TO THE EDITOR
sinking have to answer to future genera-
tions for the folly they are creating by
shirking our primary responsibility of
getting rid of this oppressive regime in
the White House.
Ellen Hyman
Eugene
NAUGHTY AND NICE
I’ve got a question for Ben Fogelson
regarding his “O Girls” calendar com-
mentary in your 10/9 issue. Hey Ben:
Isn’t it just a little hypocritical for an
EW reporter to be critical of a calendar
featuring “UO students in suggestive
outfits” when every week the EW runs
a half page full of ads featuring women
in suggestive outfits for (wink wink,
nudge nudge) “Escort Services”? I’ll
bet those “naughty and nice girls” in
your paper ’s ads could show you an
even bigger wad of cash then the one
Zach Patterson is carrying around on
13th Avenue. Better start digging.
Steve Buck
Glenwood
EDITOR’S NOTE: We’re all individuals down
here and we have widely varying ideas about
where to draw the line on what’s acceptable.
POLITICAL COURAGE
Political cynicism is cheap and
plentiful, and keeps citizens from vot-
ing. The intent of the current plutoc-
racy is to keep people cynical and not
voting, so they can stay in office.
When Jim Johnson (9/25) categorically
states that Kucinich is not electable, he
is indulging in cynicism. Typically,
such statements about Kucinich are not
supported by any evidence. It is a be-
lief, and as such, has the power to be-
come a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Kucinich beat a Republican incum-
bent for mayor in 1977, for state sena-
tor in 1994 (overcoming the national
right-wing tide) and for Congress in
1996, in a district of conservative
Democrats. Kucinich has been a win-
ner in a swing district in the swing
state of Ohio. And Ohio has 20 elec-
toral votes, the state that is key to na-
tional victory. Only two candidates in
the 20th century won the presidency
without carrying Ohio.
Political courage, like that of
Wayne Morse and Peter DeFazio, is
rare and extremely attractive to the
anti-big business, green, progressive
voters who have deserted left-right
politics. Kucinich has the courage to
walk his talk and to bring cynical vot-
ers like Jim Johnson, who admire
Kucinich but fear Bush more, back into
the democratic process.
If Kucinich can simply get his is-
sues on the table at the Democratic
convention, he will help the Democrats
defeat Bush, whoever is nominated.
David Hazen
Eugene
HAPPILY EVER AFTER?
The war on Iraq was a Bush fairy
tale. We, the good, were to defeat the
evil, and the world would live happily
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