The American Spectator

br> — Richard Donley br> New Lyme, Ohio /p>

Obviously levity is no laughing matter with Ms. Charlotte Hyphenated-Name. She seems to have a beef with me, as I was the one who commented on Kerry’s Complexion of Many Colors. For a minute there, I thought the Dutch lady had moved from the Netherlands to North Bend, so she could vote and cure the ills of our country. “

This voter’s laundry list of things she wants fine tuned is daunting in the extreme. Her little civics sermon almost made one nod off. The only thing she left out is possibly changing our name to the United States of Utopia, which would certainly be more appropriate if even half the things she suggests ever come to be.

I don’t know whether her lofty ideals reminded me more of a southern Miss America aspirant or one of those ditzy, dowdy women you see in the audience of a PBS fund-raiser, gently swaying and mouthing the words to “Where Have All The Flowers Gone” as balding Peter and Paul and frumpy Mary recall for us those idyllic times in Woodstock. But she sure doesn’t remind me of anyone who still has even the most fragile grasp on reality.

p>There, lady, I have tried to be gentle with you, but I have little patience with humorless folks. br> — Diane Smith br> So. San Francisco, California br> /p>