Recently, Ruth Douglas wrote a letter in which she made several totally incorrect and biased statements. She said the following: “We know Al Gore won … he won both the popular and electoral vote.” Then she said Clinton was the best president ever, was dearly loved by a majority of the people, and was crucified from Day One (“Political criticism: Atmosphere risks low voter turnout,” June 5).
Has this woman been on another planet? Gore did not win the electoral vote. President George W. Bush might have won the popular vote as well if the following had not happened: The fact that thousands of overseas military votes that favored Republicans in Florida were thrown out by Gore lawyers for arriving too late, when it was not the fault of the servicemen and women; the fact that polls were left open in heavily Democratic areas way past closing time; the fact that many Florida Republican voters turned back after hearing initial erroneous media reports that Gore had won in Florida. The list goes on. In any case, in all Florida recounts Bush always won. He also won a huge majority of the states, including Gore’s own state.
How could anyone call Slick Willy anything but a bum? There is not enough room in this letter to enumerate all his widely publicized and verifiable immoral and unethical acts but here a few: pardoning extreme Puerto Rican terrorists to get votes for his wife’s campaign; and pardoning a criminal on the FBI’s ten-most-wanted list because of his contribution for Clinton’s campaign. His favorite trick was to take the heat off himself for some rape or other sexual charge by lobbying a missile at empty Osama bin Laden tents in the desert or shooting one at an aspirin factory.
The writer forgets about Somalia, Haiti and Bosnia (in all fairness the latter being the only smart action he took) when she claims “eight years of peace and prosperity.” She also forgets that the current downturn in the country’s economy started under Clinton. At Clinton’s watch end he had terrible poll marks – so much for being dearly loved. Surely she doesn’t blame Bush for 9-11 when much of the terrorists’ development occurred under Slick Willy’s watch.
Too bad I don’t have more space.
Camano Island
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