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Cowboy President

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Written by: Rita Cormulley
Category: Letters
Published: 01 January 2024
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When frustrated by dishonesty, irony, gall, or some combination, ash gets it out of her system with a letter which practically wrote itself. One of those occasions produced exactly that:


Conservative elitist George Will once described Bill Clinton as “if not the worst president, the worst man to be president.”  Regardless of one’s assessment of that declaration, I believe it is now time to designate George W. Bush “the dumbest man to be president.”

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Extending the Metaphor

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Written by: Rita Cormulley
Category: Letters
Published: 01 January 2024
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Here's ash's take on the guy she nicknamed Clutch Cargo. Wonder what he's up to these days? Public relations, no doubt.


Someone ought to send Ari Fleischer back to Spin School and instruct him on the dangers of the telltale, sing-song, not-to-worry-everything's-just-fine voice.  It is condescending and transparent.

Having said that, I do sympathize with Mr. Fleischer, who has the unenviable job of throwing a bath towel around a naked emperor.

The Chinese Connection

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Written by: Rita Cormulley
Category: Letters
Published: 01 January 2024
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ash would like to observe: Remember how relatively minor stories with no universal implications dominated news and talking head programs before the grave, deadly serious event of 2001? Oh. That’s right. It was but a temporary interruption.


When I was a child, one of my records - the obsolete, vinyl kind - was a song about two brothers. It was by Shari Lewis, I think, though I wouldn’t swear to it now.

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Spin Me

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Written by: Rita Cormulley
Category: Letters
Published: 01 January 2024
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This one certainly was written in real time. Sadly, the outcome set more hideous events in motion:


More partisan than impeachment, dirtier than campaign tactics, now comes…the notorious Florida Recount.

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