Central Virginians discuss the upcoming election

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Election Letters: Readers Cheer John Kerry, Boo George Bush
Sep 18, 2004
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031778019005&path=%21editorials%21letters&s=1045855935005

Or maybe it's simpler than even all that. Maybe we just don't like him because he's a bad President. M.E. Cathcart. richmond.



Editor, Times-Dispatch: Franklin Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were Presidents in wars declared by Congress. Those Presidents had no need to declare themselves "war Presidents." The senior George Bush, who served his nation honorably in World War II and led the nation and our allies to triumph in the first Gulf conflict, had the grace and dignity in victory that he had in combat, and felt no need to declare himself a war President.



Editor, Times-Dispatch: I wonder if George W. Bush, the great war President, would be willing to sacrifice the lives of his lovely twin daughters in order that the people of Fallujah would someday have the right to vote. Michael J. Giletto. richmond.

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Election Letters: Readers Cheer George Bush, Boo John Kerry
Sep 20, 2004
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031778043829&path=%21editorials%21letters&s=1045855935005

Editor, Times-Dispatch: I would like to express my love, admiration, appreciation, and total support for our President, George W. Bush. Never in my life have I ever seen so much grace under so much pressure. I am so proud of the entire administration and know it is working extremely hard every day to ensure and preserve our freedom.

Be nice, feel nice, and most of all, hail Bush! Roy Hoerter, III. bon air.

and this gem
As is well-documented in the new factual book, Unfit for Command, Kerry's record is one of total ambiguity and inconsistency. From the three Purple Hearts he supposedly earned (through self-inflicted wounds in some cases) to his abbreviated self-serving four-month tour of duty in Vietnam (when the normal tour was 13 months), we see voids and half-truths abounding. His sworn testimony as an officer to Congress is so full of inconsistencies and inaccuracies that it is on first read laughable, and at closer inspection pitiful, if not deplorable in that no punishment was rendered for perjury.