The Daily Disappointment

[procopia]

Surprise! Two good letters published in The Oklahoman today:


Republican dilemma

"President Bush has been incompetent in leading us against Iraq. Did we attack Iraq because it had weapons of mass destruction threatening the United States? The administration now says its intelligence was mistaken. More than 700 Americans have been killed in the Iraqi occupation. Some 4,000 Americans are maimed. Not one Bush official has been fired for the mistake. If Bush is guilty of believing faulty intelligence, then he is merely incompetent, but he should not be rewarded with re-election. Democrats blindly followed Lyndon Johnson and Republicans blindly followed Richard Nixon because of party loyalty. They scarred America by doing so. My Republican friends face a similar dilemma now."
Mike Coppock, Enid


Shame on Hastert

"House Speaker Dennis Hastert recently questioned Sen. John McCain's credentials as a Republican. Asked where the sacrifice was as Hastert and his cronies emptied the treasury for the next 100 years, Hastert said the sacrifice was the wounded soldiers coming back from Iraq. John McCain, always the source of higher brain power than the tax-and-spend Hastert, replied that this country has done nothing close to matching the heroism of our troops.
I'm proud of McCain and I support his attempts to shame Hastert and his pork projects, even though they have no shame, and most Americans couldn't care less, as long as they get their share. We need to pay for the war on terrorism as we go. We need to cut spending on everything except the war and not charge it to our empty treasury and great- grandchildren."
Steve Sampson, Oklahoma City

Edited to add link:
http://www.newsok.com/cgi-bin/show_article?ID=1251159&TP=getarticle

[tandot]

1. Wow. Is Oklahoma waking up? I work in OK and live in TX

reading this just gives me hope.

[procopia]

2. Yes, this was very encouraging,

especially after the recent OK poll giving Bush a 20% edge over Kerry.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. But...

Sampson seems to like the war on terra, and wants to cut everything else.

At least he's starting to think, though.

[procopia]

4. Oh yeah, you're right!

I overlooked that part.

[tandot]

5. I saw that, too. But just criticizing a Republican is a huge

step for those guys. Some people start with baby steps...

[beyurslf]

6. the 2nd letter encourages the war and wants to cut everything else...

but it does show the growing divide in the Repub party.