GOP won't abide fair elections
01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, August 28, 2003
The Constitution opens with "We, the people." President Lincoln spoke of a "government of the people, by the people, for the people".
What part of those phrases don't the Republicans understand?
We elect candidates. We have a democratic system of voting our candidates into office. If we don't like the job they are doing, we vote them out in the next election.
California Gov. Gray Davis was elected twice, so the people must have wanted him. The right wing tried to impeach President Clinton, and in Texas Tom Delay is playing funny games with redistricting so the Republicans will have greater control over the House and Senate. Oh, don't forget the debacle in Florida!
To the great army of the unemployed, the minimum-wage earners and just plain folks: Next election, you be the judge.
LOUISE KNIGHT
Chepachet
