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Melanie Morgan
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The following is an email exchange forwarded to Move America Forward by Cory Estes of Bucyrus, Ohio.  Mr. Estes is a 20 year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and wrote to Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid, requesting that Reid support John Bolton, the man nominated by President Bush to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the UN, and not smear Bolton during the confirmation process.

Note - we have removed Mr. Estes’ personal email address from this exchange:

-----Original Message-----
From: Cory XXXXX@columbus.rr.com
To: Anderson, Kai (Reid) Kai_Anderson@reid.senate.gov; Hafen, Tessa (Reid) Tessa_Hafen@reid.senate.gov; McCue, Susan (Reid) - Susan_McCue@reid.senate.gov; McCallum, David (Reid) David_McCallum@reid.senate.gov
Sent: Thu Mar 17 09:05:17 2005
Subject: Bolton Nomination

Bolton is the best possible person for the job of U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.  Senator Reid needs to get off of his extreme partisan horse, quit playing political games, and get back to representing his state in the Senate.

Cory S. Estes
Bucyrus, Ohio

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That email from Mr. Estes, elicited this response from Democrat Leader Reid’s Chief of Staff, Susan McCue:

----- Original Message -----
From: McCue, Susan (Reid) - Susan_McCue@reid.senate.gov
To: XXXXX@columbus.rr.com
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: Bolton Nomination

And you, cory, need to get off your extreme partisan puppetry and think this through. Blame the UN for the world’s ills if it makes you feel better. But maybe you should stop and think about what you as an individual can proactively do to protect this great nation.  Name-calling at the behest of the rich republican propaganda machinery isn’t it. Supporting our two-party constitional democracy is.
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The Office of Senator Harry Reid

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Mr. Estes replied to the berating he received from Reid’s Chief of Staff with the following email.  However, note that the Read Receipt Mr. Estes received indicates that McCue deleted the email without even opening it up to read:

----- Original Message -----
From: McCue, Susan (Reid) - Susan_McCue@reid.senate.gov
To: Cory
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 1:54 PM
Subject: Not read: Re: Bolton Nomination

Your message

To:  McCue, Susan (Reid) - Susan_McCue@reid.senate.gov
Subject: Re: Bolton Nomination
Sent:  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:13:00 -0500

was deleted without being read on Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:54:23 -0500

Ms. McCue,

Young lady, where was I name-calling?  And, what makes you think that I am involved in “extreme partisan puppetry”?  You do not know me personally and have no right to make such accusations.  Are you an extremist yourself?  After all, it is normal for those with extreme beliefs to accuse others of being extreme. 

I absolutely support our constitutional democracy (as you put it), and support the need for two or more parties to represent the differing political points of view in our country.  I am a student of US history, constitutional law, and US politics.  I read and study both sides of issues and base my decisions on personal values and historical perspective, not on what some media personality or blogger says.  I am nobody’s puppet and never will be!

And finally, you said, “But maybe you should stop and think about what you as an individual can proactively do to protect this great nation.” Again, you should be more careful about what you say.  I proudly and honorably served in the US Air Force for more than 20 years.  I think I can very safely say that I have not just stopped and thought, I have proactively given a large part of my life to the protection of this great nation,

Sincerely and proudly,

Cory S. Estes, USAF (Retired)