Dear Editor:

I read the letter asking if Obama supporters felt any remorse and should have expected that a published reply would refuse to answer the question in any manner other than Misters Renfrow and Marston did. I am not writing this in defense of President Bush, but I am in total awe that they can complain that Obama is being criticized after eight months in office when President Bush was under attack for more than eight years.

Bush tax credits only help the wealthy? Guess again. The child tax credit and lower income tax brackets have benefited millions of American families with low and middle incomes. Lower capital gains tax? That has benefited millions more. The original question about voter remorse with regard to Obama, is that we appear to have elected a man who has no use for individual liberty. He considers the Constitution a flawed document and his most frequent visitor to the White House (SEIU President Andy Stern) refers to the Constitution as a 223-year-old “problem.” He has surrounded himself with a shadow government of czars and appointees, several of whom are open admirers of Marx and Mao, yet does a rapid “backstroke” from his close associations with Jeremiah Wright, Willam Ayers and Rod Blagojevich.

I agree that the banking crisis could and should have been averted with better regulation. I am not so sure that the stimulus “aka” government takeover is much of an answer. Delta County residents may be the beneficiaries of a nice road and many temporary jobs, but I don’t know how many of us will be grateful for the costs of any project being passed on to our grandchildren. I don’t know how many people are happy that those same children will grow up with a government that may, by then, have succeeded in dictating salaries, control health care decisions, mandate types of fuel to use, control our thermostats remotely and so on. Misters Marston and Renfrow go on to state they hope Mr. Fangman is not rooting for Obama to fail “like Rush Limbaugh.” Here is the link, read the transcript, get the context of the source material: www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_011609/content/01125113.guest.html.

Jakki Taylor

Paonia

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Pot Calling The Kettle Black?
written by DeltaDude , November 19, 2009

Let's see, I think it's about time for a reality check and a quick body count. Your worried about the company Obama keeps but the weapons of mass deception fiasco that has resulted the in the unnecessary deaths of over 1 million people counts for nothing?

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42618

Then there is the Regan era ideology of no government interference in banking or business. Sounded good at the time. Only one small problem, banking and Wall Street is riddled with fraud and corruption.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/americas-soul-is-lost-and-collapse-is-inevitable-2009-10-20

Paul Farrell sums my feeling about this country. I feel it's headed for the toilet big time. Maybe your precious Rush Limbaugh will save us all? I don't think so.

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