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I live in Abbeville, Louisiana, a Cajun town of 12,000 (maybe less after Hurricanes Rita and Gustav.) Anyway, years ago I canceled my subscription due to their obviously conservative slant, but they recently put up an online edition which I check daily. Imagine my surprise this morning to find the following FRONT PAGE editorial:
"When Bush first ran for president, he was governor of our sister state, Texas. We examined his track record as governor and decided to support him for the presidency on the grounds that he was a good man, honest, truthful, and compassionate and a good leader. We knew he never won any prizes for being smart but we thoughthe had good common sense and we supported him throughout his two terms. When he invaded Iraq, we immediately knew it was ill advised and a terrible mistake. Still, we supported him in the belief we didn’t know all the facts and he did. We continued to support him through his two terms hoping against hope that he would correct his many misjudgments and mistakes. Sadly, we were wrong on every count. Without Louisiana, Bush would have never been president of the United States. We believed he would continue the legacy of President Ronald Reagan who single handedly restored America and the Republican Party to new heights. Instead, Bush single handedly disgraced America and destroyed the Republican Party. We supported Bush editorially for president not once but twice. We now believe he will go down in history as the worst president ever and deservedly so due to his ineptness, incredible incompetence, and his lack of truthfulness, intelligence and compassion. Throw in arrogance and you run the gambit of what it takes to be the worst president in history. We are not the Bush haters you see or read about. We wish him well as he rides into the sunset and into oblivion. On the other side of the horn, we are happy that his presidency has ended. We deeply regret having recommended Bush to our readers and profusely apologize for our mistake in character and judgment."
It occurs to me that, in this small, red, red town, it took balls to write something like this, and the blow-back will be terrific. And, since it is wise to positively reinforce such behavior, could you please go to the site, www.abbevillenow.com , register and post a short comment, praising the editorial?? Either pretend to be a local, or not, but please help me out....thanks SO much!!
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