Times-Picayune: Sen. Mary Landrieu wins unlikely fan with her support of adoption
Bruce Alpert, The Times-Picayune
Bipartisanship has become such a rarity in Washington that when it happens, it generates genuine surprise. Take a new documentary highlighting what its producers say is a broken international adoption system. The showing was arranged by Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., who heads the Congressional Coalition on Adoption.
Turns out the documentary, "Stuck," was financed by billionaire businessman Foster Friess, who was the biggest financial backer of conservative Republican Rick Santorum's unsuccessful run for the GOP presidential nomination.
During a speech, Fries made little secret of his views of Landrieu. "Here is Mary Landrieu -- a Democrat. And here I am, to the right of Rick Santorum. I love her," said Fries, according to a report in the Christian Post. Sitting in the audience, Landrieu responded, "I love you, too." The crowd reacted with laughter and cheers.
