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DATE: SATURDAY, April 2, 1994                   TAG: 9404020175
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

ROBERTSON JOINS NORTH CAMP `... HE'LL BE ANOTHER JESSE HELMS'

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said Friday he supports Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Oliver North because he shares his conservative values and is willing to fight for them.

Robertson told a crowd of hundreds at the University of Virginia that, should North be elected, he could be Virginia's version of Jesse Helms, the conservative senator from North Carolina.

North "understands the issues I'm talking about," Robertson said. "He's going to fight for certain values, I believe. . . . If you like Jesse Helms, I think he'll be another Jesse Helms."

In his speech, Robertson railed against the "liberal thought police," who, he said, were responsible for a moral decline at the root of everything from the high crime rate to rude motorists.

Robertson, of Virginia Beach, was asked during a question-and-answer session afterward why he preferred North to Jim Miller, rival for the Republican nomination in the contest for Sen. Charles Robb's seat.

Robertson at first said he preferred North because he is "way ahead of Miller in money and delegates. It's a mathematical thing. It's not who's the best candidate. It's who gets the most votes."

Pressed to explain, Robertson said North shares his values and stands up for them.

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