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- An Open
Letter to Senator
Kerry, As He Lets
Us Down Again
-
- By Anthony
Wade
-
- January 5,
2005
-
- I received an
email today from
Senator Kerry.
Before you can get
into the body he
states:
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- "Tomorrow,
members of
Congress will meet
to certify the
results of the
2004 presidential
election. I will
not be taking part
in a formal
protest of the
Ohio Electors."
-
- Thanks for
clarifying that
John. This
decision reeks of
politics. The
rationale is
insulting to the
American people,
especially those
who voted for you.
In the email,
Kerry states the
reason for not
protesting is:
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- "Our legal
teams on the
ground have found
no evidence that
would change the
outcome of the
election."
-
- No offense
Senator, but that
is lame, period.
You may as well
have said,
"Because I cannot
win I do not care
about the rampant
voter fraud that I
agree took place".
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- Kerry wraps up
the email with
some promises
about crafting
serious
legislation to
overhaul the
voting system in
this country, but
they are empty
words, from a
shell of a man I
voted for.
-
- The bottom
line is that the
GOP controls all
three branches of
government, and
the companies that
count 80% of our
votes. There is no
legislation Kerry
can introduce that
can possibly pass
without the
consent of the
party in control,
who will never
pass any serious
reforms. Why would
they? They run it
all now!
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- We have one
chance to place
the gross
violations of
election laws in
front of the
American people.
We have one chance
to force the
corporate media to
cover the damn
story they have
avoided for two
months now. That
one chance is
tomorrow when we
need one Senator
to stand up, just
one.
-
- This moment
matters so much to
Senator Kerry that
he will not even
attend the
session. The
disenfranchisement
of thousands of
citizens in Ohio,
which Kerry admits
in the email
happened, doesn't
even warrant his
attendance, let
alone his protest.
-
- Thanks for
reminding us where
you stand sir.
This was not about
whether you could
win. Even if there
was film of the
GOP burning all
democratic votes,
they would never
overturn the
election results.
Tomorrow is an
opportunity to
finally table, in
front of the
country, all of
the shenanigans
that went on in
Ohio. The
Secretary of State
of Ohio has
actually sent out
a fundraising
letter BRAGGING
about delivering
Ohio to Bush. This
election smelled
worse than the one
in 2000 but
because you can't
win, you won't
even attend.
-
- There are
thousands upon
thousands of
people who
believed in you
Senator Kerry.
They spent their
hours, their
sweat, and their
money supporting
you. I personally
defended you for
six straight
months, to
relentless
personal attacks
from the GOP
machine, lying
about you and
distorting your
record. I did not
do this for you
Senator; I did it
for this country.
This election was
not about you sir,
it was about this
country. Maybe you
have been in the
Senate so long,
you have
forgotten, but you
are supposed to
serve the people.
-
- Instead you
walk away and with
you, you take the
faith we had
placed in you.
Anthony Wade is
co-administrator of
a
website devoted to
educating the
populace to the
ongoing lies of
President George W.
Bush and seeking his
removal from office.
He is a 37-year-old
independent writer
from New York with
political commentary
articles seen on
multiple websites.
A Christian
progressive and
professional
Rehabilitation
Counselor working
with the poor and
disabled, Mr. Wade
believes that you
can have faith and
hold elected
officials
accountable for lies
and excess.
Anthony Wade’s
Archive:
http://www.opednews.com/archiveswadeanthony.htm
Email
Anthony:
takebacktheus@gmail.com
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