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April 06, 2005
Another Fake Memo Part 6?
So it looks like the memo was not a fake, but it also looks like it was not passed out by Repulican Senate leaders or even read by them either like the Washington Post wrote earlier. According to this story by Mike Allen the memo was written by a staffer of Freshmen Republican Mel Martinez. Martinez passed it on (without having read it himself) to Democrat Tom Harkin to get his support for the bill. That may be bad in the sense that it was sloppy, but it is a far different story than the one Mike Allen originally wrote. Instead of being a cynical attempt by Republican leaders to exploit the issue to get votes it turns out it was an attempt by a Republican Freshman Senator to get bi-partisan support for the bill.
Hindrocket has similar questions:
But the story that Allen wrote with a Post colleague on March 19 is not consistent with the current version of the facts. On March 19, Allen wrote:Republican officials declared, in a memo that was supposed to be seen only by senators, that they believe the Schiavo case "is a great political issue" that could pay dividends with Christian conservatives, whose support is essential in midterm elections such as those coming up in 2006.
A one-page memo, distributed to Republican senators by party leaders, said the debate over Schiavo would appeal to the party's base, or core, supporters. The memo singled out Sen. Bill Nelson (news, bio, voting record) (D-Fla.), who is up for reelection next year and is potentially vulnerable in a state President Bush won last year.
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