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From: rjb@akgua.UUCP (R.J. Brown [Bob])
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.women
Subject: Re: Female Veep
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Date: Tue, 10-Jul-84 12:24:47 EDT
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Alan,

The arguments for a Female on the Democratic Ticket may have
some merit, that is, it may prove to be strategically correct.
However, tactically the NOW approach of "going public" is
questionable because it may put Mondale in a no win position
in his party.  Headline "Mondale Wimps Out to Women's Lobby"
or some reasonable facsimile is what we might get from those
wonderrrfully, responsible, journalistic types. :-)  But wait
since Mondale is a liberal it probably won't happen that way.
Anyway, do you think the NOW leadership weighed the plusses
and minusses (weird sp ?) of going public as opposed to tradit-
ional horse trading at the convention ??  I think not and I
question their priorities - #1 always seems to me to be
make a big noise for NOW, keep that name before the public.


Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}
AT&T Technologies, Inc.............. Norcross, Ga
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