Check before you leap
It usually isn’t productive to debate qualifications of political candidates in a newspaper letter to the editor. The worse that usually happens is the expression of facts by a loose cannon.
We can understand the points presented in letters by Michael Northuis on July 8 (“Consider these points before choosing McCain”) and Andrew Symmes on July 14 (“Rational voting decisions require informed citizens”). We also are reminded that a fact is something said to have occurred but that has been checked for truth.
The Symmes letter was on target, but neither letter offered a way to become better informed as a concerned citizen. It is our suggestion that every American who intends to vote for the president in November should read the book “The Party of Defeat” by David Horowitz and Ben Johnson. The facts in the book are backed by 26 pages of notes and five pages of indexing.
And no party generals have contested the information.
Coyet Bolen
Ralph Hixon
Calvin Martin
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The Dem's may be The Party of Defeat .. but they are so scatter brained they relatively harmless. Rhe Rep's, however are organized to the point of being dangerous.
Posted on August 5, 2008 5:55 AM
The Dem's have been called that ever since we cut our losses in the Vietnam debacle. Had the Rep's had their way, we'd still be there, assured by the military brass that if we just bomb a few thousand more targets, then surely the Vietnamese will see things our way and get with the Western/USA program.
As it is, after cutting our losses, we were able to use our resources and influence much more wisely, and in doing so, won the cold war more quickly than anyone thought possible at the time.
Posted on August 5, 2008 11:28 AM