Letter writer: “Gasp!”was my reaction when I came upon the picture accompanying Associated Press article, “Furor fades a year after military’s gay ban lifted” in the Sept. 17 issue of The Republican.
Scott Brown’s ads at odds with voting record
Submit your letters to The Republican at letters@repub.com. All letters must include the writer's name, address and telephone number or e-mail address, and are subject to editing. U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is airing a new ad targeted to women that implies positions completely at odds with his documented voting record. One can only assume that Brown believes the women of the commonwealth are uninformed nincompoops who have not been paying attention.
Brown joined Republicans in blocking the Paycheck Fairness Act, legislation that supported equal pay for women. He voted with his party for the Blunt Amendment to limit women’s access to birth control.
Prior to August 2011, before Elizabeth Warren got into the race, Brown voted in support of Republican obstruction measures nearly 94 percent of the time (30 out of 32 times).
Please, Sen. Brown, it’s your record: You can run on it, or run away from it, but lying about it does not go unnoticed.
– LUCIA FOLEY, South Hadley
Washington needs fewer academics
According to one New England news source, “In this administration, only about 6 percent of President Obama’s advisers have firsthand business experience, as compared to an average of more than 50 percent in all previous administrations, Democratic and Republican alike. Academics imposing their untested theories on the world’s greatest economy have had disastrous results.”
If textbook economics worked, why is our economy in so much trouble under the Obama administration? Voting another academic, Elizabeth Warren, into the U.S. Senate will only add to the economic woes of this country.
Do we really need more government and trillions more in debt? And can anyone earning over $400,000 in Harvard salary and over $500,000 in total income, not including her husband’s earnings, have empathy for the middle class?
Scott Brown was elected to change the system and be bi-partisan in his votes. He has co-sponsored bills to help small businesses and eliminate inside trading by United States senators and representatives, and, at last count, was either first or second in bipartisan voting.
He deserves your vote to continue because he represents hope that this nation can return to prosperity through less government intervention in our lives.
– JAMES RASCHILLA, Chicopee
‘Good old boys’ give support to Brown
With fewer than 60 days remaining before the general election I’m experiencing some concern for our candidate, Elizabeth Warren, here in Massachusetts. The endorsement of her opposition candidate by another Democrat, former Mayor, Charles Ryan of Springfield. U.S. Sen. Scott Brown already had former mayor Flynn’s approval.
Who comes next? Women voters, AWAKEN! The “good old boys” are at it again. It would seem the current question surrounding any election is, “Who would you rather have a beer with?” That question is not only grammatically incorrect but it’s also evading the issues and the record.
As I have read the record of the interim Republiccan Center senator, it is clear that he voted with the “other” party when it didn’t matter one way or the other, but always voted with his party on issues that thwarted President Obama’s and women’s agenda. Elizabeth Warren’s agenda is made repeatedly clear in her speeches and ads. She will fill a much needed spot in our United States Senate to promote fairness in the governing of our nation and support of our 99 percent, but also bring the voice for women closer to the ears of decision makers, be they men or women.
I would appeal to women (and open-minded men) voters to let their voices be heard and NOT let the “good old boys” commandeer another election of a most worthy candidate.
– LEE S. TONET, Northampton
Gay soldiers’ photo in poor taste
Sgt. Brandon Morgan, right, kisses his partner Dalan Wells in a helicopter hangar at a Marine base in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, upon returning from a six-month deployment to Afghanistan in February.“Gasp!”was my reaction when I came upon the picture accompanying Associated Press article, “Furor fades a year after military’s gay ban lifted” in the Sept. 17 issue of The Republican.
It is bad enough knowing the perversions that occur in “the real world” without also having to view it.
I object being subjected visually to a shameful behavior, and therefore rebuke The Republican for running the photo.
I did not read the article, but certainly one’s own imagination, without the demonstration, would have been sufficient.
– HAZEL A. ANDERSON, Palmer