7/24/2004 11:52:20 AM|||Nathan Moore|||

Check out this email that came in from the Davidson County Young Republicans website (no editing done)

hey guys... was browsing the web...  you know  keep your enemies close....  letting you know my name is kenny and i am working harder than anyone, i mean anyone you have to get bush out of office....  he has ruined the airline business's with his allowing oil prices to soar...  i was laid off after 19 years of service to a major airline.... bush has also ruined our nations standing in the world community as the world's leader.... we are now the most hated nation in the world and most obnoxious ......oh, yea he cut taxes for the wealthest 1% they should be happy...but his brother wont be able to steal this election not this time....i would love to debate more....  but im proud to say as an individual i have signed up 310 new voters so far this year all to vote for the next president of the united states of america    JOHN KERRY.       good luck in your campaign, only an act of god can win it for you and lets face it  even jesus was a democrat...  he was a working man and took care of the homeless, the drunks, those with disease and no health care, unlike our president today...   happy campaigning        kenny defriese  

So, obviously, Mr. Defriese is in need of some psychological assistance and a few primers on history.  But most importantly, this demonstrates what we're up against in this election.  The enemy is not Al Qaeda, nor was it Saddam Hussein.  The worst possible enemy is George W. Bush. 

 
Now for just a little fun.  Everyone I know got a tax cut (including Mr. Defriese). The wealthiest 1% must be huge - a lot bigger than I originally thought.  Maybe it's just been too hot lately, and the Ford Explorer in my driveway is really a mirage.  I actually own a 2004 Escalade, and my a/c isn't about to kick out on me.  My house must be twice as big, but as a Republican I'm just not smart enough to find the other half.  If I'm in the top 1%, and rich, we all really are in trouble.

Hated by who? France? Germany? There's a psychological term for that hatred, which can be metaphorically described as "missile envy".

And as a final tidbit, I imagine that nationalized healthcare in Jesus' day would have been, well, interesting at best.  I would be all for a national system if the method of treatment consisted solely of miracle healing.  Unfortunately, in the 21st century, the era for that method has long since passed.  To stress the comparison a little more beyond the absurd, it should be noted that Jesus acted as a private citizen, not as a Roman bureaucrat administering a compulsory healthcare system.  Unless Mr. Defriese can prove otherwise, I will continue to hold to my  doubts that at any time in His ministry that Jesus was on the Roman payroll.

Oh yes - Bush won Florida by 537 votes - 310 just won't be enough. Cheers!

UPDATE  Further research and commentary, courtesy of my good friend Bob Krumm, has shown that Mr. Defriese lives in Franklin, just south of Nashville, in one of the most Republican areas of the state.   Accordingly, he has further lied.  We'll find Osama Bin Laden having cocktails with Ariel Sharon  before we'll find 310 Democrats in Franklin.

It also seems he gave money to what must have been a relative who ran unsuccessfully in the Republican primary against now State Senator Jim Bryson.   Interesting.

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