The American Spectator

Deaniacs.com and Rian Watt’s letter (under “Revenge of the Howies”) in Reader Mail’s Howie Who? : /p>

Recently my friend Rian Watt sent a letter about the article you wrote. In the article, you mentioned that he was an adult pretending to be a kid on Kids for Dean and that an eleven year old is not capable of writing the essay he submitted to the site. I happen to have known Rian for quite a while. We are now both seventh graders and Rian is still active in politics. Everyday he bores us to death at school with new Bush statistics. I am disappointed that you think he is not a child. Rian is one of the best writers and smartest kids at our school of 800. Rian’s interest in politics comes from his parents, who are also big Dean fans.

I was also bothered by the comments people made about your article. Rian is actually a KID, believe it or not!! He may be too much into politics, but he is not an adult. He’s just intelligent and knows how to write well.

p>I hope you correct your article. br> — Matthew McClone /p> p> Shawn Macomber replies: br> How many seventh grade boys would actually write about one of their friends, “I am disappointed that you think he is not a child.” Yeah, that’s the desire of seventh grade boys everywhere — to be seen as a “child.” If given the chance, the only thing I would correct is my estimation of how crazy you Deniacs are. Your guy lost, big time, many months ago. You can go back to being adults now and stop impersonating your children to make dubious political points on a website where, frankly, you and your little one-win primary revolution became passé a year ago. /p>