From: chaneysa@nextnet.csus.edu (Stephen A Chaney)
Subject: Re: Ron Echeverri concocts a lie about Bush's abortion stance
Organization: California State University: Sacramento
Distribution: world 
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 23:40:54 GMT

In article <1992Aug14.172234.3074@ncsu.edu> dsh@odin.ece.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
>In article <1992Aug14.161857.39397@watson.ibm.com> 
>margoli@watson.ibm.com writes:
>
>> [.. article from Clarinet ..]
>> 
>> HOUSTON (UPI) -- A Republican platform subcommittee Monday
>> overwhelmingly passed a plank calling for the adoption of a
>> constitutional amendment banning all abortions.
>>     The subcommittee on individual rights, good homes and safe streets
>> voted 17-3 to approve the plank, which is essentially the same as the
>> anti-abortion planks contained in the 1988 and 1984 platforms.
>> ..
>>     Although the subcommittee included a few members supportive of the
>> Republicans for Choice, the majority endorsed President Bush's stance
>> against abortions.
>
>Thank you for providing evidence that Ron Echeverri did concoct a  
>key sentence in his original post.  His original post contained
>the suggestion that the Republican platform subcommittee endorsed
>the policy of President Bush when they passed a plank calling for
>a ban on all abortions.  President Bush does not support a ban
>on all abortions; he supports exceptions for rape, incest, and the
>life of the mother.  
>
>Here is Echeverri's original post:
>
>------------
>From: rone@girtab.usc.edu (Ron Echeverri)
>Subject: Another good reason not to vote for Bush
>Message-ID: <l8hms5INN4n9@girtab.usc.edu>
>
>
>	HOUSTON (UPI) -- A Republican platform subcommittee overwhelming-
>ly passed a plank calling for a constitutional amendment banning all abor-
>tions, endorsing the policy of President Bush. The subcommittee on indivi-
>dual rights, good homes and safe streets voted 17-3 Monday to approve the
>plank, which is essentially the same as contained in the 1988 and 1984
>platforms.
>------------
>
>
>Note that the sentence fragment "endorsing the policy of President Bush" 
>which appears in Echeverri's version of the article is absent from your 
>version.  
>
>> I think you should apologize for accusing Ron of trying to pull a Doug.
>
>I think Mr. Echeverri should apologize for deceiving the net about
>President Bush's stance on abortion.  

In short, he pulled a Pat Roby/Humphrey. 

>>Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), margoli@watson.IBM.com (Internet)
>
>
>Doug Holtsinger


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