From: Gary V
Subject: ISN’T IT INTERESTING?
Over the past few weeks I have watched the Republican Party in action and have made some interesting observations:
Isn’t it interesting that the Republican Party
“trusts the people” but since Oregon passed a physician
assisted suicide law they have used every means
possible to thwart the will of the people?
Isn’t it interesting that the Republican Party
“trusts the people” but has taken a ruling of the Florida
Supreme Court to the highest federal court in
the land in order to stop a legal count of votes?
Isn’t it interesting that the Republican Party
blames fictional Hollywood violence for our violent society
but models real mob violence in order to halt
a legal count of votes in Miami-Dade County?
Isn’t it interesting that the Republican Party
is charging that Al Gore is trying to “steal” the election
but is preparing to have the Republican controlled
Florida legislature give George Bush its 25 electoral
votes should Gore prove to be the real winner?
Isn’t it interesting that the Republican Party
is charging that Al Gore is trying to “steal” the election
but denies Al Gore 51 legally cast votes in Nassau
County?
Isn’t it interesting that the Republican Party
vilified Hillary Clinton as a “carpetbagger” in New York but
finds it perfectly acceptable that Dick Cheney
is suddenly a resident of Wyoming rather than Texas?
Isn’t it interesting that the Republican Party
finds nothing unusual that over 10% of the voters in
Miami-Dade County did not cast a vote for president
but find it “highly unusual” that 10% of the
voters in Roosevelt County, New Mexico did not
cast a vote for that same office?
Isn’t it interesting that the Republican Party
says their man won fair and square but are afraid
to allow the courts to determine whether that
is true?
The only conclusion I can draw from these
interesting facts is that the ideology of the Republican Party is,
and has been since Nixon, that the acquisition
of power by any means is the only thing that counts.
Be damned the United States Constitution, the
democratic process, ethical behavior, and most assuredly,
the people of the United States. The Republican
Party, beginning with Nixon, has become the greatest
threat to democracy since the British burned
the White House in August 1814.
Keep up the good work, we democrats (small “d” intentional) need you.
Sincerely,
Gary Van