Be Patriotic – Vote for Bush
9-1-2004

 Letter to the Editor,

I had the opportunity to travel the entire length of the Mass Pike a few weeks ago. Didn’t see a single “Kerry/Edwards”, “John Kerry” or “Be Patriotic Vote Bush Out” bumper sticker all the way to the coast or while traveling through and around the beaches. It wasn’t until my way back, within minutes of the New York border that I saw the one and only “John Kerry” bumper sticker. Imagine that: Eight hours on a busy highway in Kerry’s home state and seeing only one supporting bumper sticker. I saw more “Bush/Cheney” bumper stickers than I could count though.

But what’s really sad is that on a little trek to Thatcher Park, while driving less than 2 minutes through the town of Voorheesville, I saw three “John Kerry” bumper stickers on cars in resident’s driveways.

Could it be that those who have lived with him as their Senator for twenty years know something about his record? What do his supporters outside of Massachusetts know of him? Other than just what he and his campaign managers want them to believe. Do they know that he has never held a job in the private sector? Do they know that he is the wealthiest Senator in American history? Or that he would also be the wealthiest President as well? When you Liberals out there complain about the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer, do you really think that Kerry is on your side? Do you think CBS and the other broadcasting companies (with the exception of Fox) are giving you an honest objective view of who he is and what he stands for?

If you have any doubts about the veracity of the information you get from the “boob tube”, you ought to do what millions of Americans have done. They have found the truth in alternative media sources like Fox News, AM Radio (NO, not NPR!), and a host of Internet news organizations. Getting to the truth requires you to be a little proactive, but you’ll feel better about yourself and your country once you have.

When I was in my early twenties, around the end of the Viet Nam war, the mantra of the day was: “Question authority”. But now that those who used to implore us to do so (i.e. Dan Rather and John Kerry) have themselves become the “authority”, we are supposed to swallow their hyperbole and say: “thank you, please give me more”. Sorry, not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin.

 

DRC