my LTTE to the Baton Rouge Advocate (re; Molly Ivins, Bush, etc....)

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not sure yet if they'll publish it, but I'll let you know if the do


"Today you published a letter from a reader complaining about your continuing to publish Molly Ivins’ 'liberal rants' against President Bush. Contrary to that reader, I feel that we need Ms. Ivins’ perspective now more than ever. As a Texan, she has witnessed and written about the corruption of Bush and his cronies—a greedy gang who never fail to serve themselves first rather than the common good. What else would explain the fact that FEMA is currently directed by the failed manager of the International Arabian Horse Show Association? Mike Brown was hired with one sole “qualification”: that he was the college roommate of Bush’s former campaign manager. This is not just an amusing outrage; it is reckless, thoughtless leadership by a president whose motto is “me first” and whose decisions have had real, massive, and disastrous consequences. Bush and his ilk of crony capitalists have commandeered our nation, and it is time that we reject them utterly—first, at the ballot box, and then by working toward forming a real democracy that will serve the interests of people and communities."