Dear Editor:
A wise man that Mr. Detch and I are both acquainted with quoted, “What other people think about us is none of our business.”
I have a good clue about how Democrats and Republicans perceive each other because I’ve been on both sides of the political spectrum. I have been called names by both sides. Extremism and lack of respect is problematic regardless of political inclinations.
The fact that Trump and Justice both took West Virginia is a clue about what West Virginians want. Trump and Justice are not professional politicians. They are businessmen. Businessmen like to build up and expand capitalism. When business ventures prosper – more people find employment and prosper. An old boyfriend a Republican businessman quoted, “when the rich get richer so do the poor.” Decades later, he has an automotive company that hired scores of folks who all got richer.
A letter that Mr. Detch wrote several years ago, quoted that “West Virginians will vote against their own self-interest. Many West Virginians are uneducated and need those public services.” It is possible that calling West Virginians uneducated might encourage them to vote his way. It is also possible that West Virginians are educated enough to prefer economic prosperity versus dependency on government hand-outs.
Ironically, it is the Republicans who supported the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery (1865) along with the various Civil Rights Act including the one to eliminate Jim Crow Laws. It was Trump who signed the Second Change Act to undo the damage caused by Biden’s 1994 Crime Bill which generated mass incarceration among the minority communities.
When I became a part of the #walkaway movement, it was not our of any inclination to send love letters to Trump. It was because of some of the Democratic characters in the House and Senate along with their unethical antics. They are the reason why so many folks are going Republican.
Love and Light,
Bonijean Isaacs
White Sulphur Springs