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"Michael H. Collis" <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 28 Feb 2000 17:03:27 -0500
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Good for you Betty. I'm not a Bush supporter, and if he should happen to
be nominated to represent the Republican Party, I'm going to break ranks
and vote for the opposite party...
Mike Collis

Betty Alfred wrote:
>
> 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:
>
> <>
>
> 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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