I was speaking with my mother last week, catching up on some family news. We rarely talk about politics. I don't even know how she votes. She brought up the topic of one of my cousins who was injured (he was burned across his face, arms, and chest) in Iraq and was now looking for work in Texas. She noted that my cousin's mother was worried about him because he has been very reluctant to talk to her about his injury or what he did in Iraq. The subject then turned to how we both agreed that our troops deserve our full support in order to win. Since we were now talking about Iraq, I asked my mother if she would run an Internet search for comments by chuck schumer and to read them aloud to me. She's new to the Internet but quickly found a series of comments and picked one at random. She didn't know who schumer was, but before she could finish the article she stopped and told me that there was something seriously wrong with that man. I noted that he was just one example in a snake pit of many.
I tend to think there are many who, like my mother, don't really keep up with politics. Perhaps they choose to ignore the issues or perhaps they just don't know who to believe. Whatever the reason, ads like rudy's help serve as a means to draw attention to the problem.
Tell your cousin how truly grateful we are for his willingness to serve his country.