From: keegan@pan.crd.ge.com (James G Keegan Jr)
Newsgroups: talk.abortion
Subject: Re: Barry Goldwater
Date: 14 Aug 92 22:49:17 GMT
Reply-To: james g keegan jr <keegan@crd.ge.com>
Organization: T.S.A.K.C.
Disclaimer: i speak for myself only, unless noted otherwise

decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) writes:
-> james g keegan jr <keegan@crd.ge.com> writes:
-> > decay@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (dean.kaflowitz) writes to suzanne:
-> > -> You were agreeing with Keegan's myopic
-> > -> statement that the issue of abortion would
-> > -> swing the election one way or another, which is
-> > -> far from correct.
-> > 
-> > i explained my thinking on this in some detail,
-> > along with data from people whose profession is
-> > campaign management. i think you're a smart
-> > fellow, but if i had to bet my life on whether
-> > your political guesses were more likely to be
-> > accurate than the opinions of people who get paid
-> > for this kind of work, i'd go with the
-> > professional opinion.
-> 
-> I sure hope you never have to bet your life on
-> anything like that.  I've bet my life a few times
-> recently on the sobriety and competence of riggers
-> and packers, and I don't even care for making that
-> bet from a certain perspective.

you realize that jumping from towers and planes is a
suspect activity, do you not.

-> You and Suzanne are taking much the same position on
-> this,

that is rather frightening.

-> though I honestly don't think her's is the result of
-> as deep an understanding as yours.  I still disagree
-> with the analysis, but didn't really want to get too
-> much into it.  I think the "swing vote" business is
-> really something that makes money for those same
-> professionals, and is determined after the election
-> in order to support their contracts when the next
-> election comes around.  

i'm sure there are cases when that is so. i am equally
sure that there are cases when it is not. at least some
people are banking their careers on unearthing the
right issue or issues. and i've spoken to some who are
not uncomfortable working under the premise that choice
is the key item.

-> I think that, with most polls having shown the
-> country to be fairly evenly divided, and with the
-> serious nature of the recession, and with the tax
-> lies of Bush, and with the prospect of 4 more years
-> of Dan Quayle a heartbeat from the presidency,
-> abortion becomes less and less of an issue.

i think the polls are reasonably accurate on the
public's personal views. when it comes to the matter of
choice, i also think that the vast majority of people
are uncomfortable imposing their beliefs on others.

-> Let me put it another way.  Reverse the positions of
-> the two parties' candidates entirely except for
-> abortion.  My vote then changes and I think most
-> people's votes would change.

interesting scenario. i can't speak for others, but my
vote doesn't change. i cringe at the realization that
abortion rights teeters on the shoulders of an 83-year
old justice.

-> > you made no comment on that and instead made this
-> > blatent assertion in a reply to suzanne.
-> > 
-> > that's really not like you.
-> 
-> You sound grouchy.  

that's the way i thought you sounded when i read your
previous posts.

-> I think you need a trip to some pleasant, northern
-> clime.  Maybe you should go take in a Blue Jays game
-> and visit the Toronto Metropolitan Zoo.  Nice zoo,
-> that one, though I am not fond of seeing Bald Eagles
-> in cages.

this is true. it's a good idea and already scheduled. 

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