Reply #11: I sent a letter to the editor

[immoderate]

To the Sun-Sentinel, South Florida. It Goes like this:

Dear Editor:

In their clumsy and malodorous attempt to malign John Kerry, the Republicans have insulted every decorated veteran who has risked his life for the United States.

Convention attendees have been wearing band-aids with a purple heart on them. As if it were not enough to have only the Swift Boat Liars denigrate every medal holder who ever served, the entire party now supports the notion that the military services give out medals to those who don't deserve it.

Could these Republicans be living the dictum of H.L. Mencken, "Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

I used to think that was posed facetiously. The Republicans appear to have written it into their platform.

--IMM