By Flo Ginsburg Santa Monica
President Bush always said,“You are either with us or against us.” Now he has the sole discretion — I should say authority — to determine who is an enemy and can be “disappeared.” Can we expect all of the Democratic congress to become “disappeared?” After all, Republicans call Democrats “terrorist sympathizers” and “terrorist suppporters” and against our soldiers. Shall I be afraid because of all the letters I’ve written to the editor decrying the tactics and decisions of the Bush Administration? What has our country come to? Today, it killed democracy.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 30, 2006. Read the original PDF.