Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

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To the Editor:

Re “Mike Pence’s Fantasy Running Mate” (editorial, Oct. 5):

I respectfully disagree that the discussion of abortion during Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate evidenced “deeply felt and carefully considered” positions on the issue held by both Gov. Mike Pence and Senator Tim Kaine.

“Deeply felt,” I agree, but “carefully considered”? Mr. Pence’s positions on abortion, reflected in his long crusade to criminalize the safe and common procedure nationwide, hardly fit that description. To so generously characterize [sic] them, even in passing as part of an otherwise worthy debate analysis, risks normalizing positions that are brazenly unconstitutional and profoundly damaging to the lives of women.

Personally, I see no sign that Mr. Pence or his running mate for the White House, Donald Trump, have seriously weighed that damage.

DOROTHY SAMUELS

New York

The writer, a former member of The New York Times’s editorial board, is a senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.

Note from KBJ: The fetus could not be reached for comment.

This is how Watergate began, and you know how that ended. Where are today's Woodwards and Bernsteins?

Body and Soul (1984).

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Here is R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr's latest column.

To the Editor:

Re “Kaine and Pence Clash on Merits of Their Tickets” (front page, Oct. 5):

Any idea that Gov. Mike Pence won Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate on style points is laughable. Senator Tim Kaine offered so much substance in contrast to Mr. Pence that any discussion of style is moot.

But if Mr. Kaine’s interruptions were distracting, Mr. Pence’s perpetual smirk and constant head shaking in denial of Donald Trump’s own words made him look daft, not stately.

Just some of Mr. Kaine’s substantive points included remarks about dictatorship versus leadership, addressing institutional bias, Donald Trump’s refusal to release his taxes, and the differences between the Clinton and Trump foundations.

He also challenged Mr. Pence to defend Mr. Trump’s erratic and disturbing behavior. Mr. Pence’s only defense was to deny them or blame Mr. Trump’s lack of polish. Not a great defense of someone who wants to be the most powerful political figure in the world.

PATRICIA GRIFFIN

Bradenton, Fla.

Note from KBJ: Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo.