Who else could claim to be pro-American while destroying the very
ideals that make us proud? As I left the Republican Party my parents
would remind me that: "We don't torture. We have the right to a trial,
we have the biggest middle class in the world..." all things the
Republicans have destroyed and yet claim to love.
So what do you love, Republicans? This is the truly, most destructive
hypocrisy of the new Republicans: the claim of love of country which,
in fact, is a hatred of the things that have made the USA great, the
things that make for true democracy.
We know you hate our government proudly. We know you hate the actual
land itself, wanting only to get what you can, then leave it to future
generations to repair the damage. We already know you hate the ideals
of the U.S.A. like only prosecuting defensive wars, allowing the
accused to face his accuser, having a humane prison system without
torture, allowing a person the right to determine what's right for her
body, equality for all regardless of sexual orientation and mostly the
empowerment of common working people to be politically equal to the
rich and politically powerful. Basically, you hate democracy.
You seem to hate all but the 30 percent or so who agree with you.
So, in the end, I think what you love, have an almost religious
devotion to, is unfettered capitalism. You believe the rich are rich
because they deserve to be rich and everybody else should just get in
line to receive what the rich dish out. Democracy is fine until it gets
in the way of the rich getting richer. If we want to get together to
make sure we have cheap, adequate health care, that's bad...even though
other countries treat themselves to free health care without going into
debt. We might hurt the rich insurance executives. It might show that a
little socialism works just fine, just like Social Security and
Medicare are so frightening because they work so well and are
socialistic. Our education system was the best in the world while it
was socialistic. Our socialist road system was the best in the world.
But all this took a progressive tax system where rich people paid their
fair share. But the rich were not rich enough. They wanted it all and
got it, so our infrastructure is falling apart for lack of tax revenue.
Your "love of America" is turning us into a second rate nation.
Lehman lives in Warren.
