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Letter: Liberals care about everyone

Friday, Nov. 29, 2002 | 4:08 a.m.

I am writing in response to people who believe that the terms "Democrat" and "liberal" are synonymous. The dictionary defines liberal as a freethinker who is generous and not narrow-minded in opinion. We liberals also care about our fellow man, whether rich or poor.

I would like to thank the Republicans/conservatives for giving us so many caring presidents. Ronald Reagan cut federal spending to mental institutions, forcing them to oust borderline cases. Thus, we inherited the homeless, many of them veterans. The elder Bush gave us gas lines, a sick economy and Desert Storm. Nixon gave us Watergate, and of course George W. Bush is going to give us World War III, a sick economy and a broken promise to Nevadans regarding the nuclear waste dump.

Quoting from Hemingway, "Send not forth to ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee." I think the Republicans/conservatives may be a little hard of hearing.

DORI NISSENSON

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