Dear Mrs. Chambliss,

The AJC recently ran an article quoting you as saying regarding the infamous TV ad that your husband ran juxtaposing Max Cleland with Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein and impugning Cleland's patriotism: "It's just amazing to me that they still will not let it go."

M'am, you need quickly to turn to the Holy Bible and nothing less than the Ten Commandments to find the answer to your perplexity about why decent, God-fearing Georgians still hold your husband responsible for his deed.  Go to Exodus 20:16 and read, "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor."

If you are still bewildered, I humbly beseech you and your husband to seek guidance from a pastor, priest, or rabbi. I am more than a little surprised to learn your faulty knowledge of Holy Scripture. Most Southerners learned at their mother's knee that you do not tell lies about your neighbor, or about your political opponents.

I will pray for you and your husband, that you will overcome the gaps in your moral grounding, and restore your souls and your lapsed standing with God by apologizing for that wretched ad.

Sincerely,

Tom Barksdale

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