Letters to the Editor
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Bush really is a uniter!
I couldn't help sympathizing with the writer of this letter. Until very recently I had a difficult time talking with my father. He's always been an emotionally distant person, even during my childhood, and as an adult this was further exacerbated by the fact that we have very little in common. The one interest we do have in common is politics, but my dad has always basically been a Republican (he voted for Nixon both times, and the only Democrat he voted for between 1968 and 2004 was Jimmy Carter). I once asked my mom why dad was always so non-responsive whenever I tried to engage him in political discussions, and she told me, "He thinks you look down your nose at his political opinions." To which I said, "That's actually pretty perceptive of him."
Well, flash forward to 2007. My dad now regrets having voted for Bush in 2000, expresses admiration for our senator Hillary Clinton, and votes Democratic (he voted for Kerry in 2004). I think he dislikes Bush even more than I do, because I never placed any faith in the man whereas he probably feels a bit betrayed. Well, anyway, my dad and I have now become closer than we've ever been, all due to the rampant assholery of the current administration! Thanks, W!
(As a side note, my brother, who was a born-again Christian for a while, recently confided that he's become an agnostic again - in no small part because of Bush and the religious right, and now we've become close again as well.)