My letter to the editor of the SF Chronicle was published today. It was a response to a column by Debra J. Saunders which began with these words:
Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha
JUST AS the New York Times reported that Bush guru Karl Rove disclosed to a Time magazine reporter that Bush-hater Joseph C. Wilson was married to a CIA operative….
Here’s what I wrote:
Editor — Debra J. Saunders led her column off by referring to “Bush-hater Joseph C. Wilson,” as if the only possible motivation for Wilson’s actions is a personal grudge against the president (“Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha,” July 14).
This seems typical of the right’s behavior in recent years, and it all seems to be getting even crazier and more juvenile as time goes by. Is it not possible that Wilson’s actions bespeak a desire to do what’s right for the world?
DAVID GANS
Oakland
Hey David! You’re prolific with the letters. We saw one of your other comments published in the Chron a while back. Forgot what it was about, but Carol abd I totally agreed with it. You know what it is with righties like Saunders? Projection… The evil motivations they have in their souls, they attribute them to their opponents. That’s why she can’t believe Joe Wilson just wanted to get the truth out to the world. Fascists don’t care about the truth; they care about the spin, and they think everyone else thinks their way. So that’s why she opines this Rove outing is all about “gotcha.” That’s what she would do.
By the way, I’ve gotten a job as a nurse on the respiratory ward of a large public hospital in Melbourne, Australia. They’re going to sponsor me for an immigration worker visa, and Carol and I are planning to move Down Under in October. We hope to get out before the economy implodes and the fascists rise from the ashes. Hope to see you before then. We do a lot of Grapefruit Ed gigs. They’re easier to catch than you, dude!
Wow, Australia! What an adventure.
Rita and I went there a few years ago and loved it.
I think you’ll be jumping into a whole nother kettle of political (and cultural) fish. But I totally sympathize with the impulse to get out of here.
no, Wilson is, sadly, a jerk.