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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