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An explanation of a vote for Kerry - awesome letter
Posted by cidliz2004
Added to homepage Wed Nov 24th 2004, 02:22 PM ET Subject: A special letter from a NEW YORKER

Subj: Fwd: An explanation of a vote for Kerry

This letter that was written by a fellow NY'er is so close to my feelings that I thought I'd share it with you guys.

Anna

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I am writing this letter to the people in the red states in the middle of the country -- the people who voted for George W. Bush. I am writing this letter because I don't think we know each other.

So I'll make an introduction. I am a New Yorker who voted for John Kerry. I used to live in California, and if I still lived there, I would vote for Kerry. I used to live in Washington, DC, and if I still lived there, I would vote for Kerry. Kerry won in all three of those regions.

Maybe you want to know more about me. Or maybe not; maybe you think you know me already. You think I am some anti-American anarchist because I dislike George W. Bush. You think that I am immoral and anti-family, because I support women's reproductive freedom and gay rights. You think that I am dangerous, and even evil, because I do not abide by your religious beliefs.

Maybe you are content to think that, to write me off as a "liberal" -- the dreaded "L" word -- and rejoice that your candidate has triumphed over evil, immoral, anti-American, anti family people like me. But maybe you are still curious. So here goes: this is who I am.

I am a New Yorker. I was here, in my apartment downtown, on September 11th. I watched the Towers burn from the roof of my building. I went inside so that I couldn't see them when they fell. I had friends who were inside. I have a friend who still has nightmares about watching people jump and fall from the Towers. He will never be the same. How many people like him do you know? People that can't sit in a restaurant without plotting an escape route, in case it blows up?

I am a worker. I work across the street from the Citigroup Center, which the government told us is a “target” of terrorism. Later, we found out they were relaying very old information, but it was already too late. They had given me bad dreams again. The subway stop near my office was crowded with bomb-sniffing dogs, policemen in heavy protective gear, soldiers. Now, every time I enter or exit my office, all of my possessions are X-rayed to make sure I don't have any weapons. How often are you stopped by a soldier with a bomb-sniffing dog outside your office?

[clee1]

Typical liberal... It's all about ME!!!!

[Texas_Jarhead]

you said it

[TADSLOS]

It's Bush's fault.

[doingtherightthing]

And this guys point is...?

[fastattacksailor]

A real DUmmie, for sure...

I, too, live in NYC---and lost a lot of friends on 9/11. I Get tirred of the DUmmies that say "oh, I have friends that were there" What CRAP!

....and because of these DUmmies, I might end up losing more because they thwart all the REAL measures that need to be taken to prevent another attack.

It is only through the will and intelligence of George Bush that we haven't been hit again thus far.

[Dallas59]

This is the same kind of guy who thinks Bush directed 9/11. These people will believe anything as long as it involves anything but the truth.

[Horatio Gates]

A little cheese with that whine? Seems to me the bad dreams that DUmbass speaks of, as opposed to the reality of reliving 9-11 would be preferable. Don't worry, Uncle W will rip the heart out of those bad men. I swear they're like little kids over there.

[Delta 21]

CRAP !

[RushCrush]

Is this it? The letter has no point!

[ladyinred]

This letter has no point.

Like candidate, like supporter.

[no_mm]

How often are you stopped by a soldier with a bomb-sniffing dog outside your office?.....never, but I do work at a facility that has increased its security measure due to the nature of my employment -which is a good thing. This author works for CITIGROUP, and from terrorist chatter and islamic websites (according to NE Intelligence Network) contain many depictions of OBL attacking the BULL (meaning perhaps MERILL-LYNCH, or other FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS) -these are for the most crude drawings, but there message should be quite clear. If you work in the Financial Centers of the world (reference the recent uncovered Islamo-Insect threat to LONDON's financial district) you are at ground-zero for any new attempted attacks (as warped an idea as that seems) and should consider any security measures there a GOOD THING.