[Dales]

Probably trying to advance his career by being a team player. At the time, the team was being led by Nixon.

Now that administration was rotten to the core.

[Askel5]

Oh Dales ... don't be silly. Tricky Dick's about the ONLY member of that gang not STILL a part of the "team". Talk about the truth staring you right in the face.

Anyway ... here's a good example of a pro-abort "pro-lifer" who insists on wedging her foot in the door so that the pro-aborts can carry the day. Our own Mary Landrieu ... who, it may be argued, unlike Bush has the brain of a smooth green pea.

As her parents take a Letter-Writer to task, please note the following KEY components of every conservative criticism of anyone with the audacity to be uncompromising with regard to the Right to Life of every human being from conception to natural death:

• The uncompromising who humbly admit it is not for them to decide at what point in the continuum from conception to death human life has a right to live are somehow "self-righteous"

• Roe v. Wade is the law of the land and therefore due some respect. (See Howlin if you have any questions about this point.)

• There are certain exceptions under which abortion is not a crime.

• The point is to "reduce" abortions.

• Viability outside the womb (regardless the fact we all rightfully developed inside the womb from the moment we were implanted by our own "Smart Genes") -- not conception -- is the bright line of IS/IS NOT for human beings.

UNWARRANTED DISTORTION

John Martinez (Readers' Respond, June 19, 2002) is so blinded by his self-righteousness that he is drive to distort Sen. Mary Landrieu's position as well as her record.

Roe v. Wade is the law of the land. It limits how far states and the federal government can go in restricting a woman's right to an abortion. Both Mrs. Barbara Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush have stated that they are pro-choice. President Bush has stated that he has no intention of trying to reverse Roe v. Wade. Neither does Mary.

Mary is not for abortion, nor is she for "unrestrained abortion access"; however, she does not believe that abortion should be a crime under all circumstances.

Within the limitations imposed by Roe v. Wade, Mary has tried to reduce the number of abortions. She voted to make partial-birth abortoins illegal and she voted to override President Clinton's veto.

[You're not going to get 67 votes ... let's remember that such votes are made at absolutely no cost to those who can be confident of the ultimate outcome in advance.]

In addition, she introduced and voted for legislation that would make illegal all abortions after viability except where two doctors certify that the woman's physical health is gravely threatened. Unfortunately, that legislation was defeated.

Mary has aggressively advocated adoption, heads the Congressional adoption caucus and, with her husband, has adopted two children.

On a different life issue she had coauthored a bill with Senator Brownback to make human cloning illegal.

Mr. Martinez needs to get his facts straight and not bear false witness.

MOON and VERA LANDRIEU

Moon's a former New Orleans mayor and Mary's daddy.

Having spent many years working for some of the city's premiere Women healthcare attorneys, I think perhaps it's Moon who doesn't have his facts straight where his daughter's appeal as a pro-abort within those Emily's List circuits is concerned.

But ... like your defense of Bush, one might be tempted to think poor little Mary's out there busting her tail to "reduce" abortions within the confines of the incontrovertible -- thanks to the likes of President Bush and his pro-life AG Ashcroft -- Roe v. Wade.

Total joke.