Posted on 04/15/2005 9:28:51 AM PDT by Roger from TI
The following is an email exchange forwarded to Move America Forward by Cory Estes of Bucyrus, Ohio. Mr. Estes is a 20 year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and wrote to Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid, requesting that Reid support John Bolton, the man nominated by President Bush to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the UN, and not smear Bolton during the confirmation process.
Note - we have removed Mr. Estes’ personal email address from this exchange:
-----Original Message----- From: Cory XXXXX@columbus.rr.com To: Anderson, Kai (Reid) Kai_Anderson@reid.senate.gov; Hafen, Tessa (Reid) Tessa_Hafen@reid.senate.gov; McCue, Susan (Reid) - Susan_McCue@reid.senate.gov; McCallum, David (Reid) David_McCallum@reid.senate.gov Sent: Thu Mar 17 09:05:17 2005 Subject: Bolton Nomination
Bolton is the best possible person for the job of U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Senator Reid needs to get off of his extreme partisan horse, quit playing political games, and get back to representing his state in the Senate.
Cory S. Estes Bucyrus, Ohio
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That email from Mr. Estes, elicited this response from Democrat Leader Reid’s Chief of Staff, Susan McCue:
----- Original Message ----- From: McCue, Susan (Reid) - Susan_McCue@reid.senate.gov To: XXXXX@columbus.rr.com Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:33 AM Subject: Re: Bolton Nomination
And you, cory, need to get off your extreme partisan puppetry and think this through. Blame the UN for the world’s ills if it makes you feel better. But maybe you should stop and think about what you as an individual can proactively do to protect this great nation. Name-calling at the behest of the rich republican propaganda machinery isn’t it. Supporting our two-party constitional democracy is. -------------------------- The Office of Senator Harry Reid
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Mr. Estes replied to the berating he received from Reid’s Chief of Staff with the following email. However, note that the Read Receipt Mr. Estes received indicates that McCue deleted the email without even opening it up to read:
----- Original Message ----- From: McCue, Susan (Reid) - Susan_McCue@reid.senate.gov To: Cory Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 1:54 PM Subject: Not read: Re: Bolton Nomination
Your message
To: McCue, Susan (Reid) - Susan_McCue@reid.senate.gov Subject: Re: Bolton Nomination Sent: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:13:00 -0500
was deleted without being read on Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:54:23 -0500
Ms. McCue,
Young lady, where was I name-calling? And, what makes you think that I am involved in “extreme partisan puppetry”? You do not know me personally and have no right to make such accusations. Are you an extremist yourself? After all, it is normal for those with extreme beliefs to accuse others of being extreme.
I absolutely support our constitutional democracy (as you put it), and support the need for two or more parties to represent the differing political points of view in our country. I am a student of US history, constitutional law, and US politics. I read and study both sides of issues and base my decisions on personal values and historical perspective, not on what some media personality or blogger says. I am nobody’s puppet and never will be!
And finally, you said, “But maybe you should stop and think about what you as an individual can proactively do to protect this great nation.” Again, you should be more careful about what you say. I proudly and honorably served in the US Air Force for more than 20 years. I think I can very safely say that I have not just stopped and thought, I have proactively given a large part of my life to the protection of this great nation,
Sincerely and proudly,
Cory S. Estes, USAF (Retired)
bttt
Where, oh where, is the outrage, Chrissy Matthews?
"Blame the UN for the world’s ills if it makes you feel better."
Exaggeration to defend against examination. Good thing Kerry's not president the UN scandals would be submarined and he'd be apologizing to "the world."
"But maybe you should stop and think about what you as an individual can proactively do to protect this great nation."
Whatever I thought about Reid before, it surprises me his office has been littered with these internally inconsistent elite liberal transnational globalist sentimentalities. Reid drank the Kerry Koolaid I guess. If just one dem came out and admitted the UN has problems and the UN is not something greater than the self-interests of its parts they'd go far. Instead they're on a crusade against one man, pursuing the ill-advised themes that the UN is a wonderful place and the anti-Bush meme that "dissent" isn't listened to or considered.
I e-mailed everyone on that list and asked them if this it was protocol to be this rude to Veterans.
Gotten any responses?
No responses yet. I basically asked them if this was from their office and if so why be so rude to a Veteran that put his life on the line for this country for 20 years.
And, I beg to differ about someone's response about Veterans in this thread. They keep you free to post on this website and to live your life in peace.
I'm rapidly learning that this is the attitude of many FReepers.
No matter: I'll be doing what I do, whether I have their backing or likely not.
Like someone else said, can you imagine if the Chief of Staff for Tom DeLay told off a private citizen because that person didn't want to see Reid orchestrate another public smearing of a presidential nominee?
And then to tell this 20+ year veteran of the Air Force to go do something proactive to serve the country.
Wow - absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Please be sure to post if there is a response. I work with Move America Forward and I spoke with the Executive Director not too long ago and she said they got a call from the Las Vegas Review Journal reporting on this story.
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