A message to candidates
What if we had an election and no one voted for the candidates? What if we just voted for the issues? I am sure I am not alone when it comes to the current political scene. Rather than stay adhered to the issues that concern the citizens of Colorado, we have to listen to accusations and recriminations from the current crop of candidates as they attack each other for a variety of infractions, perceived or misguided.
Enough is enough. Forget personal attacks. Deal with the issues. If you can’t deal with the issues, politics is not the answer. We already have enough incompetent people in office now who will eventually disappear when election time rolls around.
William J. Davis, Northglenn
The focus on breast cancer
Re: “Other diseases have ribbons, too,” Oct. 14 Colorado Voices column.
My father had colon cancer, my husband had prostate cancer, and my cousin had lung cancer, although he never smoked a day in his life. My mother died of brain cancer and my sister-in- law died of lung cancer. Fortunately, my father and husband are cancer-free and living full lives. My cousin is not. He died three years ago. If it were not for the nagging of my mother and myself with our respective spouses, they might not be alive today. I have lost other relatives, a friend and acquaintances to cancer. I have had three close friends who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately, they have overcome it – so far.
Cancer in all forms is a hideous disease. It is my fervent hope and prayer that someone, some place on this Earth, will come up with a cure for it.
Frankly, I think the ribbons are a waste of money. I don’t know how much they cost, because I have never bought one. Instead, I would suggest people donate the cost of those ribbons to an organization whose purpose is to find a cure for whatever cancer or disease people feel strongly about.
Furthermore, why do we need ribbons to have cancer awareness? Cancer is horrendous and notorious enough to create an awareness all by itself.
People need to be reminded there are other diseases besides the one that has been sponsored by a remarkable marketing machine.
Becky Brady, Arvada
Mallard’s attack on Clinton
Bruce Tinsley, through his liberal- bashing duck, Mallard Fillmore, really wallows in the slime with his latest portrayal of Bill Clinton (Oct. 16). He suggests that Clinton condones the actions of Mark Foley because Clinton has not (according to Tinsley) publicly criticized Foley. His caricature of Clinton says “Heck … What’s all the fuss about?” Regardless of how one feels about Clinton, the implication that he sees nothing wrong with adults soliciting sexual favors from children or having sexual relationships with them is outrageous.
Tinsley has even gone beyond that hypocritical conservative blabbermouth Rush Limbaugh in evoking Clinton’s name in this connection with the Foley business. And Limbaugh went so far as to say that Foley was “set up” by Democrats associated with Clinton. Tinsley should do us all a service by taking his quacking, cartoon mouthpiece duck hunting with Dick Cheney. It would be nice if Tinsley, who professes to be a Christian (See his annual Christmas Day cartoon), followed the Golden Rule rather than the right-wing conservative practice of smearing thy neighbor.
Mike Sullivan, Longmont
Support for the Fair Tax
In the TV ad where Bill Ritter attacks Bob Beauprez for supporting a 23 percent national sales tax, he fails to reveal that what Beauprez was supporting was the Fair Tax. The Fair Tax would eliminate the federal income tax.
The American people spend 4 billion hours yearly to report taxes to the IRS. Every business in the world would want to build plants and create jobs in the U.S. if they did not have to pay income taxes. Maybe nothing else we could ever do would result in more prosperity than the Fair Tax.
While the FairTax subject is not a direct concern of a governor, the support or rejection of it probably reveals fiscal ability and intelligence. People should support any candidate who has enough fiscal sense to support the Fair Tax. When it comes to Colorado’s candidates for governor, Beauprez should get the nod.
J. David Huskin, Centennial
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