To The Editor . . .
by Derek W. on February 15th, 2006
The following is a letter to the editor that appeared in my town’s newspaper today:
I am weary of hearing every Tom, Dick and Harry criticize the president of the United States and trying to convict him of lies and other dastardly deeds. Most of the Democrats ought to be convicted of lying or misrepresenting the laws and what the president is doing. They are traitors to our country and should be treated like traitors. How can the president conduct a war successfully if he has no authority to find out what the enemy is planning? All other presidents beginning with George Washington have had these powers by virtue of being commander-in-chief and president. The USA cannot take these constitutional rights away.I think many or all people of our country should rise up and demand that the president should be allowed all the powers and privileges he needs to conduct the war, and all people in the media or Congress be convicted of treason if they try to take these powers away. All through our history eavesdropping and other devices were used. If our privacy is hamstrung, so be it.
During World War II people couldn’t say or write one word against the war without being punished or investigated. Let us go back to that.
Unbelievable. The sad thing is, I have a feeling a lot of war supporters would agree with this sentiment, even while they have the audacity to call themselves “conservatives.” I don’t think this woman deserves to live in America; she seems better suited to living in the Soviet Union—circa 1945.
5 Comments
Sam Ashwood
February 15th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
This sort of attitude is really disturbing. There’s an old saying, “Those who will trade liberty for security deserve neither liberty nor security.” Anybody who entrusts their government with absolute power, in war or peace, can have no complaint when the tyranny affects them. Sadly, this attitude is becoming more and more prevalent among supporters of Bush and the Iraq war, though not always to this degree.
Ruth
February 18th, 2006 at 1:47 pm
Just because you don’t agree with everything she says, doesn’t mean that she doesn’t deserve to live in the US.
I actually sort of agree. All people do is complain. I wish people would just shove a sock in it sometimes ;)
All people do in America is point the blame at someone else.
KM
February 20th, 2006 at 10:12 am
“I actually sort of agree. All people do is complain. I wish people would just shove a sock in it sometimes ;)
All people do in America is point the blame at someone else.”
KM
February 20th, 2006 at 10:13 am
I meant to say, “Amen to that.”
Danny Boy
March 5th, 2006 at 9:48 pm
While I am stopping by to laugh at how you misquoted Ben Franklin I might as well point out that this letter was obviously wrote either by someone so outraged they were totally irrational or the more likely option that is was written by a Liberal posing as a war supported to make them (the war supporter) look foolish.
It is an old trick an it was played pathetically here so patently obvious that anyone could tell it was a fraud letter.