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Editor,
To thine own self be true. Ms. Smith would do well to heed her own advice rather than repeat the errors she sees in the way Mr. McClellan presents information. Blaming either just the Republicans or the Democrats for where we are and saying one does or does not have America’s interest and concerns at heart is such a shallow look at how we operate as a country, and have since we were formed.
She says the administration lied about Benghazi and probably believes that. Didn’t hear how she viewed the information from the administration about the presence of weapons of mass destruction. She talks about the border crisis as if it only came up in the last six years. But not about why the problem was not solved when the Republicans controlled both houses and had the presidency just a few years earlier. Why didn’t they come up with a workable solution then? I believe Mr. Bush inherited a solvent budgetary situation and led us into two wars. But she talks about our current deficit as if it just occurred. How does she think the budget paid for recent actions, with cash on hand?
I do not mean to say one side is better than the other for both sides do the same thing. We see our side as doing it correctly and theirs as doing it incorrectly. Both sides’ leadership, I believe, does what they believe is best for a diverse America and act with the safety and welfare of our nation in mind — but their point of view on how that is achieved, differs. As voters, we the people see our side as right and voice our opinions, usually as if they were facts. Most of us are too lazy or indifferent to research and hear the other side. So we attribute beliefs as characteristics belonging to the other.
And feel free to recall the line: “O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not.”
Rich Bell
Polson
