Forget the mud-slinging America and get to work

“Democracy cannot flourish amid fear. Liberty cannot bloom amid hate. Justice cannot take root amid rage. America must get to work.” (Thurgood Marshall)

Here we are again ... in a fragile state as a nation. Worried sick, I always return to my values, instilled by my solid Republican parents and my life experiences. These values include hard work, responsibility, generosity, respect, honesty, grace and dignity. At election time, I look through the lens of these values.

How then, could I ever vote for a candidate who said that January 6th was “a day of love,” calling the violent thugs “patriots and heroes”? Or the man who spews a torrent of fascist rhetoric straight out of the playbook about “the enemy within,” using words like “vermin,” “infested” and “bloodbath”? Claiming he would be a “dictator from Day One”? A candidate who was called “fascist to the core” and “the most dangerous person to this country”? (General Mark Milley)

Will we be safe in the next pandemic if we elect the guy who called COVID 19 “a Chinese hoax” and suggested drinking bleach? What about the “unprecedented and stunning” number of this guy's administration alums describing him as “erratic,” “delusional,” “narcissistic” and a “threat to democracy”? (USA Today)

C'mon man, America must get to work. Forget the mud-slinging garbage on the airways and in mailboxes. Think about the chaos that will reign in our world if this guy is elected and kowtows to Russia and China. Think about your children, grandchildren, and their futures. Get your facts and then vote from your heart.

I know how my Republican parents would vote if they were here today. They would vote for our family's values. I'm positive about that.

– Nancy Teggeman, Polson