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Hi Katie, May Janet Reno have more friends like you! Your letter is very well written and reminds us all that lots of voters will be swayed by a negative image with no knowledge of the person and personna behind the picture. What a tragedy to be "judged" by that criteria! cheers ....... murray On 20 Feb 2002, at 22:25, [log in to unmask] wrote: > Ivan, > > I do not think that we, either as the PD community or as the > voting > electorate in Florida, have the right to have such detailed information > about Janet's Reno's health, her medication regime, and her diet. > Actually, I think only some PWPs would be interested in this detailed > information anyway. > These are private matters between Ms Reno and her doctor. You should > be > able to find this information if you want anyway because I understand > that Ms. Reno not only released her doctor's statements that she was > capable of withstanding the rigors of the campaign and the rigors of the > attorney general position in Florida, but that Ms Reno also released all > of her medical records, since her diagnosis of PD, to the media. > > I personally doubt that Ms. Reno is paying a great deal of > attention > to her health or the stress she is under at the present time, although I > suspect that she is interested to the extent that she wants to avoid > another public fainting episode. Ms. Reno is older than me and she went > to law school before me. She represents to me the type of female (not > woman) lawyer who blazed the trial for me and many others but who has no > idea of the difficulties she has endured or the costs she has paid to > get where she is today. She is a true legal warrior and a role model > for all attorneys. > > If you asked Janet Reno if she experienced discrimination based > on > gender in law school, she would probably say no. If you asked her if > she experienced discrimination based on gender in her job as district > attorney for Dade County, Florida, she would probably say no. If you > asked her if she experienced discrimination either based on gender or > based on her disability/handicap (PD) while U.S. Attorney General, she > would probably say no. If you asked her if campaigning was difficult > for her or stressful in any way, she would probably say no. If you > asked her if the attorney general position at this point in time with > the current, and projected state, of her general health and her PD, > would be diffcult for her or stressful for her in any way , she would > probably say no. I would answer all these questions differently: I > know as a woman attorney and as a PWP what Ms. Reno must have > endured/suffered on a daily basis throughout her legal career. But, > Janet Reno is Janet Reno. She will carry on to the end, giving > speeches, totally ignoring the constant tremors in her arms, the > difficulties and the stress in her campaign, the wisdom of a special PD > diet, etc. But this is all her choice, and the possible consequences to > her are losing the campaign and/or damaging her health. It is her > choice. It is her life. > > I have been far more concerned how the media reported the > fainting > episode. I was leaving my house, when I heard on the Today show that > Ms. Reno had fainted. I am saying to myself: "Oh, no-o-o-" when the > television commentator says "And there she goes!" I look up and I see > Ms Reno fall, in slow motion, to the side of the podium; I see her knees > collapse, I see her fall on her back and roll to her side with her eyes > closed. No one rushes to help her. The next morning on the local news, > I see a clip when Ms. Reno is released from the hospital. She is > walking very slowly toward a car, and she has a very grim and determined > look on her face. The media is all around her. Her winter coat falls > off her shoulders, but she does nothing. The coat falls further, and it > looks like it is going to fall all the way off her. Someone from > behind, outside the frame of the camera, pulls the coat up for her. Ms. > Reno gets into the car, and her skirt hikes up, all the way to her lap. > The camera relentlessly exposes her uncovered legs. She does nothing. > The young woman behind her wraps the coat around Ms. Reno's legs and > shuts the door of the car. Through the car window I could see Ms. > Reno's head lean forward onto her chest. > > I don't know what the electorate in Florida is seeing/will see, > but > that is what I saw in Northeastern Wisconsin. In my mind I see these > clips being played over and over again in Florida prior to the election. > There were also newspaper photos all over of Ms Reno during and after > the fall. I do not know if the release of Ms Reno's medical records and > the representation of herself as being fit and healthy, despite the PD > and the campaign, can overcome the media coverage of the fainting spell. > I grieve for Ms. Reno and the chances for her to win this election, and > I hope and pray her health will withstand the demands she places upon > it, but I am not the guardian of her health nor am I her campaign > manager or a campaign contributor. I live in Wisconsin: I will not vote > in that Florida election. I think that this campaign will impose more > stress upon her than the job itself, but she may never get the job. I > assume she considered the possiblity of withdrawing from the campaign, > but probably not very seriously. After all, Janet Reno is Janet Reno. > And this is her Last Hurrah. I wish her well on all counts. Katie > > ------------------------------------ * * * [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn