Barbara Olson Quotes
Hopefully, at some point, people will at least credit the Republicans with carrying out their oversight responsibilities and with pursuing a principled course of action even in the face of everyone's short-attention spans.
Olson, Barbara. On-air commentary. CNN, Turner Broadcasting System, 1998.
In 1970, 3 years before Row v. Wade, abortion was illegal throughout the United State. New York State was debating the legalization of abortion within the state. The bill had narrowly passed the state Senate but passage was one vote short on the House. In one of the most dramatic moments in political history, Michael rose to the floor and changed his vote thereby allowing passage. Governor Rockefeller signed the bill and abortion was not only legal in New York, but women came to New York from the country over for abortions until Roe v. Wade made abortion legal in the rest of the country. As Michael knew, the anti-abortionists, targeted him in the next election and he was defeated in his own primary.
Barbara Kay Olson was an American lawyer and conservative television commentator who worked for CNN, Fox News Channel, and several other outlets. She was a passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 en route to a taping of Bill Maher's television show Politically Incorrect when it was flown into the Pentagon in the September 11 attacks. Her original plan had been to fly to California on September 10, but she delayed her departure until the next morning so that she could wake up with her husband on his birthday, September 11.
