Letter Of The Day

George Bush let me down in his State of the Union speech when he talked about Iraq and the detractors about going into the war under the pretext of searching for WMD.

He could not simply admit that he sent us there with info he believed to be correct but turned out not to be, but tried to sound wise with the "hindsight is not wisdom" crack.

We are there now, so we need to do our best to establish a stable and western- friendly Iraq. But no, he cannot admit he was wrong.

And every time he infers that anyone who disagrees with his policy in Iraq is un-American, I want to puke. Disagreeing with our elected officials is about as American as it gets.

We are addicted to oil. As I drive to and from work and to the grocery store and to church on weekends, I revel in my conspicuous consumption (please note sarcasm) as he and his friends get rich off oil. How dare I drive.

He didn't talk about it much but his solution to the health care crisis is for us to use it less. As someone who has a disorder that is not caused by diet or lifestyle and will probably require maintenance medicine until the day I am dandelion fertilizer, I am frightened by his talk.

I voted for George Bush twice. Man, I wish life had do-overs; two is all I would need.

DONALD C. HUGHSTON, Mason City

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