Oh that Paternalistic Old Party. POP. Looking at them in a Letter to the Editor in NC

[Mira]

Letter to the Editor
Winston-Salem, NC - Journal
Tuesday Feb 21- 2012

PATERNALISTIC PARTY

Oh, that paternalistic old party. Pop is so concerned about protecting his girls that he keeps them barefoot and pregnant. He limits their access to health care while he eliminates them from the work force. Thanks, Pop!

He wants to protect the sanctity of marriage through legislation while he exercises his infidelity from airport bathrooms to Argentine hotels. Oh, Pop! He continues to buy shotguns for his arsenal in the basement even as water seeps in through crumbling walls. Stop, Pop!

Pop has been confused and not very well of late. His mailbox is filled with dividend checks, but he forgets to pay Carmela for washing his linens and Catfish for fixing his car. He talks about the good old days when Maya Angelou had her own drinking fountain and we added "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance under the watchful eye of Sen. Joseph McCarthy to keep us safe.

Pop's longing for the return of these halcyon days is disturbing. We can't get Pop to take his meds or pay his taxes, and he is obsessed with how we love and where we worship.

I pray that he will realize that the great fellowship of love welcomes him, but not his guns or his hate.

C.M.

[Solly Mack]

1. teehee

Bet that irked some people.

[southernyankeebelle]

4. I tell you what you better watch what you put in the paper. People are crazy and they will come

after you. Be careful. I was reading where a young lady got beaten because she wrote an opinion piece supporting gay marriage. Her dad is even a professor at the same college. She had a black eye.

[Solly Mack]

6. People do get riled over the least little thing.

Still, you can't really let that stop you.

Otherwise, those that would use violence to silence others win.

[southernyankeebelle]

10. Your right. But honestly I would be scared to death living in a rural area.

[Mira]

7. During the Bush years I wrote letters that brought

snailmail letters to my snailmail box literally with the word "Anonymous" (rarely spelled correctly) on the back of the envelope.
Inside of course I was vilified.
I began to expect potential letters. But thank goodness there has been no physical stuff or approach of my residence.

[southernyankeebelle]

9. I live in a rural area. You really have to watch what you say. It can effect your family. If I

lived in a big city I wouldn't care.

[malaise]

2. Freaking perfect

Rec

[11 Bravo]

3. Paternalistic Old Overreaching Party ... POOP

[Mira]

5. I had considered making a similar correction/addition

but decided to keep my editorial commentary to myself.
We're on the same page.

[cbrer]

8. Headed Eventually After Democrats

POOP HEADS

Sorry...must resist...