FROM: Terry Lynch@aol.com; POB 241035; Montgomery, AL 36124-1035
Phone: (334) 277-3582 voice/fax

DATE:  May 7, 1998 

TO:  Letter to the Editor      WORD COUNT: May be edited for space

REF:  Viagra Is A Political Issue! 

The only reason for not funding Viagra is if our politicians fear 
they will lose votes. Aged conservative politicians are afraid of 
Viagra's effects come election day.  Plus they are afraid of 
Viagra's effects upon party politics and politicians themselves.

Who knows what would happen if President Clinton should take 
Viagra?  The rise and fall of the White House standard of ethics 
would make the Monica Lowinsky-Paula Jones affairs limp by 
comparison.  Of course I doubt even Viagra could help restore the 
vitality of over-the-hill politicians in Alabama.

God forbid Gov. Fob James or Mayor Emory Folmar should ever take 
Viagra!  They can't seem to raise anything unless it is tax 
exempt dollars at over priced, mega buck per plate fund raising 
dinners.  From recent reports I certainly know that the only 
thing which seems to excites ex-felon, ex-governor Guy Hunt is 
money, money, and more money.  Viagra might make Hunt's desire 
for tax exempt funds go limp!

Of course if our politicians decide not to permit Medicaid 
funding for Viagra we must ask why?  Could it be they see a 
relationship between how people vote and their impotence?

Republicans promote themselves as morally fit for leadership and 
apparently think the only fun people should be having is pulling 
the voting booth lever.  If Viagra restores potency to older 
voters, Republicans will likely lose votes in favor of those 
older Americans wanting to emulate President Clinton.

You may laugh, but Republicans, and aged politicians in general, 
hold the purse strings in Alabama. They don't want to pay for 
anything which might cost them votes.  Viagra is a double-wammie 
because not only does it give older voters something else to play 
with besides political polls and voting booth levers, but it 
enables them to feel young again.  One thing older, establishment 
oriented politicians don't want is for voters to feel young!  God 
forbid that anyone over 55 should feel young and want to vote for 
the likes of Clinton or Gore!

Viagra users aren't going to vote for anyone unless they raise 
their standards and endorse Medicaid payments for their drug of 
choice.  Hence you won't find Alabama conservative or politically 
limp elitist politicians putting Viagra in anyone's medicine 
cabinet.  It would spell doom to politicians over 55!  And that 
would mean a Democratic victory come election day!

Sincerely,
TerryLynch@aol.com
Montgomery