Send This to Every Republican You Know

[HFishbine]

This letter from Dr. Ernest Partridge was posted on DU today. I'm sending it to every republican I know. You might consider doing the same.
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Dear Whitney,

At no time in my memory, or yours, I suspect, has the rivalry between the two major parties been more mean-spirited and poisonous.

And yet, despite our separate party affiliations, we remain close friends as we have for all the decades since high school. Moreover, I see no reason for this to change, nor, I trust, do you..

Surely you know that I have never regarded you as a fascist, just as I know that you have never thought of me as a traitor. Yet these are the kinds of labels that are routinely hurled by one fringe of our respective parties against the other.

Such mutual incivility is more than acutely unpleasant, it strikes at the foundation of our republic. Thus it falls upon cooler heads, such as ourselves, to reject the insult and abuse, and to restore the calm civic dialog and mutual respect that is the foundation of a just and secure political order.

Sadly, much more is required, if we are to restore our republic to its former health and vigor. For our country and its founding political principles are gravely endangered by a radicalism that has taken control of all branches of our government as well as our mass media.

This means that it has, regretfully, taken control of the Republican Party – your party. It is thus imperative that moderates, such as yourself, take back their party.

I suspect that this stark accusation might put you on the defensive. If you feel that the Democrats also pose a threat to our republic, I invite you to present your case and I promise to consider it carefully. But first, please hear me out.

more: http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/03/10/15_country.html

[HFishbine]

1. Okay

Maybe the first few paragrpahs do not fully convey the fire and incredibly intellegent appeal of this letter, but read it and you'll see what I mean. It's well worth it.

Then, keep this thread kicked, and send the letter to your republican friends.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. I think this is an awesome letter, stated in a much calmer ...

manner than I ever could. I am so depressed by the constant propaganda and lying, fear of rigged voting, aghast at this administration's policy changes that are ALWAYS politically motivated, fear of courts not undoing the damage being done, and etc., that I scream 'Fascist liar' every time Bush or one of his henchmen appear on the TV screen. I was stunned and appalled by those AP photos of Bush by Charles Dharapak, with the golden halo surrounding Bush... I don't think I can make it through the election next year.