This was a letter submitted and since I believe the ACLU doesn't work for American citizens much anymore I felt it was worth reading.

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs. ... /OPINION02

ACLU, activists duped voters

November 25, 2006

What is disheartening about the political process, especially when we can look at the recent elections locally, regionally and nationally, is the vocal underpinning of incivility and a sense of looming anarchy and just not in terms of rhetoric but now with nasty actions destructive not only to the fabric which knits this nation together but with it, the objective of destroying individuals through the use of ad hominem attacks.

I think of our recent elections here in Vermont and look at the PACs and for which many reasonable voters have been looking to our politicians to outlaw for a number of years now. Two in Vermont come to mind which include both the Vermont NEA (which loves the 10.9 "student to teacher" ratio in this state and the heavy use of special education) and the Vermont Senate Victory PAC. Both actively put in their crosshairs certain individuals in the state to remove from office. Succinctly, the methodology they employed was nothing short of hate mail not aimed at any good but rather triggered to publicly destroy the character and integrity of the candidates that they chose to target. These mailings were and are an insult to the process and need to stop. Most of them are against state statutes: Vermont Title 17.

The individuals driving these tactics were not and are not interested in the individual (residents and citizenry), nor the issue, nor the state but rather the party. These tactics were employed locally, statewide, and even in the national elections. In addition to the mailings, used malevolently, was the absentee ballot process. The misuse here, and while it may be deemed legal, has no place in politics.

Taking advantage of our residents by targeting and manipulating them on the spot with no opportunity nor time for reasoned decisions is highly unfair to all concerned. The operatives involved should be ashamed of themselves, for by using this vehicle they are artificially manipulating the voting process. And behind these tactics was not only one national candidate for office, but two longtime Rutland political activists and these ladies know who they are. Shame on you.

In this day however there is no shame and thus the Machiavellian tenet that whatever it takes to accomplish the ends you seek, is OK. And what do we expect in a nation plagued with anti-bias against the state, propertied land owners, and God, etc., from what is nothing more than an attack dog: the ACLU. Their anti-American, anti-Christian rhetoric and misuse of the court system is a bit much to ingest. I wonder if this agency of anarchy and their legion of followers would be allowed to set up operations in Germany, Great Britain, China or Japan, or how about Israel or even better, Iran or Iraq or Syria, and implement these same tactics to manipulate the powers to be in government. I think not. Initially embracing the Communist Manifesto, they continue in its tenets today. Nothing changes.

With the PACs referenced above and the political activists taking marching orders from a veiled plan set forth in what can easily be deemed the ACLU Manifesto, what else can one expect. But let this country fund them, promote them, elevate them as heroes, and perhaps some day we will all be under a red flag since one of them now sits in Washington, and quite a few in our state offices. Or even more illustrative of "when the need to know" will arise will be determined when one of our cities will be no longer.

Then again, and according to the recent changes in our political climate, we apparently should wait until after it happens.