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From: robinson@ubc-ean.CDN (Jim Robinson)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: PM's wife
Message-ID: <776@ubc-ean.CDN>
Date: Sat, 15-Sep-84 01:16:13 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 15 01:16:13 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 9-Sep-84 07:29:12 EDT
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First off, I would like to  express regret  in submitting my com-
ment  concerning  Margaret  Trudeau.  It was more of a flame than
anything else, and hence did not belong in this news group.

Secondly, I would like to say that after some  consideration  and
discussion  I  have  come  to  the conclusion that the remark was
indeed sexist. For this reason I am offering a sincere apology to
anyone who was offended by it.

Finally, I would like to do some backpedalling concerning my view
on  politicians'  private  lives.   As this is a free country the
media will always tend  to report gossip as well as news. I  have
no  objections  to  this since the obvious alternative is censor-
ship. However when one considers that these people are being paid
our hard earned tax dollars to do a job,  I cannot help but think
that the only thing that *really* matters is  how  well  they  do
this  job.  Thus,  I  think that judging these people on anything
other than how well they are doing their job has at least two de-
trimental effects:
a) Good but unconventional  people will refuse to consider public
   life.
b) The voter will not be able to  properly do his job which is to
   make sure that the politician is doing what he/she was elected
   to do.

                                                  J.B. Robinson