The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, May 24, 1996                  TAG: 9605240006
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A18  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                            LENGTH:   19 lines

POLITICS AS USUAL

The outrage expressed by editorial writer Kerry Dougherty is amazing to me (``It's no wonder the ethically challenged are drawn to politics,'' Perspectives, May 11).

I have been voting for more than 40 years. Each time I was approached by people speaking for their candidates, Democratic and Republican and other parties.

I wonder if Ms. Dougherty's harangue would have been so vitriolic if the supporter had been a Democrat.

THOMAS E. VIOLET

Chesapeake, May 12, 1996 by CNB