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To: KLP who wrote (15665)	11/9/2003 12:18:57 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793623

The Democrats had better listen. "I don't think it's an issue," said Charles Black, a Republican strategist, citing polls showing overwhelming support for the ban. "Partial birth abortion is an 80-20 issue in the country and the more Democrats want to talk about it, the better for us." _______________________________________________ A Bill Signed, but It's Not Picture Perfect By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG - NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON — The ink from President Bush's signature was barely dry when the photograph of him signing the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act began circulating on the Internet. There he was, surrounded by the bill's Congressional sponsors: a bevy of white men wearing dark suits and smiles. By week's end, Democrats were likening the image to something that predated the women's suffrage era. The White House was fending off questions about it. And supporters of abortion rights were giddy with the thought of how they might use it during the elections next year. "It seems as though everybody I see is waving this picture around," said Gloria Feldt, the president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, one of three groups that last week won court injunctions against the ban. The question in Washington was how could the Bush White House, famous for its careful attention to photographic detail, have committed the gaffe of inviting only men to stand with the president? Liberal advocacy groups became Kremlinologists. David Sirota, spokesman for the Center for American Progress, theorized that the picture was no accident. "Karl Rove is too brilliant to allow a mistake like that," he said, referring to the president's senior adviser. "The question for them is, did they ask women to be in the picture and couldn't find any?" But the White House said the image was pure happenstance. It was, said Claire Buchan, a White House spokeswoman, simply that too many members of Congress, including women, attended the ceremony to invite all on stage with Mr. Bush. So only the 10 sponsors, all men, were invited. nytimes.com