Letter to the editor

I will say this for right wing columnist, Ray Newman, in his column, "Who are we begging to rescue us" he never deviates from the conservative Republican mantra and warns us how the spectre of the incoming Democratic administration is a sure harbinger of doom and socialistic enslavement for the American people. If Mr. Newman is laboring under the pipe dream that the last eight years of Republican control has been a period of enlightenment and fiscal restraint, I have a nice ocean front lot in Auburn I'd like to show him. Mr. Newman hastens to express his concern for liberty and freedom of speech, except of course, when it contradicts his version of same. His support for making guns available to almost anyone literate enough to read the directions is firmly established, a constitutional 'gimmie' no doubt designed to protect us from a resurgence of King George's Red Coats attempt to win back the colonies. Of course I am pushing it a bit over the top here, but I contend that Mr. Newman is doing likewise when he tries to paint such dour pictures of what the new administration has in store for us. The conservative wing of the Republican party has had its turn in the barrel for the past eight years and I think it's fair to wonder, how much worse can it get? The legacy they left behind is not to be envied.

George Morin
Auburn, Ga.