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Date: | Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:15:03 -0500 |
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Sweetie - you left out the part where he doesn't believe in Witches!! Wonder
where he has been?
Trisha
> Howdy,
>
> I just answered an e-mail to the entire list of supporters of a local
> official. He was calling for the support of George W. and this was my
> response:
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> <>
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> My response:
>
> "Those of us with disabilities recall that President Bush signed the ADA.
We
> have not seen such support for the disability community from his son. It
is
> particularly disconcerting, and appears to be a representative example,
that
> Texas steadfastly remained in opposition to the tenets of the ADA with
regard
> to Georgia v. L.C. and E.W.
>
> The abysmal employment rate of disabled Americans is virtually unchanged
> since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. It is
> unconscionable that any candidate would blatantly and brazenly ignore this
> fact, moreover to openly support the unlawful and immoral imprisonment and
> segregation of disabled citizens.
>
> Furthermore, Mr. Bush should be concerned by the additional expense
required
> of taxpayers to unnecessarily warehouse otherwise employable individuals,
> when they can live in their communities with community based assistance.
> Citizens of conscience -- disabled and nondisabled -- respectfully demand
to
> know how long this silent policy will continue to be the American way?
>
> Under current practice, no citizen remains safe, unless he remains
> nondisabled.
>
> As a citizen of the United States, I cannot in good conscious support a
> candidate who does not stand for the most basic principles outlined by our
> founding fathers. I am disappointed that you have chosen to back such a
man.
>
> Sincerely,
> Betty R. Alfred"
>
> Oh, I'm in a mood today!
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