Reply #70: Here's what I sent this poor excuse for a congressman. [View All]

[Pacifist Patriot]

Dear Rep. Ney:

I was dismayed to read your response to the forum of December 8 in which verifiable evidence of vote suppression and compelling indications of vote manipulation in Ohio were detailed by panels of witnesses. Early next year is entirely too late to engage in a postmortum of the 2004 election. You should be ashamed of your disregard and lack of respect for America and its citizens. The Republicans sent the loudest message of partisan attack yesterday with their decision to decline to attend.

C-SPAN and several radio stations carried the forum live. Concurrently, mainstream media covered stories with far less relevance such as Scott Peterson, Martha Stewart and Michael Jackson. While I remain baffled by the media silence, I am incredibly disappointed by the Republican absence in this critical moment in American democracy. This may well be the least partisan yet most important issue facing our nation today. We cease to function as a representative republic when we cannot guarantee the will of the people has been upheld.

I urge you to participate fully in the investigations into the 2004 election and the process to reform our voting systems now! I consider it your duty to help protect and defend the integrity of our votes. Please enable us to retain faith in our democratic process, a true patriot would do no less.