Dear Mary Petz,
I am glad for your attempt to accomplish what your party did not and that is to present a platform on the issues and telling us what Republicans stand for. I have to suggest, however, that this is not that missing platform, but your list of platitudes, for the most part generic and not shared by your so called leader.
Is a misogynist cretin, draft dodger, bully and business failure who pays no taxes really the kind of person you find as an example of a leader who understands our nation? ¨America cannot endure another four years of division, chaos, corruption, norm-breaking, rule-breaking, hatred toward immigrants, and lies and incompetence, ¨ said the Star Tribune. The Great Divider is an apt description: Angry Don has become my pet name for him.
But now to Ron Wizykoski who does not know anything about fascism and how it applies to Angry Don. First let us consider the dictionary definition:
Fascism is a form of far-right, authoritarian ultra-nationalism characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition and strong regimentation of society and of the economy, which came to prominence in early 20th-century Europe.
Antifa opposes Fascism, the US and allies were AntiFa during WWII, we should all be AntiFa. No, they are not doing the burning, looting and rioting, that was inspired by right wing white power followers, who have been enabled by Angry Don, who refuses to denounce them.
And it does matter to have as president one who has not won the popular vote, he then rules by edict and becomes the tyrant as described in tyranny of the majority, Ron somehow seems to think that means we should have government by a minority, that is true tyranny. John Adams was arguing against government by a single unicameral elected body; attempting to highlight the need instead for “a mixed government, consisting of three branches,” which we have done. Angry Don is a better example of such tyranny as he ignores the other branches.
Ron also suggests that Obama offered no low cost alternatives with his healthcare plan, which is again a false statement. First, Obama expanded care to 40 million more people who did not have any alternatives until the ACA, and yes, being comprehensive covered things that not everyone needed in any policy but could not be left out lest they become junk policies. It was also the pubs that pushed out the public option, which would have expended the care even more. I have to ask though: what is the republican healthcare plan? Don´t get sick?
Maybe it is time for Ron to recognize that the primary season has ended, what any individuals proposed in seeking the nomination has little to with the platform the endorsed candidates are running on, Joe, Kamala and the Democrats are for rebuilding the ACA, improving public education, not funding poor alternatives that do not improve learning and merely undermine the public system that works for all of us.
Must be getting close to Halloween because Ron is now looking for ¨ghoulish remains¨ in dumpsters, but he can save a trip to any PP clinics: human waste from safe legal procedures is usually buried or incinerated, not put in dumpsters.
Lastly Ron brings up voter ID. MN does have a voter ID requirement, everyone needs to prove ID when they register, but we voted against requiring people to show it every time they fill in a ballot, their registration is the proof. Having the numbers tattooed on your arm will not improve voting security; voter suppression is a much bigger concern, we want more people to vote, not fewer. Most of us in Cook county vote by mail anyhow, and the postal delivery person doesn´t want to have to look at an ID.
Jerry Hiniker, Grand Marais
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