Post Sunday, December 29th, 2002
After the Seattle Times editorialized in support of Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), it got plenty of hot feedback from its readers. As you can see on the Letters page, every letter on this issue castigates the paper. Here’s one:
Your editorial defending Sen. Patty Murray is the most blatant, partisan editorial I have ever read outside of Pravda. It just proves how extreme-left your paper is.As a former Marine officer who served his country well, it offends me greatly to have a senator who is so anti-American as Murray get away with such treasonous and stupid comments.
She and your paper will be widely quoted by al-Qaida and Saddam. Our military-service people who are in harm’s way protecting Murray will not have their morale enhanced by this.
Robert Johnston, Camano Island
Murray would have been a shoo-in for re-election in 2004, but this controversy will make speaker-slaying Republican George Nethercutt competitive if he chooses to challenge her.