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LETTERS, Page 6Atwater's Smear
Even more offensive than the cowardly act of Republican
National Committee Chairman Lee Atwater and his cronies'
implying that Speaker of the House Thomas Foley is a homosexual
(NATION, June 19) is the fact that on Capitol Hill this is
considered an effective smear.
Larry Merritt New York City
I would like it to be understood that I did not threaten to
publicly name gay Republicans in general. There is no list. I
referred only to those gay people who shamefully use the fact
or accusation of homosexuality as a weapon against others. It
is this smaller subset of people who seem to me deserving of
exposure, not for their sexuality but for their hypocrisy.
Barney Frank, U.S. Representative Fourth District,
Massachusetts Washington
News reporting should be free of editorial comment.
Accompanying your main story was a brief commentary describing
R.N.C. Chairman Atwater as a "muck maven" and calling on
President Bush to "sack" him. This should have been identified
as editorial opinion.
Rick Carson Frenchtown, N.J.