To the Editor:

Darned good.

Darned good intelligence.

Darned good lies about aluminum tubes.

Darned good lies about Niger uranium.

Darned good lies about al-Queda connection.

Darned good lies about non-existent Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Darned good lies about non-existent Iraqi weapons delivery systems.

Darned good lies about non-existent Iraqi threats to American security.

Darned good Baghdad shooting gallery.

Darned good "Bring 'em on" crack.

Darned good tax cuts for the rich.

Darned good 455 billion dollars federal budget deficit.

Darned good environmental degradation.

Darned good Florida 2000 election theft.

Darned good getting a very sore loser and second place finisher into the White House with a darned good Supreme Court ruling.

Darned good pre-9/11 intelligence and border security that allowed terrorists to waltz in and out of the U. S. virtually at will.

Darned good.

Yours truly,

James K. Sayre

17 July 2003