controversies he had with LBJ, but that didnt prevent Johnson from carrying 44 states. Candidates. The Bell and Obenshain triumphs could be pyrrhic. If Democrats Bill Bradley and Andrew Miller go to the Senate from New Jersey and Virginia, Case, Warner and Holton (the latter two being Obenshains more moderate intra-part- y victims) will assume retrospective right wing respectability: at least they would have voted Republican on organizational matters. Too frequently, conservative victories in bloody GOP primaries occasion liberal Democratic gains. As a case in point, Sen. Thomas Kuchel lost his primary to Max Rafferty in 1968, and the republic since has suffered Sen. Alan Cranston The angel factor. Liberals tend to en- - to sing the glories of unE. Moss limited levies. Also on the 6th, conservative Jeffrey Bell in a primary bested liberal Sen. 1 , 1 will be confounded. (D-Uta- h) J 1 v,nn Then there is the matter of how God communicates. President Kimball prayed long and hard in an upstairs room, but he did not say that he spoke with God or that the communication even took place there. On the record, that is most unlikely for God clearly favors more spectacular methods. In the past, God has communicated through earthquakes, lightening bolts, plagues and disease, burning bushes, floods, nightmares, clouds of locusts or crickets, and all manner of pestillence. People have turned into pillars of salt, water and rivers have been turned into wine, sunset rescheduled, sunrise cancelled, the first born of every household slain, and there have been etchings in rocks and on golden plates. On balance, God shows a clear preference for calamaties. It is therefore unlikely that President Kimball had a quiet conversation with diety or used anything as undramatic as a celestial hot line. But until recently a natural sign of the traditional sort might have been frustrated by the pale issuing from the Kennecott stacks. Moreover, considering that the advance in technology would likely leave most faithful seated before their TV sets, a media sign would seem more effective. Perhaps there was a After all, Alex Haley message in the high ratings of Roots. did have his own revelation in writing the book and has formed a fast alliance with the Church on the study of genealogy. The only disaster directly related to the issue may be the fortunes of BYU basketball. What I have said so far, though facetious, is not meant with In all seriousness, President Kimball merits the disrespect. highest commendation for facing a tough issue concerning his church that others have ignored for far too long. Perhaps God was not out of step with the times at all just waiting for a man who was big enough. |