Conservative Texas columnist: "I've had it with Republican smears"
Those looking for signs of a backlash against recent campaign mudslinging may have to look no further than this column in Wednesday's Dallas Morning News:
I'm a Christian, a writer, a military parent and a registered Republican.You can read the full piece here.
On all those counts, I was disgusted by an e-mail I just received that's being circulated by campaign supporters of Republican George Allen, who's trying to retain his Senate seat in Virginia.
The message goes like this: "First, it was the Catholic priests, then it was Mark Foley, and now Jim Webb, whose sleazy novels discuss sex between very young teenagers. ... Hmmm, sounds like a perverted pedophile to me! Pass the word that we do not need any more pedophiles in office."
Democrat James Webb is a war hero and former Marine, wounded in Vietnam and winner of the Navy Cross. He was writing about class and military issues long before me and has articulated the issue of how the elites have dropped the ball on military service in his classic novel Fields of Fire. By the way, that's a book Tom Wolfe calls "the greatest of the Vietnam novels." [...]
I've been voting Republican for years. My late father – Dr. Francis Schaeffer – was an evangelical theologian, friend to Jerry Falwell and White House guest of Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford and the first President Bush.
I have nice handwritten letters from various members of the Bush family, including Barbara, thanking me for my books on military service. So I have every reason to stay in the Republicans' good graces. [...]
But enough is enough. I've had it with Republican smears.
3 Comments:
If hes had it with a party of smears wheres he gonna go? To the "Bush Lied" party? LOL
LOL?!?!?
Such a infantile comment.
He can go to a party that cares about the people, not just the corporate world. The party that cares if we get education, health care, disaster assistance, decent paying jobs, housing. The party that cares.
The party that cares? LOL
Yeah, the party that cares more about illegal aliens and terrorists rights than U.S. citizens. Gimme a break.
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