Too
much vitriol, not enough freedom
19 October 2004 - Orange County Register
The
vitriol is getting thicker and thicker this election season, as
letters to newspaper editors nationwide are showing. Every paper’s
website I visit prints letters from people who think Bush is a godsend
and think Kerry will ruin the country, and from people who have
heart attacks just thinking about a second Bush term and think Kerry
has all the answers.
Where
are the people who, instead of asking what the government will do
for them, ask why the government is doing so much to
them? Where are the candidates for office who, instead of listing
all the things the government will do for them, list all
the things they’ll stop the government from doing to them?
Where are the calls for more freedom instead of consistently less?
I
think I’ll order the bumper sticker I just saw online: "If we all
stop voting, will they all just go away?"
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