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April 20, 2005

From the "you learn something new every day" files

Media Matters shatters a myth that I shamefully bought into:

In an April 19 USA Today op-ed, Ross K. Baker spread the false -- but often-repeated -- claim that former Pennsylvania Gov. Bob Casey was prohibited from speaking at the 1992 Democratic National Convention because he opposed abortion rights. In fact, Casey was denied an opportunity to speak at the convention because he refused to endorse the Clinton-Gore presidential ticket. Furthermore, other Democrats who oppose abortion rights spoke at the 1992 convention and at every convention since then.

I've heard this Casey/abortion thing mentioned many times. I never bothered to look it up. Shame on me.

Posted by Carla at April 20, 2005 03:45 PM