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Foes and Allies

8.22.02 @ 12:01AM

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I was happy to see what someone else thought of Debra Saunders as "conservative." I have written her a few emails and she replied that I was irritated because she made me "think." I replied that she made me laugh.
-- Annette Cwik

One of the other dirty media tricks in California is the ignoring of a full endorsement by MAPA [Mexican American Political Association] of Republican Tim Escobar for California's 39th district. He is named in the MAPA press release [response to] Simon's claim of endorsement. Tim is widely supported by both Republicans and Democrats, by the vast majority of city council officials, by law enforcement unions and organizations and an array of others. Though in a predominantly Democratic district, Tim is in a very close race.

To highlight the importance of the race Speaker of House Dennis Hastert recently came out to raise funds for his campaign. You can see his website at www.timescobar.com.
-- Andrew Alvidrez
Campaign Advisor
Tim Escobar for Congress

Why don't you check the Imperial Valley Press story on Tuesday? The online version is www.ivpressonline.com. Also, their Spanish publication, Adelante Valle, has a story on Thursday's edition. Major newspapers don't mean all newspapers in California. Some well-respected publications in rural areas do their jobs, don't you think?
-- Adelante

A HUNDRED YEARS' WAR OF WORDS
Re: Reader Mail's Heavy Loads:

I must say that I feel compelled to answer Bob Johnson's last letter ("High Noon") in which he gratuitously and fatuously accuses me of obsessions, misquotes and misdirection.

If Mr. Johnson had bothered, I say BOTHERED, to read my original letter he would have read also that I agreed with Mr. Shiflett's statement that any dope could wear a coat and tie. But Mr. Shiflett took that a step further by including Nazis, criminal or otherwise. At the end of his article, a summer piece that was basically about nothing more than the age-old pursuit of girl-watching, Mr. Shiflett included a quote from his chaplain that bore a distinct resemblance to a remark made by Hermann Goering. I thought that a curiosity.

Mr. Johnson, for his part, made a hash of what I wrote, chided me for inattentiveness, and wondered heedlessly about what I thought and felt -- subjects with which I'm sure he's not familiar, as we are not even nodding acquaintances. Indeed, it was Mr. Johnson who seemed to be having difficulty reading.

In plain English, I object. I'd be happy to pay for a remedial reading course for Mr. Johnson, who seems to be in need of one.

Sincerely,
--Paul Kellogg
New York

CLUB ELK
Re: Bill Croke's Elk Gone:

Wolf's rebound -- Elk disappearing: Why can't we just all get along?
-- Bruce Peek

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