BUSH AND CO. ARE ABSOLUTE POSERS

I'm writing about Jim Miller's outstanding letter, "The best damn
letter we received all week!" (April 8).

U.S. drug czar John Walters is just as phony and hypocritical as the
man who appointed him to his job. Czar Walters is coming to Nevada to
educate you heathens about the evils of marijuana, the natural herb
that has never been documented to kill a single person in the
5,000-year history of its use.

Bush, Ashcroft, Walters and other Republicans know what's best for
Nevada, even if the Nevada citizens don't. So Bush and Walters must
teach you.

I'd like to add that Bush is exceptionally good at one thing -
posing. Posing on the deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lincoln
wearing a flight suit. Posing in front of cheering crowds while
protesters are out of sight and out of mind in so-called "free speech
zones." And posing as a compassionate conservative, which he is neither.

Bush is also good at posing as one of us common folks.

The fact is George W. Bush is a Connecticut-born, private-prep-school-educated,
pretend cowboy, who was born with a diamond studded, solid-gold spoon
in his mouth.

KIRK MUSE

MESA, ARIZ.