[Mishmash] An Open Letter to President Obama - Lou Pritchett

[Richard Barth]

I expect you're right about a lot of others agreeing with it, Fred. 
And there are certainly rants coming from both ends of the
spectrum, but as I saw it, this one was from the right.

My problem is living in a battleground area. Virginia generally, and 
northern Virginia in particular, is ground zero for both
parties, who are trying to convince the thus-far-unconvinced that 
they are on the side of God, motherhood and apple
pie. Non-stop, meaning you have to sit through anywhere between two 
and four political ads during every break in a program
that you might otherwise enjoy watching. They are largely slogans 
instead of facts, highly repetitive and largely fact-bare.
Maryland, where I live, has its own local candidates and issues on 
the air: redistricting, gay marriage, allowing more casinos
and table-game gambling in the state, etc. Virginia has a Senate race 
and several local contests on the ballot.

I don't remember whether there were any elections going on when you 
lived in this area. If there were, I'm sure you
remember the situation.

Now, where did I leave my earplugs?

73,  Dick



At 04:21 PM 10/22/2012, fatkinson at mishmash.com wrote:
>Dick,
>
>      Maybe not.
>
>      But I agree with almost everything said in that letter.  And I think
>a lot of others agree with it, too.
>
>      I don't believe it is rant of any kind.
>
>      Regards,
>
>
>
>                                             Fred
>
> > It's correctly attributed. This is not to say that it's:
> >
> > 1  Endorsed by Snopes, or
> > 2  Anything more than one man's opinion,
> > 3  Other than still more right-wing rant.
> >
> > Can't wait for the election to be over.
> >
> > At 08:34 PM 10/21/2012, Fred Atkinson wrote:
> >>I thought you might find the following article from snopes.com
> >>interesting: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/youscareme.asp
> >
> >
>-----------------
>Who is John Galt?

A fictional character.  :-) 



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