Two More For Patrick

Amidst the muck and the garbage aimed at Patrick Murphy and Democrats in general, these two letters were published today in the Bucks County Courier Times:

The keepers of the Catholic faith were at it again on Oct. 21. There were several letters. These people just don't seem to get it

Pro-choice Catholics have as much of a right to our religious heritage as they have. We are pro-choice, not pro-abortion. The right to abortion is the law.

Democratic congressional candidate Patrick Murphy will uphold that law regardless of his religious affiliation. I was a young voter when John Kennedy was nominated for President, and the cry then was "Rome will be running the White House." Well, that never happened. His religion never interfered with his politics, as it should be.

If these people are so concerned about killing the unborn, then why aren't they just as concerned about the killing of our young soldiers in Iraq and the thousands of innocent Iraqis being killed every day? What about the tragedy in Darfur?

These are the issues that should concern the faith keepers.

Estelle Austin
Middletown Township

If he's really trying to prove that he's independent, why didn't Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick oppose the Iraq war from the beginning? Why doesn't he fight against keeping the minimum wage at a pathetic $5.15 per hour? Why does he vote to protect oil-company gouging? Why does he support cuts to federal student aid? Why doesn't he fight for a universal health insurance plan that every one of the 23 other industrialized nations has? Why doesn't he fight for a realistic prescription drug program that favors seniors instead of the Bush plan that is a bonanza for drug companies?

Fitzpatrick has proven himself to be nothing more than a rubber stamp for the Bush administration in almost all of its failed major policies.

Democratic challenger Patrick Murphy, on the other hand, is a brave, bright, intelligent new face we need in Washington. He has a plan to end the war and he will fight for seniors, veterans, and the middle class to end this Republican disaster.

Danielle Poorman
Falls Township

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