This Woman is What's Wrong With America

I'm sorry to bring this to your attention, but it's pretty much my civic duty at this point. I love my old home town of Alamogordo, but after this and the burning of Harry Potter books a few years ago, it's time to move on. Above you see Marcia Stirman, who ran in 2006 for a position as Magistrate Court Judge. Below you'll find an article from the Associated Press about a letter she wrote to the editor of the Alamogordo Daily News in response to a previous submission "Why I'm a Democrat". I apologize sincerely on behalf of everyone from Alamogordo for this woman, and I hope everyone realizes that things were not always like this.

By Tim Korte, of the Associated Press:

ALBUQUERQUE - The chairwoman of an Otero County Republican women's group on Tuesday defended a letter to the editor in which she wrote, ''I believe Muslims are our enemies.''

Marcia Stirman, a 56-year-old interior decorator, also called Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama ''a Muslim socialist.''

A national Islamic group expressed outrage over Stirman's letter and called on state and national Republican Party officials to repudiate the publication of ''anti-Muslim comments.''

''Because these hate-filled remarks were made by a prominent Republican, it is incumbent on state and national GOP officials to repudiate her divisive and intolerant views,'' said Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

Officials with the Republican Party of New Mexico had no immediate comment.

The letter ran Tuesday in the Alamogordo Daily News. It was titled ''Why I'm a Republican'' and listed 16 reasons for her party affiliation.

The list ends with Stirman saying Obama is ''a Muslim socialist.'' She also wrote, ''I believe war is a fact of life and we should always win.''

Stirman told The Associated Press in a telephone interview that she was surprised by reaction to her letter, which she said included support from all over the country. She wrote it after the newspaper recently published another reader's letter titled ''Why I'm a Democrat.''

Asked for a response to Awad's concerns, she said of Muslims: ''I don't trust them at all.

They've sworn across the world that they are our enemies. Why we're trying to elect one is beside me.''

Obama's Kenyan father was Muslim, but Obama grew up in a Christian family. Although he has professed his Christianity repeatedly and explained how his Christian faith shapes his politics, he has battled Internet-fueled rumors throughout the campaign that he is Muslim.

Stirman said she carefully considered what she wrote in the letter, refused to apologize and defended her right to express her views.

''I still have freedom of speech and an opinion. If the Islamic group doesn't like it, well, I don't like what's going on in their camp, either,'' Stirman said.

In case you're wondering exactly what her letter said, here it is verbatim:

I read in today's paper what a woman wrote explaining why she's a Democrat. Let me tell you why I'm not. I'm a Republican because:

I believe in a sovereign God who sometimes gives us what we deserve.

I believe Muslims are our enemies.

I believe in life. A baby is not just a fetus, but a living being no matter where it resides.

I believe there is a good reason for the death penalty.

I believe in fiscal responsibility, for the government and for us.

I believe the government is way too big and rife with greed and corruption.

I believe in the truth. People believe lies because it's much easier than finding the truth.

I believe in personal responsibility. That includes spanking your children.

I believe American women should raise their own children and American men should be men enough to pay for children they've produced.

I believe a man and woman make marriage. Period.

I believe in America first and foremost and we ought to take care of our own people, our own land, and illegal aliens should go home.

I believe in guns and knowing how to use them properly.

I believe war is a fact of life and we should always win.

I believe in lower taxes. I know how to spend money better than Congress any day

I believe in voter ID.

I believe there is a moderate and a socialist in this election. I agree with a two-party system, but Obama isn't a messiah or a democrat.

He's a Muslim socialist.


Marcia Stirman, Alamogordo
From the Alamogordo Daily News

This has got to stop, Obama needs to win if only to put real change into action. Not even politically, but at the very least ethnically. I'm all for freedom of speech, but bigotry and racism based solely on the fact that this woman is too stubborn to educate herself out of her own ignorance... fuck that, and fuck you Marcia Stirman! GO TIGERS!!!! How's that for freedom of speech, bitches!