Furor Over GOP Memo on Foley
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From the wonderful people who based a presidential campaign on Willie Horton, we now have the snide, sneaky tactic of smearing Foley with a homosexual brush because he’s a “liberal” (gasp!), just like admitted homosexual Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts.
The underling in the Republican National Committee who dreamed up the dread memo (all by himself in the dead of night, of course) was fired by Atwater. Terrific! President Bush expressed disgust. Bravo!
Now that we’ve reached the nadir of dirty politics, let’s face it, folks--Atwater is Bush’s boy and the President should fire him.
LORRAINE SCHULBERG
Beverly Hills
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