Correspondence
Correspondence DON’T RIDICULE ROMNEY THE CARICATURE depicting Mitt Romney on your November 26 cover is distasteful for two reasons. First it portrays Romney—an accomplished entrepreneur,...
...There is nothing in my past that I regret more than the attitude I had regarding the military during the Vietnam war...
...A veteran can look in the mirror and say with confi dence, “I gave more to America than I ever took, and of that I am very proud...
...VICTIMIZING VETERANS THE ATTEMPT by congressional Democrats, the media, and Hollywood to portray veterans as victims, as Dean Barnett chronicles in “The Last Talking Point of the Left” (November 26), is distasteful to say the least...
...Letters will be edited for length and clarity and must include the writer’s name, address, and phone number...
...I was wounded on January 29, 2005, in a rocket attack on the U.S...
...Never...
...I never literally spit on those remarkable people, but I did in my heart...
...All the talk of religion, electioneering, and the minutia of ideology has become really stale...
...CARRIE PIMENTEL San Pedro, Calif...
...We agreed that in exchange for being willing to go where bullets are fl ying, we would receive certain compensation, which would be determined based on length of service, wounds, etc...
...But unlike the Democrats’ base, veterans made a contract with the American people and earned their benefi ts...
...You never felt any whiff of sleaze around Mitt...
...You may also fax letters: (202) 293-4901 or email: editor@weeklystandard.com...
...IT WAS REFRESHING to read Fred Barnes’s in-depth story on Mitt Romney’s philosophy and style of governance rather than another tired piece on Romney’s Mormonism or fl ip-fl opping (“The Man Who Wants to Fix Washington,” November 26...
...More importantly, by characterizing him as this grotesque doll, then linking that to the title of CEO, you are furthering the media generated impression of CEOs and businessmen as grasping crooks...
...TERRY MAGRATH Marblehead, Mass...
...Romney’s system of gathering critical information to solve problems in the world of business just might be able to change Washington’s ways...
...They assume that like their base we are laying around feeling sorry for ourselves hoping to get a chunk of someone else’s hard earned money...
...A BOOMER REPENTS AS A 55-YEAR-OLD ex-liberal from California, I identify with the loathsome boomers described in William Kristol’s editorial “Not-So-Great Generation” (November 26...
...RUSSELL A. SMITH Oklahoma City, Okla...
...Most of the people I knew then are still the same now...
...The enormous wealth and prosperity existing throughout this land that is shared by virtually all its citizens and “guests” alike has been generated largely under the guidance and energy of our CEOs and entrepreneurs, not by the Washington elites and power brokers that largely just distribute this wealth...
...embassy in Baghdad, and I resent the Democrats’ attempts to woo my vote with promises of using other people’s money to pay me off...
...THE WEEKLY STANDARD welcomes letters to the editor...
...First it portrays Romney—an accomplished entrepreneur, manager, and leader—as a grasping, leering, charlatan controlled not by his dreams, goals, and ethics, but by whoever winds that toy key in his back...
...All letters should be addressed: Correspondence Editor THE WEEKLY STANDARD 1150 17th St., NW, Suite 505 Washington, DC 20036...
...Veterans are neither victims nor wards of the state...
...Having worked with Romney in the bluest of states, wherein Republicans numbered by the dozens are barely tolerated, Romney always came across as an earnest partner who wanted to work with you to accomplish your shared goals...
...My generation was unbelievably narcissistic and lived lives of utter insignifi cance...
...MIKE FRANITZA Charlottesville, Va...
...But hopefully more of us boomers will dare to face ourselves and come to grips with what a load of useless spoiled brats we have been...
Vol. 13 • December 2007 • No. 13
