Letters to the Editor category, Page 290
Letter to the editor: Vote on performance, not promises
Politicians are well known for making a whole shopping list of promises addressing what they will do to correct the many world and everyday life problems. But what is more important is: Can they or have they demonstrated they can perform in such a way to keep the promise? We...
Letter to the editor: How will Democrats pay for their ideas?
The only platform the Democratic Party runs on is they believe in issues that appear helpful, yet they have no idea how they will pay for it — universal health care, open borders and mandatory paid leave, just to name three. There is no way any candidate on any level...
Letter to the editor: Election choice — none of the above
As a consistently registered independent since 1967, it is extremely disheartening to witness how we have permitted the deterioration of our government and legal system. This is, arguably, one of the lowest periods in our country’s development: deceit, lies, fraud, illegal actions, etc. All talk show hosts and radio/ TV...
Letter to the editor: What the Republican Party believes
Apparently, the Republican Party: • Detests democracy, for in states where it controls the legislature (including Pennsylvania), it is considering voiding allocation of Electoral College votes according to the popular vote so instead to disenfranchise voters so that the legislature alone can select electors (as reported by Barton Gellman in...
Letter to the editor: Fettermans set good example
I was so sad to read of our lieutenant govenor’s wife, Gisele Fetterman, being verbally accosted while merely shopping (Oct. 12, TribLIVE). No one should be treated that badly. We in the Pittsburgh area especially appreciate how she and her husband John have worked hard to help those in need....
Letter to the editor: Where are the adults?
Peter, Paul & Mary had a hit with “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” in 1962. Today a new hit song might be “Where Have All the Adults Gone?” I have exercised my right to vote since I was 18. I knew the date of the election and voted, and...
Letter to the editor: Let’s talk politics
Don’t they say “never talk about religion or politics”? That adage has been around since before our Civil War, but shouldn’t it rather be the reverse ― that we should talk about politics? This has been a busy season for talking about all those things that go along with governing...
Sounding off: Trump is easy to dislike
“I never met a man I didn’t like.” — Will Rogers Born in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), part Cherokee, the former cowpoke and humorist died in a plane crash in 1935; thus he never met Donald Trump. Trump is easy to dislike, and had the two met, I’m...
Letter to the editor: Wordsmithing, religion and abortion
When the Trib reprints articles from the Associated Press, I often have noticed what I see as implicit bias and slanted wording when comparing President Trump and Joe Biden. For example, the article “Trump, Biden go on offense in states they’re trying to flip” (Oct. 18, TribLIVE) begins “Trump began...
Letter to the editor: Trump failed to protect inner circle, and Americans
The primary responsibility of the president of the United States is to protect the country and its citizens. In the week and a half following the Sept. 26 Supreme Court nomination event for Amy Coney Barrett held in the White House Rose Garden, many within the inner circle of President...
Letter to the editor: Questions about Pa. covid-19 rates
Using Pennsylvania Department of Health data, the covid-19 death rate is around 120 per 100,000 residents in Pennsylvania’s southeast counties. That is nearly four times the rate of 33 in Allegheny County. Westmoreland County at 23 is nearly five times less, and the McKean/Potter/Warren area, with about 4 per 100,000,...
Letter to the editor: Biden’s expensive plans
Joe Biden’s proposed spending is estimated to cost an additional $5.4 trillion. It includes two years of free community college, college loan forgiveness, and $1.6 trillion for infrastructure and research and development for clean energy. According to Wharton’s analysis of Biden’s tax plan, it will cover only $3.4 trillion of...
Letter to the editor: Message to Trump on energy in Pa.
Dear President Trump: The residents of Pennsylvania recognize your recent repeated visits to our state for what they are: a last-ditch attempt to use energy issues to sow division among us for your own election. Betting our economic future on petrochemicals and production of plastics would send us back to...
Letter to the editor: U.S. and state constitutions are clear on election laws
As per the Supreme Court in Ex parte Milligan and American Jurisprudence 2d, Volume 16, the U.S. Constitution is in full force at all times — even during health scares. The Pennsylvania Constitution mandates: “No power of suspending laws shall be exercised unless by the Legislature or by its authority.”...
Letter to the editor: Happy memories of Maz and Pirates
I commend you for featuring the famous Bill Mazeroski photo on the 60th anniversary of the Pirates’ fabulous win over the Yankees (“60 years later, 1960 Pirates legends recall ‘amazing’ home run that won World Series,” Oct. 10, TribLIVE). I grew up in the small Clearfield County town of Curwensville....
Letter to the editor: We can put an end to Trump virus Nov. 3
Talk about being fed Kool-Aid. President Trump has been feeding it to the American citizens about the coronavirus. His downplaying of the pandemic, revealed through Bob Woodward’s interviews, says it all. Trump misled the country and failed to protect American citizens, and I hold him responsible for many thousands of...
Letter to the editor: Trump’s opponents media, big tech
Negative press coverage of President Trump, a Christian, began before he took the oath of office and has only worsened. According to analysts at the Media Research Center, coverage of Trump on major broadcast networks is 95% negative. I can only say that God has to be on his side....
Letter to the editor: 2 ways to see Trump’s town hall performance
During the NBC Town Hall on Oct. 15, I saw President Trump do a great job answering questions from a combative Savannah Guthrie. She constantly interrupted him, argued with him and questioned him as if she were a Democratic rival. He was polite and engaging. After reading the Trib’s front-page...
Letter to the editor: We the people must stop Trump
Donald Trump continues to undermine the democratic process by labeling the press as “the enemy of the people,” encouraging self-appointed militia to “liberate” Democratic states and now what I see as plotting with Republican legislatures to hand him our electoral votes. His condoning of white supremacists and gun-toting militia and...
Letter to the editor: Early tallying of ballots essential
It is common sense that in a crucial presidential election in which an unprecedented number of Pennsylvanians will vote by mail that the General Assembly would enact legislation allowing county elections offices to begin tallying ballots before Nov. 3. (Only Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Alabama prohibit this.) Why is such...
Letter to the editor: Go Wendy Bell, go Trump
Wendy Bell, I’m in your corner all the way. Go Trump! Linda Spiering West Leechburg...
Letter to the editor: Pick your president, pick your system
For the first time in memory, I believe Americans will select the form of government we will be living under for generations. Will it be America’s system of freedom, with its opportunities for all to grow and enjoy the fruits of that freedom? Or will it be socialism, with its...
Letter to the editor: Thanks for postal workers
A big shout-out to the men and women of our U.S. Post Office for helping us to vote safely and securely from our homes. My husband and I received our ballots Oct. 14, mailed them back Oct. 15 and had confirmation of their arrival at our county Election Bureau on...
Letter to the editor: Eliminate the Electoral College
Regarding Dorothy Shock’s letter “Why Electoral College works” (Oct. 11, TribLIVE): I firmly disagree! The U.S. is a country with individual states. The population in each state is different, and every person has the right to vote. It’s a free country. We should eliminate the Electoral College and let the...
Letter to the editor: Which candidate has all his wits?
I only have a few requests of Joe Biden supporters before this important election. 1. Please put your hate- consuming personal feelings aside and only look at the facts. 2. Know that riots, destroying statues, defunding and killing police solve nothing. You can rest assured these criminals are not MAGA voters....
