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The right wing in this country hate America. They, despite what President Bush says about middle eastern terrorists, hate America for its freedoms. They do not believe in the America handed down to us by our founding fathers calling for a lack of a state religion. They do not believe in the America described in the original version of the pledge of allegiance “...with liberty and justice for all”. Make no mistake, they will respond to this letter asserting that all of the founding fathers were Christians and that they intended for this nation to be a Christian nation. They will quote the founding fathers and insist that their writings can indicate nothing less than an intention for a Christian nation but will ignore the most definitive writing of the time, the treaty with the Barbary pirates in Which President John Adams , one of the founding fathers, states that America was in no way founded as a Christian nation.
Instead the right wing insist on loving the America that they hear envisioned by the likes of Pat Robertson and Jerry Fallwell. An America in which the pentagon is struck by a nuclear weapon, espoused by Robertson, and an America in which we ourselves are responsible for the destruction of the World Trade Center because of our way of life, the American way of life. This last accusation was made by Fallwell in the presence of Robertson who only nodded his head in agreement. The right wing love the America that not only falls in lock-step with Christianity but with the right kind of Christianity. The right wing moves from telling adherents of other religions that their god is better than your god to telling other Christians that their Jesus is better than your Jesus.
The right wing impeached a president for human failings that the record shows they, themselves were particularly vulnerable to. They described what they expected from their president as far as integrity and morality were concerned. They stated that their principles demanded this kind of president. During the GOP primaries in 2000 this candidate emerged and frankly, as a Gore supporter, scared the living daylights out of me because of my expectation that he could beat Gore. The right wing, however, dumped the candidate that they had so long described, John McCain, in favor of the lies of George W. Bush. The right showed that they had no principles, just an avaricious appetite for power.
The right wing hates democracy. If the clearly undemocratic power grab in 2000 were not enough to show that, consider the optional war of George W. Bush. The key words in my description of the Iraqi war is “optional.” Democracies do not choose to go to war as President Bush did. Totalitarian regimes, secure in their hold over their people, choose to make war. War is brought upon democracies and they fight them only reluctantly. President Bush chose to go to war.
Finally, the right wing hates dissent. They take to the airwaves and try to intimidate those who disagree with them. They harass the writers of letters when they are provided with their e-mails. They accuse protesters of treason. When confronted with specific accusations such as the Richard Clarke book or any of the number of others that are coming out now they tend not to offer any arguement over what they are accused of. Instead they attack the messenger accusing them of a lack of patriotism but not offering any proof to counterdict the charges that were made. It is patriotic to tell Americans what their government is doing. Only in Totalitarian states is it argued that to disagree with the leader is unpatriotic. The right wing cannot stand for an America in which free speech is tolerated because free speech leads to free thought which leads to the discovery of what the right wing really stands for.
For those who refuse to be counted among the right wing described herein think long and hard when you go to the voting booth in November. Understand who it is that installed Bush in the office of President of the United States of America. Understand that they are relying on your passive acquiescence to do it again. One can tell what kind of person you are by your actions and by who you choose to associate yourselves with. Don’t be a person I have described in this letter. Choose to be an American.