ABQjournal: Letters to the Editor

GOP Deserts

Moderates, Ideals

DURING THE recent Albuquerque election, I received several fliers from the office of the chairman of the

Republican Party.

None of them promoted the Republican candidates or their records. None of them contributed to informing the

public about current political issues. All of them slammed the Democrats. They did not sit well with me. I think it was

just the final straw, and they caused me to vote for a Democrat, something I haven’t done for years.

Since the

takeover of the Republican Party by the conservatives, I have slowly realized that there is no room in the party for

moderate-thinking members [mjh: the Radical Right calls moderate Republicans RINOs]. The party has abandoned traditional Republican values such as small government and balanced budgets.

They have introduced new standards of government that are based not on public need but political payback. The image of that ignorant FEMA

chief still gives me heartburn. …

The Republicans have taken the U.S. to record trade deficits. … They have cut the

effectiveness or are attempting to cut the effectiveness of all major environmental laws including those that protect our water, our air

and our public lands. No consideration is given to protecting the public. …
J.W. TANNER
Albuquerque