Hatred is unjustified

A local letter to the editor addressing two of Marilyn Musgrave's delusional, rageful, and hoarse-throated supporters.

Hatred is unjustified

Hardly a week goes by without Tom or Mary Bender damning the liberals for all the problems in America. Who are these liberals that wield so much power that they are destroying the Benders' "Right Wing Utopia?" Every extremist group seems to need a "whipping boy" to justify their agenda.

Liberals were not responsible for turning a budget surplus into the largest budget deficit in U.S. history. They also were not responsible for a barrel oil costing $100, health insurance premiums increasing by 70 percent, a Medicare drug program written by pharmaceutical lobbyists, millions of manufacturing and high-tech jobs exported to China and India and a war responsible for 4,000 American lives and 13,000 critically injured. They also were not responsible for the discriminatory EEOC rule that allows corporations to cancel health insurance for retirees over 65.

The Benders regularly heap praise on Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave. Now that she does photo-ops at gas pumps and soup kitchens, we are supposed to believe she truly represents her constituents. Try scheduling a meeting with her to discuss health care or pension reforms and see how far you get. Her staff has built an impenetrable wall that protects her from any controversial meetings. The average person would have more chance of scaling Mount Everest than breaching that wall.

The Benders should recognize there is room for dissenting opinions in America. No matter how much they hate liberals, they have a constitutional right to an equal say in America's future. That is the foundation of a true democracy.

John Kotson,

Fort Collins