Talk:Mary Landrieu

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That "Threatening the President" section is just a bit too melodramatic. Mike H (Talking is hot) 22:08, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

The "Overall Senate appeal" should be deleted.--rtaycher1987 11:20, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Sicilian???? Can someone please provide some information about the senator's purported Sicilian ancestry! 24.34.179.235

She may have some Sicilian ancestry, be she also have definitely some French ancestry too. Landrieu is a French name.--Revas 17:46, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

"... renewing the ban on semi-automatic firearms." I suppose this refers to the 1994 assault weapons ban in that year's crime bill. I just think the current text of this article makes it sound like all semi-autos were banned or something. Would "certain semi-automatic firearms" be better language, or should we cite language from that law? I'll link this in any case. Boris B 20:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

Aww C'mon, the Rush Limbaugh crush is well-known and great trivia!

Contents 1 Anderson Cooper interview 2 Misleading Smear 3 Title of Article 4 PATRIOT 5 Controversies 5.1 Fabricated information on official U.S. Senate website 6 Protect America Act 7 Senator Landrieu's Time as Treasurer

[edit] Anderson Cooper interview

I've removed the section on her Anderson Cooper interview. That section implied that the interview[1] (dated Sep 1, 2005) caused her to change her position and start criticizing President Bush's handling of Katrina. I found news stories from Aug 26, 2005 [2][3] where she criticized him. I believe we do need some sort of commentary on what she thought of Bush's handling, but the paragraph that was there before demonstrably untrue.--Nonpareility 17:40, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Misleading Smear

The article includes the misleading line that the terror bill applies to US citizens. It only applies to immigrants. Thus, the statement is misleading. Either change the wording or leave it out entirely. Trilemma 14:19, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Title of Article

I think Mary L. Landrieu would be a more appropriote name for this article, as that is what she used, as well as her Congressional staffused . I interned in her Captial Hill office for a short period of time, and was assigned to organize her files. All personal files were titled "MLL" for Mary L. Landrieu, as was her official stationary.

Zidel333 05:28, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] PATRIOT

Isn't her stand on the USA PATRIOT Act significative?

The bill passed in the House of Representatives on October 24, 2001, and in the Senate (Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) cast the lone dissenting vote, and Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) was the sole non-voting member) on October 25, 2001.

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Also, she voted for the amendment to the Patriot Act. I have added this information under a "Controvery" section as she broke ranks with her party and created quite an uproar. --Mabu2 19:57, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversies

I removed the recently added section below from the article to here. The only source given is a right-wing website with an article that reads more like an editorial than reporting. For all I know this may be accurate, but to go in the article it needs better sourcing. -- Infrogmation 17:15, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fabricated information on official U.S. Senate website

In May 2007, Landrieu was caught fabricating information on her official U.S. Senate website by the conservative publication Human Events.^[1]

Have you heard about the Gulf Coast Recovery Bill? Probably not -- because it doesn't exist. Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu (D.)'s official web site last week announced: "President Vetoes Gulf Coast Recovery Bill," effectively leading citizens to believe such a bill ever existed. <

Landrieu's press secretary responded that the posting on her website was not deceptive.

[edit] Protect America Act

The Protect America Act has nothing to do with, as Mabu2 claims, "authorizing torture and suspension of rights of American citizens". It allows intelligence agencies to begin electronic surveillance of suspects that meet a very specific set of guidelines while requiring said agencies to inform the FISA Court within 72 hours. This is a far cry from torture and suspension of rights. I highly doubt legislation authorizing torture and suspencion of constitutional rights would pass the Senate 60-28 and the House 227-183. This is pure partisan rhetoric, beyond anything that the mainstream Democrats are saying. It's clearly a POV violation, so I'm removing it. SpudHawg948 (talk) 12:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Senator Landrieu's Time as Treasurer

I think it would be a nice addition to the article if we could get a section dedication to her time as a treasurer. Thanks. OtherAJ (talk) 01:48, 6 June 2008 (UTC)