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Voters should scrutinize each candidate before they cast away change
While I understand the popular opinion of the day is to blame the administration and the Democratic Party for the shortcomings of our economy, and for promises that have not been kept, I would urge you all of you eligible to vote to consider a few things.
First is that for all of you who voted for members of the current government, I would like to remind you that you are the ones who put our representatives, senators and least of all, the president in office, and now it is your job to support them. The current administration has had less than a full term to try and complete its agenda, and so I would argue that voter anger against the party for not making good on 100 percent of election promises is premature.
Second I think it is important to take a serious look at the extreme right-wing views of the Tea Party movement and its candidates, including Paul LePage. Their views are extreme and their candidacies are propelled only by anger towards the Democratic Party.
While I can understand the anger of millions of Americans, I would hope that anger would not be the cause for voting into power a faction of a party that has anti-EPA views, and in the case of Delaware senate-hopeful Christine O’Donnell, wishes to bridge the necessary gap between church and state.
Voting is only a few days away, and I simply ask that you seriously consider each candidates platforms before making your decision. All Americans have a choice to make on Nov. 2, and I would hope all who are able to vote do so. But if you vote now out of frustration and distrust for one party, there will definitely be consequences down the road, and by voting the Republican Party into power, you are destroying this administration’s chance of making good on anything they promised during the campaign.
Let the president do what he promised he would two years ago, promises that you voted for by electing him. If you don’t vote with this mindset, the Tea Party will become a big faction in the House and Senate and allowing this will surely be something you regret long before you have a chance to vote them out.
Anthony Jackson
Student
Abort financial irresponsibility, vote “no” on ballot questions
How about we vote “no” on all three questions on the Nov. 2 ballot and get back to basic fiscal responsibility, conservative values and less future debt that our children will be paying for otherwise? Let’s get people off the couch and back to work by first cutting taxes to businesses that create and provide the jobs to us in the first place.
Say no to all the underlying, underhanded schemes that are just more stimulus packages we already know don’t work. Repeal the healthcare bill that spends taxpayers dollars to pay for someone else’s poor moral choices to abort babies if they didn’t want to have them in the first place. They should have thought about that before getting into the act that resulted in the pregnancy in the first place.
Legalized abortion is why social security doesn’t work. 43 million babies could have been the workforce in America that may have made a difference. Stop lying to yourselves that communism, or socialism is the answer to all your problems. Big government just doesn’t work!
Patricia Lawrence
Bangor Daily News