Some Republicans are getting tired of being crapped on !

GOP missteps shame longtime supporter
First published: Saturday, August 6, 2005

I'm a disgusted conservative Christian Republican.
In your July 15 edition, I was outraged to read that the government is taking $173 billion out of a surplus in Social Security to apply toward the deficit (which President Bush is now taking credit for reducing). If all the Social Security contributions were left in the fund, wouldn't the interest alone fix the problem? Next election this should be put on the ballot; let the people cast their votes on whether or not this borrowing from Social Security should be stopped (forever).

As a longtime Republican, I want to know how my party can unite behind Tom DeLay and Karl Rove and claim that they have done nothing wrong. They should resign (or be made to) like others before them when they were a detriment to their party. I am ashamed with the goings-on of my party in the White House, Congress and Senate.

SHIRLEY B. FISCHER
Troy

source: http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=386568&category=LETTER&BCCode=&newsdate=8/6/2005