One of our liberal Democrat candidates for Congress here in New Mexico is running an absolutely despicable ad using an old Hispanic woman to express her fear that she and her spouse will lose their Social Security if they don’t vote for this lowlife bastard because the evil Republicans want to take away their Social Security. This is an old Democrat tactic which unfortunately works because so many old people are totally dependent upon television for their information about current events. Below is my letter to the editor of the Albuquerque Journal regarding this issue:<\/p>\n
I’m sure that Eric Griegos’ parents and his grandparents are inordinately proud of his accomplishments and the fact that he is now a candidate for Congress. However, I have to wonder if they don’t cringe at the blatant dishonesty of his campaign ad which declares that Republicans are planning to eliminate Social Security. Are they proud of their son and grandson for telling a provably stark lie that is designed expressly to scare old, uninformed citizens into voting Democrat? <\/p>\n
What a despicable tactic, to prey upon the fears of those who are the most likely to be unaware of political realities and the most vulnerable viewers of his dishonest, fear-engendering political ad. I would imagine that Eric Griegos’ parents and grandparents are honorable people. I cannot believe that they would support his campaign’s efforts to create unwarranted fear among the most vulnerable among us, the elderly. C’mon, Eric, this is such an old, over-used, worn-out, Democrat lie trotted out every campaign that now national Democrats won’t use it. It is not only dishonest it is dishonorable to strike fear into the hearts of the viejos for no other reason than your personal political gain.<\/p>\n
You should be ashamed of yourself, young man. With your deliberate, shameful, contemptible effort to strike fear into the hearts of those who have earned the right to enjoy the Social Security they paid into all their lives to obtain some peace in their retirement years, you have unwittingly exposed the fact that you are unworthy to serve as their congressional representative.<\/p>\n
The most gracious move you could next make is to immediately stop those commercials and then beg the forgiveness of all those poor old New Mexicans in whom you instilled an unwarranted fear that they will become destitute.
\nShame, shame shame…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"