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.
 > That was the defining
 > > moment I'll never forget.  That was my epiphany.
 > >
 > > Bryan Platt, Chairman of the Jackson County
 > Republican Central
 > > Committee, said he stood 100 percent behind the
 > person who made the
 > > decision to exclude the women, removing any
 doubt
 > that one or two
 > > individuals exceeded their authority and blew
 it.
 > No, it was solid,
 > > Republican neo-conservative fascist policy on
 > open
 > display, and the
 > > Brown Shirts weren't about to apologize for it.
 > No way.
 > >
 > > I am now a man without a political party.  I
 will
 > never again register
 > > as a Republican unless the party returns to what
 > it was before the
 > > fascists took it over.  I'm certainly not a
 > Democrat or a liberal, but
 > > I might just register as a Democrat to help them
 > avoid mistakes in the
 > > next primary, like running another John Kerry
 for
 > president.  Any
 > > moderate, pro-gun southern Democrat would have
 > easily swept Bush aside
 > > this election.  As it is, the race is so close
 it
 > could go either way
 > > at this point.
 > >
 > > My decision to vote for Kerry was a vote to get
 > Bush and his
 > > administration out.  I could have voted for a
 > third party candidate who
 > > couldn't possibly win, but that would have
 > translated into a vote for
 > > Bush, and I just couldn't do that.  Too many
 kids
 > in uniform have
 > > already been killed and maimed for nothing, and
 I
 > see it as my primary
 > > duty to save as many of them as I can.  If my
 vote
 > for a third party
 > > candidate means Bush wins and more kids come
 home
 > dead and mutilated,
 > > then I have abrogated my duty as an American, as
 a
 > Christian and as a
 > > decent human being.  I didn't know better during
 > the Vietnam War, when
 > > I voted for Nixon twice, but I would be without
 > excuse if I did it
 > > again now.
 > >
 > > This election is different:  In this election,
 we
 > all have to answer
 > > the call to vote wisely.  Lives depend on it,
 and
 > God is watching how
 > > we vote as well.  When an individual sins, God
 > deals with him
 > > individually.  When a whole nation sins, God
 deals
 > with the nation
 > > nationally.  It's right there in the Bible.
 > >
 > > The way I see it, the threat Bush presents is
 just
 > too great.  I know
 > > what Bush did with his first four years on good
 > behavior, and so do
 > > you.  What scares the bejeebers out of me is
 what
 > Bush would do with
 > > four more years with nothing to lose -- and an
 > assumed mandate from the
 > > people for what he did the first four.  At least
 a
 > Kerry Administration
 > > would be strapped down by a Republican Congress,
 > so I'm not too worried
 > > about major gun control bills being passed, and
 as
 > far as abortion is
 > > concerned, it really doesn't matter what a
 > president believes, because
 > > that issue is decided only by the Judiciary
 Branch
 > now.
 > >
 > > Regardless of the proclaimed Bush position on
 > abortion, he never issued
 > > an executive order banning any form of abortion
 > because he knew such an
 > > order would be overturned by the courts.  Oh,
 and
 > that phony Late-Term
 > > Abortion Ban Bush signed?  It's as good as dead
 --
 > and I have a
 > > niggling feeling it was intended to be killed
 even
 > as they wrote it.
 > > The lower Federal Courts are already finding it
 > unconstitutional, and
 > > why?, because the people who authored it left no
 > possibility for a
 > > woman to use late term abortion to save her
 life,
 > let alone to preserve
 > > her health.  In lieu of that provision, any
 first
 > year law student knew
 > > the federal courts would overturn it, so why did
 > seasoned
 > > lawyers/legislators write it that way?  Don't
 even
 > try to convince me
 >
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