So a newspaper editor calls me...

[George_S]

And says they received duplicate letters like mine. Well, that is kind if impossible since I edited it down myself. So she says she wants it trimmed down to 250 words. So I did that.

My question is, do they always call and say that fishing for mass mailing to weed out?

This is the 250 word version:

Is Bush Misleading Us Again?

What John Kerry really said when voting on the Iraq War Resolution:

"Let me be clear, the vote I will give to the President is for one reason and one reason only: To disarm Iraq of weapons of mass destruction...

"If we do wind up going to war with Iraq , it is imperative that we do so with others in the international community, unless there is a showing of a grave, imminent - and I emphasize "imminent" - threat.

"If we go it alone without reason, we risk inflaming an entire region, breeding a new generation of terrorists, a new cadre of anti-American zealots, and we will be less secure, not more secure, at the end of the day, even with Saddam Hussein disarmed.

"Every nation has the right to act preemptively, if it faces an imminent and grave threat, for its self-defense under the standards of law. The threat we face today with Iraq does not meet that test yet. I emphasize "yet." But it is not imminent, and no one in the CIA, no intelligence briefing we have had suggests it is imminent. None of our intelligence reports suggest that he is about to launch an attack.

"The argument for going to war against Iraq ... is not rooted in the doctrine of preemption. Nor is the grant of authority in this resolution an acknowledgment that Congress accepts or agrees with the President's new strategic doctrine of preemption. Just the opposite. (John Kerry, October 9, 2002)

[Onlooker]

1. That's a great letter

You should send it elsewhere, like to the Washington Post or New York Times.

[George_S]

3. Thanks.

It is effective, I think, but there isn't much contribution on my part. Kerry's actual words are what makes it powerful.

I've tried sending it elsewhere. We'll see.

Should I have mentioned my imaginary friends? :)

[reprehensor]

2. No. not always.

Sometimes they just call to make sure you are not just an imaginary friend.