We can be better
How much more will we read and listen to and try to make sense of what is happening? We live in the greatest country in the world, with the opportunity to voice our opinions without fear of retribution, and to cast our vote in private, also without fear of retribution. That being said, our election process is not the best, but it is the only one we have and, like it or not, this is what we must work with during this election year.
With all due respect to the letters in your Feb. 23 edition from two very articulate people on the Republican Party and partisan warfare, we must look at the broader picture, and that is the state of our beloved county. We are at a very critical time in our history. We are in trouble on every front. What we must do now is to try to get past the rhetoric, personality issues and look at the way to solve our problems. The divisions between the two parties have escalated to a point that it has made us a laughingstock to the rest of the world. It’s time to grow up and stop acting like children.
There are good things and bad things on both sides, and it is up to us as voters to make the choices that are right and just for our country. There are many times that people vote for the person and not the party. We have to be open-minded about it all and be well-informed by looking at every side of the issues.
Most of the people that I speak with about the issues feel as I do, that our country is in a great deal of trouble and we must look for the proper way to bring about the changes that will help us to have that feeling of pride and joy again.
Our Founding Fathers must be rolling over in their graves at this point. The Constitution is being torn apart, our rights are being taken from us and we must elect the candidates who will bring them back to us. We can be even better than we are now, and we must be for the generations to come. Our children and grandchildren will eventually pay the price for what is going on right now. Their future is in the hands of our next president. I hope that those hands are clean and strong.
Virginia A. Trois
Washington