From: Larry Margolis <margoli@watson.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: Ron Echeverri concocts a lie about Bush's abortion stance
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:15:52 GMT
Reply-To: margoli@watson.ibm.com
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: The Village Waterbed

In  <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.

Thank you for providing, once again, evidence of your inability to read.
Please note the portions I highlighted.

> 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.

As does the above quote.

> President Bush does not support a ban
> on all abortions; he supports exceptions for rape, incest, and the
> life of the mother.

..or when that's the woman's choice.

> 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.

Note that that is simply a more concise way of stating:
> > the majority endorsed President Bush's stance against abortions.
-----------

> > 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.

I don't know whether he edited the article in order to not include the
extra paragraph that I included above or whether it was that way originally.
The Clarinet header on the article I quoted did contain the following:
Note: (complete writethru -- subcommittee action on abortion plank)

Regardless of whether Ron edited it or not, the meaning is the same as the
version I included above - the implication is that Bush supports banning
all abortions.  Regardless of Bush's stance and the *validity* of this
implication, it's clear that Ron did not edit it in an attempt to change what
it was saying - you're still the reigning king in that department, Doug.
I still think you owe Ron an apology.

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