Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site bbncca.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!bbncca!sdyer From: sdyer@bbncca.ARPA (Steve Dyer) Newsgroups: net.motss,net.kids,net.singles Subject: Gay issues and Mass. politicians Message-ID: <1481@bbncca.ARPA> Date: Mon, 1-Jul-85 18:54:21 EDT Article-I.D.: bbncca.1481 Posted: Mon Jul 1 18:54:21 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Jul-85 06:47:14 EDT References: <1470@bbncca.ARPA> <2429@mit-hermes.ARPA> <235@ubvax.UUCP> Organization: Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, Ma. Lines: 11 Xref: watmath net.motss:1801 net.kids:1418 net.singles:7597 It's worth noting the rather unpredictable behavior of the Massachusetts voter who can vote in an Ed King, but at the same time, as Tony Wuersch point out, elect Barney Frank over Peg Heckler, or even more dramatically, reelect Gerry Studds by a landslide. I think Purbrick wasn't trying to rationalize Dukakis' behavior, just trying to discern a rational basis for it. Unfortunately, facts seem to indicate that, properly handled, the Globe story could have been a political non-issue. -- /Steve Dyer {decvax,linus,ima,ihnp4}!bbncca!sdyer sdyer@bbnccv.ARPA