Having read Chris Connelly's Sept. 13 Viewpoints piece ["Congress, Obama, ignore the American people at their peril"], I find Republicans more remarkable than ever.
Mr. Connelly portrays himself and the rest of the vociferous right-wing Republicans as docile victims of an overbearing and egregious Democratic Party.
Mr. Connelly cites as evidence Barney Frank's rejoinder to a woman's assertion concerning proposed health care reforms.
Did anyone listen to what the woman said? Clearly, Rep. Frank's response alluding to a piece of household furniture was appropriate.
Does Mr. Connelly find that fist-pounding, shouting, and fingers in the face are appropriate representations of an individual's feelings? Or were most of these demonstrations choreographed by such folks as Dick Armey? I don't know, but I have my suspicions.
Mr. Connelly's silly op-ed is all of a piece with the current inability of the
Having written this foolishness, Mr. Connelly places himself in the same orbit as Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, and their ilk.
It is too bad that we in America can no longer debate an issue based on objectivity, but must rely on lies, half-truths, and innuendo.
The Republican Party may well go the way of the dodo bird and spawn--prior to its final demise--a new center moderate party, one in which Colin Powell and John McCain might play active roles.
I am neither Democrat nor Republican, but rather an independent. Surprisingly, for all the talk concerning the "Founding Fathers," none of them belonged to a political party.
It was the election of 1800 in which political parties raised their ugly heads and almost destroyed what the Revolution had built.
James J. Good
Spotsylvania