Too late
I find it revolting how Democrats and President Joe Biden push for legislation and executive orders that serve their party instead of our country. To buy votes, he is purchasing allegiance from current and future college students, transferring much of their debt to other taxpaying citizens. He raided the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to bring down the cost of gas after chilling its production here in the U.S., despite that it is to be held for “national emergencies” only. He begged countries, some he had demonized, to export more oil to bring down the cost, and even considered removing punishing but necessary sanctions on Venezuela for oil.
He opened the border wide and invited millions of “future Democratic voters” into the country. The mayor of El Paso, Texas, said the White House asked him not to declare a state of emergency. The White House denied such a request was made. U.S. Customs and Border Protection released the fiscal year border crossing tally late on a Friday night to cloak awareness of the enormity of the problem.
Isn’t it interesting how some Democrats ignored the crisis at the southern border for nearly two years; enabled the teachers’ unions to endlessly extend COVID-19 lockdowns that led to the dismal education numbers recently; called for defunding the police; and turned a blind eye to the mayhem and destruction wrought by the “peaceful protests” of 2020; and told us that inflation was either not real, temporary or actually a good thing? Now, just before the midterms, they are suddenly claiming they always were concerned with those problems. Where was their concern the past two years?
Dr. Sheldon Fineman, Virginia Beach
Vote Democrat
For the upcoming elections, economic issues such as inflation are certainly weighing on voters’ minds. Even though these economic troubles affect nearly every advanced country, and are in large part caused by events beyond our control (the war in Ukraine), it is easy to just blame the party in power in Washington.
However, the real question voters should ask themselves is whether electing Republicans will actually help their own economic situation? Given its track record, the Republican Party, once in power, will follow an approach like that of Liz Truss (now resigned prime minister of the United Kingdom): lowering taxes for the rich (as it’s always done), with likely similarly catastrophic results. Meanwhile, Republicans will try to undo some of the policies that really help middle- and lower-income people, attack the social net, and jeopardize the creditworthiness of our country by threatening defaults. So, unless you want our government to be completely dysfunctional, vote for Democrats.
Sebastian Kuhn, Norfolk
Oppose Luria
Shame on Rep. Elaine Luria, shame on President Joe Biden and shame on the entire Democratic Party. Shame on all of them them for exploiting the abortion issue by putting it front and center of their political agenda. I find it deplorable and gut-wrenching that they stoop to this level to grovel for votes. Shame especially on Luria for including young children in her TV ads. It reminds me of the image in the news shortly after the Dobbs v. Jackson decision of a woman carrying a sign that said, “Don’t force this on anyone” standing in front of her own two children. What a horrible message to send to your children — to tell them that they are a problem and not wanted even after they are born. There are Democrats who oppose any restrictions on abortion and seek license for pregnant women to abort right up to the time of birth.
Since Roe v. Wade there have been more than 60 million abortions and still counting with no end in sight. We are truly living in a “Brave New World” — without a moral compass.
Jim DellaValle, Yorktown
Clear choice
As the midterm elections draw nearer, the differences between the two major parties becomes clearer and more decisive. Since the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Democrats have staked their reputation on dealing with reality, and doing so successfully.
I’m afraid Republicans can make no such claim. The very fact that the GOP has had no party platform for at least the past two years tells me that it hasn’t a clue about dealing with real people’s problems.
Facing the present is so scary for the minority party that it prefers to look backward to a time when most of these problems didn’t even exist, perhaps pretending somehow that those problems are not serious, or not even real, or worse they are probably self-inflicted. They are escapists.
The attempt to reach out to others in trouble is in some ways like the desire to pull a fellow drowning cruise passenger onto a lifeboat. That decision is risky: What if the lifeboat capsizes? Some already safely on board might be “risk averse.” But what do we think of that attitude? Under the prevailing conditions, it is unacceptable to most.
Dave Boraks, Onancock
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