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True Democrat? He writes like a Republican

I don’t believe for one minute Robert Petty was ever a Democrat. He writes like a Republican. His words are clearly Republican/Fox News speak.

If he was ever a Democrat, he would understand Elizabeth Warren, for sure, and from the others named he would take away what is worthy and disregard the rest. But he chooses to call a handful of Dems who have been in politics for quite some time childish and ranting, silly and stupid. I don’t know what part of a “lock her up” chant is not silly and stupid, but I know it is dangerous. “Fake News” is definitely childish (or bullying), and also dangerous to our great nation.

Finally, a Democrat would not call the Democratic Party the “Democrat Party.” That is Republican speak in an attempt to dis the party as a whole. Fox News and Republicans play word games in order to catch lesser thinking Americans in simple word games. Nothing respectful about it.

All Fox has had as its banner across the bottom of the TV screen for the past number of days is that Democrats are in a “meltdown” over the Comey, Russia, Flynn, Sessions, Putin, whatever-else matter. They understand their viewers don’t want to pay attention to politics, so they give them other things to think about, all while the business of America is happening.

Good luck to all.

Kathy Morrison

Sarasota

This story was originally published May 30, 2017 at 11:56 AM with the headline "True Democrat? He writes like a Republican."

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