Local Letter to the Editor: "We're All Republicans." (And it's serious.)

[Vinca]

I couldn't believe this letter when I read it -

"Everyone's a Republican, right?

Editor of the Reformer:

Once again those of us who actually care about the future of America are thrown into the grinding jaws of the political/media melee we call a presidential election. The rolling disaster that we have created makes most of us wish for kinder days, when a promise made was actually feasible, and a candidate actually spoke the truth.

In 2008, we are faced with a true dichotomy; an empty suit full of excellent hot air, and a real American hero. In the past there would have been no contest; but in these days of super hype, internet blogs, a spectacular arena filled demonstrators and a press clamoring for the showman, reality is harder to find.

For some -- I have no such problem -- I'm a Republican, and I am a realist.

Try this quote: "From the Midwest to the South, from coast to coast, in big cities and rural communities voters have turned out in record numbers for change." Barack Obama, right?

It's actually from the "Election 2008" brochure of The Communist Party of the United States. Be careful what you wish for.

I have great faith in the people of America; a people who founded this country on good and true principles, a people who will not tolerate lies and deceit, a people who can see through the deliberate confusion sowed by our media.

Every one of you lives as a Republican -- you save money, want to keep your job, protect your loved ones, wish for lower taxes, want a good life for you and your family, accept responsibility for your own actions, and wish the government would just get off your back and let you decide how to live your own life.

So join us. Governor Douglas and the McCain/Palin team may be the only hope you have to keep what's left of your precious freedom.

Stephen McConnel,

Townshend, Sept. 9"

http://www.reformer.com/letters/ci_10454543

Feel free to post a comment at the bottom of the page on the link.:rofl:

[progressivebydesign]

1. Wiretaps = Freedom. Duly noted and discarded, Mr. McConnel. n/t

[Libby2]

2. okay, I did n/t

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. *sputtering* I don't even know where to begin with this disingenuous bunk. For starters,

the Repubs do not have a lock on families wanting to stay safe, solvent, or fed.

2) The Repubs have not kept us safe. 9/11 _did_ happen on **'s watch, and they have been complicit in the deaths of 4,000 Americans since that time in their illegal occupation of Iraq.

3) The Repubs are the ones who have shredded the Constitution and stolen our rights. (Albeit with the help of Dems on the Hill.)

4) There is nothing wrong with the Communist Party. They have a right to exist and not be denigrated or used as a scare tactic.

5) The Republican Presidential campaign is _filled_ with lies. Why are their own people not calling them out on it?

[Catch22Dem]

4. "and let you decide how to live your own life"

Unless of course you get raped by your dad when you're 14, then we want the government to step in and force you to have that baby.

[Cant trust em]

5. or would like to marry your partner of 30 years

I'm sure that they would love for the government to get off their backs.

[Wednesdays]

6. I won't even get into the many fallacies in this piece

Suffice it to say, the writer offers zero in terms of solutions to the country's problems. Gee, who's the one blowing hot air?

[renie408]

7. I posted mine, n/t

[grantcart]

8. Hmm I think we should implement a draft - for Republicans only

We would never have another stupid war again

[1corona4u]

9. Left a comment myself.

:-)(Lynne)No, not my real name.;-)

[WinkyDink]

10. So much for the Social Contract.

[Orsino]

11. "What's left of your precious freedom."

Who does little Stevie think has been siphoning away that freedom for the past decade or two?

[terrya]

12. He time traveled from 1952 to write that!!

Jesus Christ, that's pure McCarthyism. Quoting from the "Election 2008 brochure of the Communist Party of the United States"???

Oh, wait...ugh, I know. Richard Nixon, circa 1952, came back from the dead and has taken the name of Stephen McConnel of Townshend! Yikes! :scared: