We need letters to the editor ASAP...

Written by: Richard Erwin on Oct 15, 2006 3:14 PM EDT

Folks;

The Seattle Times, this Sunday morning, has come forward with one of the weakest endorsements I have yet read in their paper, preferring Dave Reichert over Darcy Burner.

We need as many letters to the editor protesting this decision. The rules are simple - 200 words, give them your name address and phone number, and don't give the same letter to the editor to multiple newspapers - if they find that you are, they'll never use it.

Below is my LtE, which just was sent to opinion@seattletimes.com. Let them know what you think as well.

Rich Erwin
Co-Organizer
Eastside DFA



The Seattle Times has shown, once again, that as long as politicians bow down to mammon, or at least to killing the Estate Tax, they'll gladly portray any pig's ear as finest silk.

Endorsing Dave Reichert over Darcy Burner in the 8th Congressional District race is but another example.

This is a man who's voted almost every single time with the Bush administration - the same one that's given us Iraq. Katrina. That takes "passing the buck" to a high art form - if you like your art trashy.

The same man who voted for the detainee bill, which legitimizes both torture and the suspension of habeas corpus, one of our most basic rights, after telling constituents in emails that "I strongly oppose the use of any type of torture on detainees of the United States or any of our coalition partners."

The same man who chairs a committee that still can't figure out how to have police and fire personnel communicate using the same frequency.

I wish Mr. Blethen would just put, on the front page of his newspaper - FOR SALE TO HIGHEST BIDDER - but then that might be too forward for him.

Or, perhaps, too honest.

Richard Erwin
2122 145th Avenue, SE
Bellevue, WA 98007
HM: 425.614.0989
WK: 425.373.2844

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