Great LTE in the Tennesseean

[Another Bill C.]

http://tennessean.com/opinion/letters/archives/04/04/50281903.shtml?Element_ID=50281903

"Only a Bizarro could consider war, pollution, a ruined economy, the codification of bigotry, the loss of the respect of the rest of the world and the decimation of our civil liberties good things.

"The Bizarros are alive and well, and they now run our country. They run it because they are the ones who vote, while we regular people sit in our comfy living rooms and blissfully ignore the impending destruction of our cherished way of American life."

[HFishbine]

1. Another letter on the same page

"The thousands of people buried in mass graves in Iraq do not think Mr. Bush overstated his case."

Reminds me of this Yogi Berra exchange:

Once, Yogi's wife Carmen asked, "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?" Yogi replied, "Surprise me."

[NMDemDist2]

2. even AZ (a battleground state) is asking

George Bush says "Jesus changed my heart."

Did he go through a transformation that led him to equate cruelty with power? And to seek an abundant life through competing for material riches?

Has his "change" led him to be assured of personal salvation in the hereafter, not through work for peace on Earth, but through the praise and worship of a god who responds favorably to flattery?

If George W. Bush is an example of someone whose heart has been changed by Jesus, I'm going to look for a new "hero." - Gretchen Nielsen, Tucson

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0423frilets7.html

Bush isn't smart, tough; he's arrogant
Apr. 23, 2004 12:00 AM


For all those who think it takes a "tough" president to lead the country in time of war, consider that President Bush has executed his war on terror by invading and occupying a country that we now know had neither WMDs or links to international terrorism. Now he finds himself in a Vietnam-like quagmire with Americans dying every day for no purpose.

Anybody in a position of power can issue an order to attack and occupy. The decision wasn't smart, it was arrogant, and it did not require a tough president to make it. For those who still think we need a tough president, we now know from John Kerry's Meet the Press interview that during the Vietnam War, Kerry was engaging the enemy in mortal combat in Vietnam while Bush was patrolling the Texas coast, and there is some evidence that Bush didn't even live up to that simple obligation.

No matter how you spin it, Kerry is smarter and tougher than Bush. -Jeff Kahler, Phoenix

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0423frilets3.html

and be sure to check out our cartoonist Steve Benson

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/benson/

[Claire Beth]

3. that is a good article...

especially coming from Tennessee...I live in Nashville and I am hearing more and more negative comments about Bush every day. I'm in high hopes Tennessee will go with Kerry in November. I'm doing everything I can to support Kerry.