Getting back to Slade: How can anyone, especially a hunter or a fisherman, justify voting for Slade Gorton? The guy is a one-man environmental disaster. Take a look at his voting record, he has consistently voted in favor of the rape of our natural resources. Be it mining, logging, or his opposition to breaching the Lower Snake River dams in contradiction of the overwhelming majority of scientific opinion, not to mention his dilatory tactics that have held up removal of the Elwha dams for years now. I suspect that the balance of his support among sportsmen comes from NRA members and supporters who are concerned with the loss of his vote on gun control issues. I'm an NRA member myself, and believe that the Second Amendment is as much a bulwark of our freedoms as is the First Amendment, but I draw the line at Slade! I'm sorry, Charlton and Wayne, but the price that we would have to pay to retain Slade Gorton is just too high.