[From 2/26/08, about radio host Bill Cunningham's "Barack Hussein Obama" comments at a John McCain rally]
To the editor:
According to Enquirer reports, Bill Cunningham’s comments about Barack Obama “delighted” the crowd assembled Tuesday at Memorial Hall to hear John McCain speak. That’s rich. I love how Republicans can cheer comments like Cunningham’s and then have the nerve to say that it’s the Obama supporters who are being duped by empty rhetoric.
It must sting to be publicly repudiated by a genuine national hero, eh Willie?
Friday, February 29, 2008
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
"True Conservatives"
[An edited version of this letter appeared in the 2/06/08 edition of the Enquirer]
To the editor:
David Brooks’ February 5 column was right on the money. If John McCain can no longer be considered a conservative, then the degradation of the Republican Party has become complete. John McCain: the man who receives a 75% approval rating from National Right to Life; a 100% rating from the Club for Growth (which endorses candidates who support limited government/lower taxes); and a zero from the National Organization for Women.
Pundits like Rush Limbaugh are the ones who aren’t “true conservatives.” Restructuring government to create an unaccountable executive branch is not a conservative principle. Nor is building a security apparatus designed to spy on Americans. Deficit spending, swollen budgets, torture and permanent aggressive war, fearmongering—none of these are conservative principles. These are the values of thugs.
McCain isn’t a conservative? Please. He simply hasn’t bought completely into Bush-Rove.
To the editor:
David Brooks’ February 5 column was right on the money. If John McCain can no longer be considered a conservative, then the degradation of the Republican Party has become complete. John McCain: the man who receives a 75% approval rating from National Right to Life; a 100% rating from the Club for Growth (which endorses candidates who support limited government/lower taxes); and a zero from the National Organization for Women.
Pundits like Rush Limbaugh are the ones who aren’t “true conservatives.” Restructuring government to create an unaccountable executive branch is not a conservative principle. Nor is building a security apparatus designed to spy on Americans. Deficit spending, swollen budgets, torture and permanent aggressive war, fearmongering—none of these are conservative principles. These are the values of thugs.
McCain isn’t a conservative? Please. He simply hasn’t bought completely into Bush-Rove.
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