Reply #8: I got a call too [View All]

A year and a half ago, Time magazine published a letter of mine that was in response to a commentary by Michael Kinsley titled "Why Bush Angers Liberals." I don't have the original commentary, but here is the slightly edited version of my letter that was published:

Our anger at the Bush presidency goes much deeper than policy or personality. We are furious at how this administration has exploited the grief, fear, and patriotism of the American people for political and financial gain. Our nation has been plunged into war under false pretenses, our young people in uniform are being needlessly sacrificed, and our grandchildren will be forced to foot the bill. The question should be, Why aren't more people angry?

I don't subscribe to Time -- I think I posted the LTTE from a link in a DU thread. I didn't even know it was published until I got a phone call from an old friend of my father (who passed away in 1985). He recognized my last name and was able to find my number. We talked for about half an hour, and he recounted the times he and my father were lefties back in the early 50's. He clipped the page from Time and sent it to me, which I used here to transcribe my LTTE.

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