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- From: Chuck.Lavazzi@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Chuck Lavazzi)
- Subject: Re: CONFIRMED---> Re: Randall Terry running for Congress
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- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 17:49:32 GMT
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- In article <BswqJ4.KtH@chinet.chi.il.us> katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago) writes:
- >After searching through a pile of papers, I finally found one of the
- >two mentions of Randall Terry's bid for Congress. This was in the
- >July 30 edition of USA Today. It was also mentioned in the Chicago
- >Tribune, but that's the one I left on the train.
- >
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- >
- >OPERATION RESCUE LEADER TO RUN: Randall Terry is running for Congress.
- >The founder of Operation Rescue, the abortion foes who blockade
- >abortion clinics, is challenging five-term GOP Rep. Sherwood Boehlert
- >of New Hartford, N.Y., an abortion rights supporter. The campaign
- >will "not revolve solely around child killing," says Terry, running on
- >the Right to Life ticket. He says he'll air TV ads of aborted fetuses
- >and pornographic art funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
- >Other issues: trade with China, women in combat and "the welfare state,
- >which is literally bankrupting America's soul." Boehlert says Terry
- >"is one of the least popular people in the United States today. People
- >are offended by Randall Terry and his tactics." Two years ago, the
- >Central new york Right to Life Federation bought billboards comparing
- >Boehlert, a co-sponser of the Freedom of Choice Act, to Hitler.
- >
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- >
- >Can you imagine Randall Terry in *Congress*??? Side show city!
- I don't know about New York, but here in Missouri in 27 of the 44
- contested primary races, the NARAL-endorsed candidate won, sometimes by
- overwhelming margins. Whether this was mostly a result of abortion-rights
- sentiment or not is still up for grabs.
- >
- >Vickie
- >Anti-abortion, Pro-adoption, Pro-birth control, Pro-sex education
- >
- > *** PRO-CHOICE ***
- >
- Chuck
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