Regarding “Democrats say GOP playing to terror fears,” Page 1, Sept. 20), I imagine that I am not the only Illinois resident who is disappointed and embarrassed by House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s comments suggesting that Al Qaeda might be more comfortable with John Kerry as president than with George Bush.
The one thing in this acrimonious campaign that Democrats and Republicans can agree on is the necessity of fighting terrorism.
The fact that Hastert would prey on the fears of so many for political gain represents a new low in the political discourse.
His comments suggest he cares more about impugning fellow Americans running for office than in improving the lives of fellow Americans that he serves as speaker.
In the interests of taming such divisiveness, I urge him to issue an apology and a retraction.
