Letter to the Editor
In 2002, before Bush's war in Iraq, Republicans played the fear card convincing voters that there's an enemy lurking out there and if you don't vote for someone tough then the terrorists will kill you. In 2004 Bush ran ads using wolves to terrorize voters into voting for him. But now it's 2006 and although terrorism is still there, it's also clear that terrorism has gotten worse under Republican rule and that Bush's bad decisions are making terrorism worse.
In spite of it being an election year all the intelligence agencies, all of the free speaking military commanders, and many respected Republican leaders now admit that America is on the wrong course and that Bush's plan isn't working. We have lost the war in Iraq, losing in Afghanistan, and bin Laden is still free and laughing at Bush. What this means is that the more the Republicans try to scare voters this time the more likely they are to vote against them. After fool me once and fool me twice the Republican strategy of fooling the voters the third time might be as flawed as the Iraq war strategy itself.
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President Roosevelt once said "The Only Thing we have to Fear is Fear Itself". Bush's message is, "Vote Republican or the Terrorists will Kill You". We are supposed to trust Republicans to keep us safe. Can we trust them? The same Republicans who put a congressman who they knew was a sexual predator in charge of the Exploited Children's Caucus? Republicans have made terrorism much worse. Time to drain the swamp, throw the bums out, and try someone new.
What's the difference between the war in Iraq and the war in Vietnam? George W. Bush had a plan to get out of Vietnam.
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Today marks the end of what we once called America. Today Bush signed into law a bill that gives Bush the powers of Adolf Hitler. Bush can now torture people in secret torture prisons. We are our own enemy. History will mark today as the day that America died. This will cause the people of the world to hate America because it is causing Americans to hate America.
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Some people here in America think that Bush is going to find a way to postpone American elections scheduled for November 7th. It is looking like he is going to lose control of our Congress and that he might be impeached. Knowing what's coming the current regime might choose to attempt to hold on to power no matter what is lawful.
As an American I am asking the world to pay close attention to us and see if our elections occur and are fair. We have electronic voting machines that the Republicans have rigged to make Republicans win. bush might also fake an attack as an excuse to suspend elections under emergency powers. We the people of the United States need to restore a ligitimate government and stop being a threat to the rest of the world. We ask that humanity help us restore sanity to our nation.
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The Republicans say that they want to get to the bottom of the Mark Foley sex scandal and that they aren't trying to cover it up. Well then, why are the hearings behind closed doors? When they were roasting Clinton they did it on live TV and made it as public as possible. But when it comes to their sex scandal, we don't get to see that. Foley was co-chair of the Exploited Children's Caucus and was trying to have sex with underage boys. And with Foley hiding out in an alcohol rehab center and the investigation hidden away till after the elections Republicans are hoping that the voters will forget it in the next few weeks. If the Republicans have nothing to hide then why are they hiding behind closed doors?
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This is a good year for poor people to vote because the election is so close and the consequences so great of the lower and middle class. The Democrats are for raising the minimum wage, Republicans are not. Republicans are in bed with oil companies who are raising gas prices and making record profits. Republicans don't care about health care costs, prescription drug prices, education, or ethics. And it's the poor who are sending their children off to die in Bush's wars.
But the lower and middle classes are often lazy when it comes time to show up to vote thinking that their vote doesn't count. But this year is different so I want to encourage people to get out and vote because if you don't vote you won't get an increase in the minimum wage.
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This election isn't about Republicans vs. Democrats. It's about Reality vs. Denial. We can either vote to accept reality and change course or we can vote for denial and stay on the wrong path for another 2 years. The thing about reality is that reality doesn't go away. How bad do things have to get before we vote to drain the swamp?
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Just when Republicans were looking to take the focus off the Mark Foley sex scandal Republican Bob Ney pleaded guilty to bribery and corruption charges in a string of scandals linked to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Will this string of corrupt congressman from Tom Delay to Duke Cunningham hurt the GOP more than Foley? Or are they worse off with the sex scandals of gay Republicans Foley and Kolbe and the gay prostitute Jeff Gannon who posed as a Whitehouse press correspondent and had full access to President Bush? I think the sex scandal hurts the GOP more.
Everyone already knows that Republicans are financially corrupt so the money scandals are nothing new to voters. It is generally known that Republicans take bribes and take care of those who take care of them. After all we have seen lobbyists passing out checks on the floor of the house during votes that affect those who are making those donations. But Republican sex scandals are somewhat more rare. During the Clinton impeachment Republicans were exposed in several heterosexual scandals and several lost their jobs. But these recent homosexual scandals are new to the Republican party and it is my opinion that new scandals hurt Republicans more than old ones.
Of course both sides might be wrong and people will get tired of the daily body count from the Iraq war and vote against that. Or maybe the drip drip drip of bad news will just put voters in the mood to "drain the swamp" and throw them all out.