To the editor:
Maynard Thomson’s characterization of my column in The Conway Daily Sun of April 8 as “character assassination” (in a letter printed Thursday, April 21) is a disingenuous shot at deflecting reality in favor of propaganda. As Mr. Thomson states, “the Republican budget coming out of Concord is foolish” (not that he really meant to say that) and I will stand by my statement that it is an example of misogyny, cruelty and vindictiveness — one need only read the document to establish that.
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