Ah, Yes, Not “Rape, Rape”

This is how Bradley S. Klapper, of the Associated Press, began his dispatch from fantasy land as published today in my “news”paper, the Boston Globe:

“GENEVA - The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he could serve up to two years in prison for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, Swiss and US authorities said yesterday.”

And, for another second, I almost thought the crime was because the sex occurred in 1977.

A few letters:

1. Editor,

When my moderate friends and I laugh about the liberal bias in the Boston Globe's "news" stories, Ms. Milligan's column, "Party tries to lock up health bill backing (October 17, A1)", is exactly the kind of liberal propaganda we find so funny.

Ms. Milligan opens, "Seeking to preserve critical public support for health care overhaul, the White House and congressional Democrats are busy tailoring the sweeping package to appeal to" various special interest groups. "Seeking to preserve critical public support"?

The most recent Rasmussen poll, the gold-standard of non-partisan polling, notes that likely voters oppose Obama's plans to nationalize medicine by 50 - 44. Further, those "strongly opposed" are 50% greater than those "strongly in favor" (www.rasmussenreports.com; October 10 - 11).

My moderate friends and I have no doubt that the White House, congressional Democrats and their cheerleaders in the liberal media think "preserving" the support of a minority is sufficient to jam unpopular legislation down the throats of the majority. Heaven forbid the White House and congressional Democrats tried to grow public support, though Ms. Milligan disingenuousness was intended to mislead readers into thinking the nationalization effort was favored by a majority. (End of first letter.)

Blogger’s Note – In the subsequent poll, October 17 – 18, voters oppose nationalize medicine 54 – 42; those strongly opposed are now 75% greater than those strongly in favor.

2. Editor,

It's hysterical that you could not let your readers know that the "hectoring" $7.5 billion aid bill for Pakistan which you railed against was authored by Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA); you know, the Vietnam war hero, the 25-year US Senate member, the chairman of the "powerful" Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the possessor of so much "foreign affairs gravitas" (A new way to talk to Pakistan, October 17, A10). (End of second letter.)

3. Editor,

You hail a Vietnam war hero, the chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a 25-year veteran of the United States Senate and the 2004 Democratic Party Presidential nominee for being a messenger boy and getting his name on a bill (Kerry: a senior senator unleashed, October 22; Blogger’s Note: I’m not kidding, the Boston Globe wrote a gushing editorial praising Kerry for playing messenger boy and getting his name on a bill not a law)?

Your editorial is an embarrassment to President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. John F. Kerry, the Boston Globe, and the New York Times Co. for I cannot comprehend standards so incredibly low. (End of third letter.)