Talk:Louise Slaughter

POV Concerns

this page is hilarious. she sounds like the perfect human being. wikipedia as free campaign advertising, i couldn't think of anything more advantageous gmrepoli 06:27, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

Added POV template. I agree with Gmrepoli that this article needs to be rescued from Ms. Slaughter's political supporters and the first step would be to further reduce what an earlier editor called "fawning and gushing". That means, among other things, eliminating many unnecessary adjectives that hype but do not inform. For example: prestigious Rules Committee, true-life coal miner’s daughter (and drop the movie link unless the movie is about Louise Slaughter), worked hard as a coal miner (or show me a coal miner who doesn't work hard), etc. I see too much awkward phraseology, such as "Armed with an increased passion". One may be motivated by an increased passion, but armed? And what about this mixed metaphor: "Throwing her hat in the public arena for the second time, she knew the deck was stacked against her"? Did she write or issue a report? No, she unveild it. She's a tireless promoter; she's deeply concerned, and a leading advocate who won historic increases. The hype is the first part of the problem. Second, where is the account of what her detractors and opponents have to say about her? Or is she the only politician in in the world who is universally loved and admired? I will try to implement some of my suggested changes when I have more time. Blanchette 18:42, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

If you are to edit this page, maybe you should consider editing all of the politicians as most articles are not without a slant. Unless a full assessment of all members of congress will be performed, a bias is inevitable...therefore unless something is "untrue" I would leave it as is.

Actually, all articles on Wikipedia are being considered for editing. They're all slanted in some way too. We're not singling out this article, we just have to start fixing somewhere.

She sounds so good here because this is word-for-word from her "detailed campaign biography." Isn't that a copy-vio issue? Nonetheless, I think a re-working of the bio would suffice to make it "neutral" and acceptable. - Nhprman ^List 03:05, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm removing the POV template. This article used to be pretty awful in that regard, but I think it now stands as one of the best contemporary Congressperson articles. My only concern is the use of the term "fought for" which I will change to "worked for" unless someone can cite the use of violence to further Slaughter's legislative agenda. --Cjs56 16:17, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

I am a close member of Louise's family. Her father was a blacksmith for the coal mines in Lynch and helped build the Methodist Church there, helping to dig the foundation. He was also a member of the Ku Klux Klan (by his own admission) and played minor league baseball. Bleeding heart that she is, she does not keep in touch with her family in Kentucky at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.55.41.141 (talk) 00:28, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

Election Results

There's a slight problem with contradictory sources here. According to the NYS Board of elections, Wojtaszek received 59,547 votes in the 2002 election against Slaughter [1]. However, according to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, he only received 58,547 [2]. Which source should we trust here? Zzedar 20:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Without having specific knowledge, I would trust the NYS BOE results as they are the body directly charged with determining election outcomes. I would probably attribute the discrepency to carelessness in transcription the results of a lopsided election by someone working for the House. --Cjs56 16:55, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

I went through the county by county, party line by party line results from the NYS BOE and got the sum of 59,547, backing up my consciption theory. --Cjs56 16:58, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:11, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

Syria Trip

There have been rumors going around that when Rep. Slaughter went to Syria with Nancy Pelosi and others, that she met not only with Syrian officials, but also leadership from the PKK terrorist group to cause trouble with Turkey to make them shut down the supply lines for the troops in iraq. Has anyone else heard or have any information on this? http://www.nypost.com/seven/03312007/news/nationalnews/miss_syria_nationalnews_ian_bishop.htm Wvfd14 (talk) 13:35, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Louise was 82 yesterday. The sidebar should be updated by someone who knows how to do so to reflect this.