Message #11220

[goldenearring]

I was amazed to see President Bush demonstrated against on tv this morning by European picketers protesting the McVeigh execution and the others in Texas while he was governor of that wonderful state.  I applaud his answer, something to the effect of "democratic nation/will of the people," not "gee, whiz, I'm sorry y'all feel that way."  I'm standin' by mah man on this one.  His job is to represent the people he serves.  To my knowledge, we don't know what his personal feelings regarding the death penalty are.  Those who disagree strongly with the death penalty need to get involved in the political machinery, as frustrating as it can sometimes be.  Unfortunately, we (including me) have little in the way of a leg to stand on complaining about things if we're not willing to be part of the effort to change things, that includes stuff like this as well as the day-to-day trials and tribulations of being in the administrative field.