see my last reply.

--- Kat <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Actually, Ken, Kendall has provided some proof of
> Mag's post, and I have read
> comments from Republicans who are appalled at the
> strong-arm tactics of the
> administration.   There are plenty of people who
> voted for Bush in 2000 but
> are voting for Kerry this time.
>
> Kat
>
> On Friday 22 October 2004 08:30 pm, ken barber
> wrote:
> >  bogus as a 3 dollar bill.
> >
> >  --- Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >  > This is an interesting letter!
> >  >
> >  > Tamar Mag Raine
> >  > [log in to unmask]
> >  > IM: tamarmag48
> >  > Oakland Mayor's Commission on People with
> >  > disabilities
> >  >
> >  > > [Original Message]
> >  > > From: Edward Evans
> >  >
> >  > <[log in to unmask]>
> >  >
> >  > > To: Edward Evans <[log in to unmask]>
> >  > > Date: 10/21/2004 9:29:04 PM
> >  > > Subject: [berkeley-disabled] THE LAST STRAW
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > THE LAST STRAW
> >  > > Carl F. Worden
> >  > >
> >  > >
> >  > > That's it, I've had it.
> >  > >
> >  > > I've been a registered Republican since I
> pulled
> >  >
> >  > my first lever in a
> >  >
> >  > > voting booth, and I've voted as a loyal
> >
> >  Republican
> >
> >  > for Republican
> >  >
> >  > > candidates consistently every year.  I am 55
> >
> >  years
> >
> >  > of age.  I am
> >  >
> >  > > considered a right-wing Christian
> conservative
> >
> >  and
> >
> >  > strict constitutionist
> >  >
> >  > > who knows the Framers of the Constitution
> >
> >  expected
> >
> >  > strict adherence
> >  >
> >  > > to that original document unless and until it
> is
> >  >
> >  > amended.
> >  >
> >  > > You don't get much more conservative and
> >  >
> >  > constitutionally-minded than I
> >  >
> >  > > am, and that is why I just cast my Oregon
> >  >
> >  > vote-by-mail ballot for
> >  >
> >  > > Democrat John Kerry as the next president of
> the
> >  >
> >  > United States.  So did
> >  >
> >  > > my wife -- and she's a very independent
> thinker.
> >  >
> >  > I know there are
> >  >
> >  > > thousands of lifelong Republican/Independent
> >  >
> >  > conservatives who are
> >  >
> >  > > going to do the same thing on November 2nd,
> >  >
> >  > because they've written and
> >  >
> >  > > told me so.
> >  > >
> >  > > The absolute last straw for me took place at
> the
> >  >
> >  > Bush rally, held in
> >  >
> >  > > Central Point, Oregon on October 14th.
> >
> >  President
> >
> >  > Bush stayed in
> >  >
> >  > > Jacksonville, Oregon overnight after the
> rally,
> >  >
> >  > and protesters and
> >  >
> >  > > police clashed on the streets.  I sent out a
> >
> >  photo
> >
> >  > of a Jackson County
> >  >
> >  > > Sheriff's Deputy, all Nazi's up in black
> leather
> >  >
> >  > riot control gear and
> >  >
> >  > > grinning evilly as he shoved a woman holding
> her
> >
> >  5
> >
> >  > year-old daughter.
> >  >
> >  > > It wasn't the finest hour for local law
> >  >
> >  > enforcement, but even that
> >  >
> >  > > wasn't the last straw for me.  No, the last
> >
> >  straw
> >
> >  > for me happened just
> >  >
> >  > > before the Bush rally itself.
> >  > >
> >  > > Three local teachers got tickets to the Bush
> >  >
> >  > rally, passed all the
> >  >
> >  > > security checkpoints and scrutiny and got in.
> >  >
> >  > They never created or
> >  >
> >  > > caused a disturbance, and they were perfectly
> >  >
> >  > peaceful members of the
> >  >
> >  > > audience waiting to hear Bush speak.  But
> before
> >  >
> >  > they got to hear Bush,
> >  >
> >  > > they were expelled from the rally by Bush
> rally
> >  >
> >  > staff who objected to
> >  >
> >  > > the words printed on the T-shirts they were
> >  >
> >  > wearing.
> >  >
> >  > > No, the words on the T-shirts the ladies were
> >  >
> >  > wearing did not disparage
> >  >
> >  > > Bush, nor did they suggest support for Kerry
> or
> >  >
> >  > any other candidate.
> >  >
> >  > > The words did not condemn or support the war
> in
> >  >
> >  > Iraq, nor did they slam
> >  >
> >  > > any Administration policy.  No, the T-shirts
> the
> >  >
> >  > three women wore
> >  >
> >  > > showed an American flag, and under it the
> words,
> >  >
> >  > "Protect Our Civil
> >  >
> >  > > Liberties".  That was all -- I kid you not.
> >  > >
> >  > > That was it.  That was the last straw for me.
>
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