Congress should represent us, not themselves | Letter

Published 12:14 pm Friday, November 1, 2013

Once again, Mr. Stevor Compton’s letter about Michael Costello’s opinion of Obamacare demonstrated that if one doesn’t agree with the opinion of a Liberal, excuse me, I mean “Progressive,” then that opposing opinion is WRONG.

If Fox News Channel is an entertainment channel, then CNN is nothing more than the voice of the White House and the Liberal minions thereof. CNN continually sings the praises of the current administration, its policies and decisions, with hardly ever a dissenting view. Is that “fair and balanced” journalism? I think not.

Mr. Compton refers to us on the conservative side of the aisle as “…knuckle draggers….”  I remember in ninth grade civics class studying Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital,” wherein one of the directives of communism is to, “…attack the person, not the issue…” if faced with an opposing view. I suggest both sides refrain from name calling, as it’s a cheap trick and only demonstrates the level of immaturity, the degree of misinformation and the fact that there is no other intelligent response to an opposing view.

Lastly, no, we don’t want “to go back to the days of debtors prisons.” What we, those who are sick and tired of being tapped for everyone else’s bills and entitlements want, is for the Congress to get their act together, develop and approve a realistic budget (and stick to it) and stop arguing and do what they were elected to do: represent us, not themselves!

Dick Bowne, Redmond