Finally, after more submissions than I can remember, I’ve had a LTE published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune!
I wish I could say it was my best letter (it’s not, imo) but it is also the only one to be published, so I’m really at a loss as to what to call it.
Read the letter below.
How is it that statements like those made by Karl Rove (“Liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers”) and Scott McClellan (“[Rove] was talking about the different philosophies and our different approaches when it comes to winning the war on terrorism”) can be made without being questioned in the media?
When Sen. Dick Durbin points out the savagery of prisoner abuse, he’s accused of hating our troops! Never mind that his comments were about policy, not soldiers.
Please tell me how Rove and McClellan can make remarks like this without being forced to back them up.
Scott Graupner, Wabasha MN
I put my real name because if you check the link you’ll see it anyway. Not sure why others on here avoid doing that.
congrats! great letter and hope you get many more published.
It is very to the point and topical which is probably why they are publishing it.
well, I wrote it while still reading the diary on McClellan’s comments on dKos. Looking back at it now, I probably could have chosen some better quotes.
but hey, i got a 2-for-1 slam on Rove and McClellan.
getting those slams in! wOOt!
I truly like your LTE. You must stop wishing that it was a different letter! We all hear enough rehearsed news and rehearsed townhall meetings and sound bites and things that have been distilled. This letter is so simple and honest, it has JUICE! Right to the core of things in a language even my five year old understands. The mind heart connection doesn’t do much proofreading but when it speaks everybody seems to hear and understand.
I know for a fact I’ve written better letters. Of course, I think all of my letters are worth publishing, lol. I don’t wish it was a better written letter, i’m just surprised that it was this particular letter.
But then I’ve been writing the editorial board about DSM a little, so perhaps I’ve been rewarded. who knows. I had a better letter last week, but forgot to send my name and location with it. D’oh!