Talk:Susan Molinari

Initial comments
I think "quietly" isn't the right ad jective verb to describe her pro-choice position. Yes, she tried not to make waves by arguing with other Republicans, but she was repeatedly on national TV as an example of a pro-choice Republican. Dvd Avins 08:45, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

The article says ''opposed Bush's decision to support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning gay marriage. Rumors have long circulated, seizing on hints. . .'' That's an artful juxtopisition, unelss it's just a coincidence. But perhaps we should document the existence of the other long-circulated rumors of which you don't quite speak, or rearrange the paragraph in a less suggestive fashion. Dvd Avins 08:56, 8 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Uh, Mr./Ms. 69.91.83.194, were you being facetious? There are, in fact, rumors around, and they're not about President Ford. I have no idea whether the rumors are true (dutiful motherhood doesn't disprove them). I believe the rumors stem mostly from rumors about Paxon that pre-date their involvement. I suppose that was extended to them being each other's beards. Who knows. One thing I do know is that the phenomenon is hardly unheard of in politics.


 * At the time New Jersey's anti-discrimination law was amended to prohibit housing and employment descrimination based "real or perceived sexual and affectional orientation" (not counting very small properties and organizations and not counting religious instituions with regard to hiring) in the early 1990s, most of the Republicans who vocally opposed the bill in the state senate were gay and in the closet.


 * Speaking of New Jersey, perhaps the rumors about Molinari were fueled by the similarity in style between herself and a rather prominent New Jersey politician whose career peaked about the same time Molinari's did. Do I know that one's true? No, "tomboy" isn't always a euphamism for "lesbian", but the rumors are a fact of political life and it's sometimes a tough call whether reporting on them is just unfairly spreading a rumor, or explaining essential context of a politicians career. In my opinion, when the politician seems to be intentionally playing up the possibility when dealing with the LGBT community, in order to get them to see her as one of their own, it's very much fair game to discuss the phenomenon. AFAIK, Molinari didn't do that, but the New Jersey politican did. Dvd Avins 22:18, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Length of Term in Office
There seems to be an inconsistency between this article and that of Stephen J. Solarz who proceeded Molinari in representing the Thirteenth District. This article says her term began in 1990, but Solarz's article says he left office in January 1993. Obviously, one of the articles is wrong. Jcb9 (talk) 04:18, 10 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Solarz didn't represent the Staten Island district. If they both represented the 13th, then the 1992 redistricting must have changed the numbering so that his old number was assigned to her district. Dvd Avins (talk) 04:30, 10 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Ah, makes sense. Thank for the clarification. Jcb9 (talk) 16:44, 13 May 2008 (UTC)