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I'd like to take the time to respond to Mr. Mark Hopkins and his recent letter praising Colonial Heights for voting conservative this year. If Mr. Hopkins had bothered to research the elections we held, then he would have seen that of the three races only one was contested...and in that race the Republican lost out to the Independent by a landslide (Stafford vs. Andrews). What I find truly offensive was his following remarks that there are "liberal attacks on our American history, Christian beliefs, southern heritage, marriage, God and moral family values."
Oh please, such a transparent argument. Who decides what is moral and what is not? Denying equal rights to tax paying citizens is moral? Government enforced religion? Perhaps Mr. Hopkins might be surprised to learn that Jesus was quite the liberal, too.
Before praising the virtues of conservatives as the zenith of moral authority, perhaps Mr. Hopkins should look a little closer at Richmond's conservative elected officials. Such as Rep. Eric Cantor, who has accepted illegal campaign contributions in the past and Delegate William Janis, who accepts a $15,000 annual stipend for a so-called office allowance without actually having a district office.
As for your hope that "American patriotism will continue during this holiday season," then I suppose we are to look no further than the actions of our fearless leader we have in the White House. While you assert that liberals are on the attack, this is what Mr. Bush and his administration has been doing for our troops: proposed cuts totally at least $14.6 billion over the next ten years in benefits paid by the Veteran’s Administration; cuts of $1.5 billion in funding for military family housing, childcare centers, barracks, hangars and office buildings, while House Republicans voted down a proposal by House Democrats to restore $1 billion of those cuts; and a latest tax cut that fails to extend a child tax credit to nearly 200,000 low-income military personnel. Please try and remember that Patriotism is more than slapping a Wal-Mart bumpersticker on the back of your car and turning a blind eye to reality.
Anything else I should add??
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