My letter to the editor - Democratic Underground

Nancy Waterman

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Mon Feb-23-04 05:46 PM
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My letter to the editor

I just sent it today in response to an editorial in today's WPost. I don't know if they will print it.

Dear Sir:

I find it disheartening that the Washington Post allowed itself to be a vehicle for the Republican talking points currently
used to smear Senator John Kerry. It is one thing to publish the opinions of conservative columnists, but it is quite another
to print the manipulative and selective use of out-of-context facts that support Republican propaganda. I am referring here to
the editorial (sic) Kerry's Inner Dove by Joshua Muravchik of the right-wing American Enterprise Institute. In it, the author
portrays Senator Kerry as a dove who is weak on national security. This is a total distortion of the Senator's record but is
also clearly a pillar of the Republican plan to discredit him in an area where he is beginning to threaten Mr. Bush. In fact,
Senator Kerry has supported numerous defense appropriations bills and the funding for countless weapons systems during
his career. As usual, truth is the first casualty of the Republican craving for power.

Here is the editorial referred to.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63124-2004Feb22.html

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adadem

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Mon Feb-23-04 05:48 PM
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1. Excellent. Well done. n/t

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tom_paine

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Mon Feb-23-04 05:54 PM
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2. Nice letter

And you made sure to keep it free of any direct criticism of the Post, which is a sure ticket to the trash-heap.

Well done, and good luck getting it published.

Sad Truth Alert: It will probably be red-flagged for attack language, although for some reason Busheviks can get damned near anything publihsed no matter how vicious or brutal it is.

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Nancy Waterman

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Mon Feb-23-04 05:58 PM
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3. I can hope but I have my doubts about publication

They reserve the right to edit, so they could publish it and edit out the last sentence. I just find it infuriating to read this stuff on the editorial page with no opposing argument from someone else.

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NJCher

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Mon Feb-23-04 06:27 PM
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4. Good for you, Nancy

We need to call them on this at every turn.

Cher

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Nancy Waterman

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Mon Feb-23-04 08:32 PM
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5. I think this will be a big talking point

probably starting in tonight's speech. Bush will be painting Kerry as the Dem stereotypal peacenik. Another McGovern, etc. They will focus on what Kerry voted against in terms of defense spending and weapons systems, taking them out of context, and ignoring what he voted for.

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