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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday, November TO VOTE OR Dearest Papa, I have a confession to make. Ifthe Heavens start to roll and thunder I will accept that you have gotten it. But it was your example a as tf-tiee decent d Vo (Ium, man Freda Aron that makes by me this honest. I understand that as a Russian immigrant who had been told about the streets of gold in America and found the stories to be true when he finally arrived here, you might feel differently. You often told us the gold in the streets was freedom of fear, freedom of choice, freedom to live where, when or how most of all the freedom to LIVE! No more pogroms! No more human bonfires, no more Russian Cossaks. (But Papa, I bet that never in your wildest dreams, could you ever imagine that gas ovens for burning jwople was in your future, courtesy of Adolph Hitler.) As children, Esla, Millicent and I were charmed by your excitement at election time. You seemed to preen, like a peacock, and all we heard was vote for the Democrats, they care about people, the 1, 2000 Page 6 ! Republicans care about money. .always remember that and always remember that your choice is private, you dont have to ask or tell anyone. For the longest time, we three thought it had to be a secret what or whom you voted for, but we . arms and two legs hanging on either side of the head. Just beneath the arms and legs on either side ofthe head, are two deep, deep, deep pockets, enough to hold ALL the contributions and ALL those plans to reward the corporations. countrys People? Who and what are Republicans and Democrats. . All the societies we know countries. You either vote, or of are run by the selfish interests you do not vote . . .a way of the ruling class Socrates. showing disapproval of the Where is it written in stone system. Millicent strongly objects to that it has to be I my decision, insisting must, that-a-wa- must, must, VOTE $LCLLCL they? Oh, ARE there people out there, who need help, need support, need protection? simplistic? GIFTS FOR ALL AGES GREAT PRICES! . Do Your Christmas Shopping Here sat NOV 4 10 AM -- 3 PM Goodwine Residence 265 S Mountain View Dr Monticello (road to the mountain) o. Building a brighter future UUK $ . . Better Schools Better-Payin- g Jobs xJ'JL raid tir hv (I i .together. Mike leavirt Re Election Committee Safe, liveable State GETTING IT DONE frUs. Cleal Bradford Lilly Mae Noorlander David Noorlander Monte Dalton Bonnie L. Day Carrie Noorlander Deanne Randall Jerry Walker Larry Day Bruce Bunker W.F. Leonard Liesel Johnson Dan Holyoak Shirley M. Stewart Dale Mosher Sam Taylor J. Burton Black Joe I HATCH Mio FBI IT TH notch FLECTION y! for whatever is the lesser of two evils. I find neither of the two regular candidates evil, just found out differently greatly lacking in those Nah!!! in time. qualities that make for a good And that, dear leader, a great leader, a caring That this country is no longer a two Papa, is the way integrated leader. And so my vote goes to Ralph our political system party system must be an absolute shock operates today. Nader and the Green Party. too Even though we are not yet Sound to you, whose conditioned to vote for a third greatest joy was Possibly, but not a party, (since weve just become living in a country where there were simple matter, not a One Party country), it is a way choices. I have to at all, just a of showing that I disagree most tell you, Papa, that devastating fact. I heartily with the way things the environmental president know you agree with me, and are progressing and hoping that the course of the country wannabe (Gore) and the then again, you may not. And so your daughter has will change . . .back into a education president wannabe (BUSH .HA. .HA..) wont be, made a decision. You may or country of the people, for the because theyre joined may not be proud of it, but so people and by the people, with together in one GIANT BLOB: it must be. Ive agonized and legitimate choices. A third One is the Prince of agonized and agonized. There party can do no worse than the Malaprops, (the King of is absolutely no other way for other two parties, they just possibly can do a lot better, they Malaprops was Chicagos very me. own Mayor Richard Daley, the 1st. . . don't listen to what I say, listen to what I mean), and the other is a I find the political system in the great United States of America, the mast democratic country in the world, is kaput. Now we have only a hydrocephalic head with two Me-to- are still a people party, a moot issue with the There is still one choice available in this highly offtrack, but most decent of all COMMITTEE D. Kingsley |