Bullock Texas State History Museum
Vote Democrat!
RECEIVED Thu., April 22, 2004
Dear Sirs,
In 1954, the year I was born, Republican Sen. Joe McCarthy was wrapping up his reign of terror hunting down phantom "commies." In 1965 LBJ signed the Voting Rights Act sending scores of closet segregationists running into the Republican Party (think Trent Lott). In 1972 we had Watergate. Enough said. In 1983 the great spiritual father of conservatism, Ronald Reagan, sold arms to our alleged enemies to fund an illegal and secret war. In the late Nineties the hitmen of the GOP wasted over $40 million of our money, and created immeasurable national misery trying to destroy Bill Clinton. In 2000 we had the dubious election of our current Republican in Chief. And from 2002 to the present we get Iraq and WMDs (not to mention secret meetings to determine national energy policy), neatly tying up a 50-year history of deceit, abuse of executive power, and fearmongering. And people wonder why I am a Democrat! Support John Kerry for president.
In 1954, the year I was born, Republican Sen. Joe McCarthy was wrapping up his reign of terror hunting down phantom "commies." In 1965 LBJ signed the Voting Rights Act sending scores of closet segregationists running into the Republican Party (think Trent Lott). In 1972 we had Watergate. Enough said. In 1983 the great spiritual father of conservatism, Ronald Reagan, sold arms to our alleged enemies to fund an illegal and secret war. In the late Nineties the hitmen of the GOP wasted over $40 million of our money, and created immeasurable national misery trying to destroy Bill Clinton. In 2000 we had the dubious election of our current Republican in Chief. And from 2002 to the present we get Iraq and WMDs (not to mention secret meetings to determine national energy policy), neatly tying up a 50-year history of deceit, abuse of executive power, and fearmongering. And people wonder why I am a Democrat! Support John Kerry for president.
Russell Scanlon
