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<font face="Comic Sans MS">VERY WELL EXPRESSED, SUE!<br>
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Sam I am in Moscow<br>
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Sue Hovey wrote:
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<div>I am furious about his refusal to discuss issues with his
opponent. Gresham Bouma is milking the postcard incident for all
it’s worth. I’m beginning to wonder now, just who did send it? Bouma
has certainly used this as an excuse to hide behind his followers and
keep his philosophical ideas to himself. I have to say, I wish now I
had not denied Nick Gier the opportunity for a follow up question at
the AARP Forum. I recognized Bouma was evading the legitimate concerns
of Mr. Gier and others who have read the sermons posted on the church
website (I guess they’ve been pulled now.) but I had never through the
years allowed a followup and decided not to at that time. I was
totally stupid. Bouma knew he would get away with his evasive
rationale and I was concerned about being even handed. I neglected to
be fair because I was concerned about protocol. Nick, I’m sorry. </div>
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<div>The other concern I have is Bouma’s education ad. He touts his
service as a public school teacher, auditor, whatever, shows the
picture of his cute (he really is, I talked with him) young son, who
has been home schooled. One needs to ask, “when teachers school their
own students at home or in places other than the public schools, just
where does their loyalty lie?” </div>
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<div>Someone on this website mentioned what? Bouma’s 4 or 5 traffic
tickets over the past decade. (Declaration: I got one, too, once.
It was 40 something years ago when Scott was a baby. It was all his
fault.) And one of Bouma’s is for speeding through a work zone.
And a fishing violation....another issue. I wasn’t going to speak to
this anywhere, but Bouma refuses to deal with the “unwashed” so I’ll
do it here. The positions of his minister are legitimate questions
for those of us who would ask Bouma’s response to them. I was
particularly incensed by the incident when his minister promoted
Bouma’s campaign from the pulpit then admitted he knew it was a
violation of federal law for him to do so. Did Bouma repudiate that
statement? There is no record he did. And now, I understand, all that
material has been removed from their website. Are they ashamed? They
should be. What it leaves me to believe is this: GRESHAM BOUMA WILL
OBEY THE LAW IF HE FEELS IT IS HIS RELIGIOUS RESPONSIBILITY TO DO SO.
IF HE FEELS IT ISN’T, HE IS PERFECTLY WILLING TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY.
Reminds me of a former governor of Texas who said it wasn’t a lie if
there wasn’t a Bible in the room. I do not want that sort of person
representing me in Boise—Bouma must love Phil Hart, he campaigned with
him. So now he’s willing to tie himself to folks who don’t pay their
taxes and steal from public school children. No, you can’t ask him
about any of that. He refuses to participate in any activity in which
he can’t control the questions. <br>
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<div>Sue Hovey</div>
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<div style=""><b>From:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="reggieholmquist@u.boisestate.edu"
href="mailto:reggieholmquist@u.boisestate.edu">Reggie Holmquist</a> </div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 27, 2010 6:48 PM</div>
<div><b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Moscow
Vision 2020</a> </div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] Bouma didn't show up</div>
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says it all. Bouma didn't show up to the radio call-in show tonight.
This upsets me greatly, because I REALLY wanted to ask him a question.
Grrrrrr. . .<br>
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-Reggie<br clear="all">
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what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly
disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and
inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has
already happened. <br>
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