To the Editor:
Apparently I can read better than Mr. Veverka can hear. In his October 6th letter in the Laconia Daily Sun, Mr. Veverka adamantly assured us the term “TEA Party” did not exist in the Hightower article referenced by my letter. “TEA Party” can found near the beginning of paragraph 8.
The focus of my letter was on the TEA Party, what it is and isn‘t, its criticisms of both parties and wasteful government operations, and its focus on principles, not political party. My letter was inspired by the Hightower column, the most recent (at the time) attempt to malign the TEA Party and its principles.
Hightower’s article and Veverka’s letter are just partisan attack pieces. It is a common liberal technique to attack anyone who tries to stop or even slow the growth of government. Anyone who won’t cave to whatever liberals demand will be smeared. It doesn’t matter whether the program works, is worth the cost, is counter-productive, or is affordable.