Some good LTTE in my local (conservative) paper.

[Rainbowreflect]

http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2004/07/27/letters/10052936.txt

The 1st, 3rd, 4th & last ones are all pretty good.

[Wind Dancer]

1. Thanks for sharing!

Great points:

"This year is no different. I hear people say, "I will only vote for Bush, because he is pro-life," and that's fine, but I ask those voters, "Whose life?" Bush claims to be "pro-life," as he sends our troops - fathers, sons, daughters, mothers - into a foreign country to die for the monetary benefit of a group of already wealthy men. In one single year, hundreds of American soldiers have died needlessly, and thousands of Iraqis have been killed as well. Not just soldiers - civilians. Thousands of civilians have died because of this war. Thousands of civilians that go unreported in most sources. Thousands of human beings who are also sons, fathers, daughters, mothers to someone else.

At what point can your vote be used to say, "No, I cannot support the killing of unborn children, but I can, with the same vote, support the killing of thousands of innocent adults for a war that we have seen should never have been started?" At what point do we view the unborn as so drastically far more important than our friends and family, or even the civilians in Iraq that we so often forget to think about? At what point will this hypocrisy stop, as issue voters ask themselves, "If I am truly pro-life, can I support a president who so wantonly leads us to violence, destruction, killing and lies?"

[Scagbearer]

2. I agree

[HEFFA]

3. There is hope...

I live in a very conservative state/area also (NH). It's always heartening when you see and/or hear the progressive voices of others. At least we're not alone.