Volume 16, Number 10 · June 3, 1971
Imaginary Press Conference with Our Leader
By Philip Roth
Mr. Asslick: Sir, as regards your San Clemente statement of April 3, most of the discussion it provoked seems by now to have centered on your unequivocal declaration that you are a firm believer in the rights of the unborn. Many seem to believe that you are destined to be to the unborn what Martin Luther King was to the black people of America, and the late Robert F. Kennedy to the disadvantaged chicanos and Puerto Ricans of the country. There are those who say that your San Clemente statement will go down in the history books alongside Dr. King's famous 'I have a dream' address. Do you find these comparisons apt?
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