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.
> >
> > 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
>
> === message truncated ===
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