Wake Up, You 'Poltroons'
Pasadena Star-News, 8 January 1998
Patricia Dunlap answered my letter ("Leave the dead alone",
27 Dec) by suggesting that I read a book titled "The Secret
Life of Bill Clinton" and search the internet for newspapers
that presumably tell the truth about our president. I have already
listened to Rush Limbaugh's drivel for years and don't need more
of the same to understand that the purpose of the "Get Clinton"
people is not to disseminate information, but to bring down the
president. Their quest has taken on aspects of a religion, in
which "the answer" is known a priori, and facts are
accessories to be accepted or rejected solely on the basis of
whether they support that answer or not. Their tactics include
innuendo, half-truths, distortion, and propaganda. Because they
are a small percentage of the population, they could be dismissed
as fanatics except that they have become the de facto spokespeople
for conservatism and the Republican party. I hope moderate Republicans
will wake up soon, take back their party, and re-turn it toward
constructive ends so that we can argue the issues again, rather
than religion. I have little hope for that, however -- Rush Limbaugh
has called moderate Republicans poltroons, and perhaps he is right.
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