FILE – In this May 12, 2014, file photo, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks in New York. Democrats last week assailed Giuliani for questioning President Barack Obama’s love of country. (John Minchillo, Associated Press file)
Re: “Wisconsin Governor: ‘I don’t know’ if Obama loves his country,” Feb. 22 news story.
At one time, we had some respect for Rudy Giuliani for his post-9/11 actions, but his comments about President Obama not loving America leave us with no respect for him and those who do not disavow that statement.
Giuliani grew up in one set of circumstances, and Obama in another, both in America. Democracy calls upon us to have a spirited, civil discussion of issues that face us, with the understanding that while we mostly see the same challenges that face America, we still may come to different conclusions and visions as to how best to solve those challenges, based on our backgrounds and what we have learned in our individual lives.
Many of us can and do disagree with some, if not many, of Obama’s visions, but saying that he — and by intimation, his supporters — do not love America is a bridge too far.
John Thomas,Fort Collins
This letter was published in the Feb. 25 edition.
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