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| Letters to Senator Kerry |
| 2006-11-01 |
| Mrs. Bobby started on this right after the trick-or-treaters stopped ringing to doorbell. I'll start on mine right now. Dear Senator Kerry: I am deeply offended by your comment yesterday that implied that only people who are stupid and un-educated and have no other options enter the military. Even if I accept that your comment was part of an unsuccessful joke, there was no excuse for that comment and you should apologize. And the rant that you issued today against President Bush and this administration and all Republicans was disgusting. I am the proud mother of a U.S. Marine. A reservist who entered the Marines right after graduating from high school because he wanted to serve, not because he had no other options. He was an excellent student and was accepted into the University of Texas before enlisting. My son has served a tour in Iraq and missed another semester of college when he volunteered to return temporarily to active duty after Hurricane Katrina. My son is now in the Ready Reserve and back in college. Because I disapprove of your comments today about President Bush and the Republican Party, please do not assume that I support President Bush or the Republican Party on all issues; I do not. But I do support our military and did so before I was the parent of a Marine. I suggest it might be valuable for you to read the book, Keeping Faith, by John and Frank Schaeffer, two of your constituents. (Carroll & Graf Publisher,2002) Frank Schaeffer held an opinion of the military similar to what Kerry expressed, until his son John enlisted in the Marines. |
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