Letters to the Editor for Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Published: July 22, 2008

Indict the president? You’ve got to be crazy
The author of a July 22 letter to the editor stated his belief that that President Bush should be indicted for war crimes! That is absurd and ridiculous. President Bush has done an overall good job (not perfect and some mistakes), but what president has not made mistakes during his term?

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I cannot recall any perfect ones in my lifetime, and I have lived under 12 presidents. One thing stands out in my mind: the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Have we had any attacks since then on U.S. soil? No. I believe President Bush deserves some credit for that, don’t you think? Security has been foremost in his presidency, as well as trying to help a small country have some form of democracy and freedom.

While I am writing I would like to mention the current candidates for the upcoming elections in November and give my assessment of them. Senator Barack Obama is unknown and has only been a U.S. Senator for a couple of years; to my knowledge, he has not accomplished anything helpful or of any real significance to our country. He talks good but talk is cheap; action speaks louder than words.

Sen. John McCain is a war hero, a veteran and former POW for more than five years with experience in the U.S. Senate for a number of years. He’s a real American who understands war and has experienced it personally. He does not require any “on the job” training to become president of the United States. If he picks the proper candidate for vice president, I believe he can win. My choice for vice president to run with McCain is Condoleezza Rice, the Secretary of State and a very smart and intelligent woman who has good credibility and is known around the world with excellent background and history of serving her country. The team of McCain and Rice can serve us well and will be a formidable force for the future.

Now back to the letter writer, he and I both have the right to state our opinions; that is another reason we need to maintain our freedom as Americans and help keep this country strong.
JOSEPH WILLS
Lynchburg

Obama and abortion
If voters want to vote for Barack Obama, it’s their rightful choice; if voters who call themselves Christians want to vote for Barack Obama, they may want to identify themselves as something other than “Christian.”

All you have to do is to know a little about Obama’s voting record in the Illinois Senate, where he voted against a bill (three times) that would prevent doctors from inducing labor, and then letting these babies die, alone and unattended. This is post-birth abortion, clearly infanticide.

But then, it’s not surprising that Obama would see nothing wrong with this: Obama said right out loud that he didn’t really know when life began. (Perhaps it begins in the second year of college and ends when one becomes old and disabled?) Even NARAL and other abortion supporters didn’t think that banning this post-birth abortion “procedure” was really about abortion. Even Hillary Clinton voted for the national version of the bill Obama killed.

So don’t you folks go to church and pray, and then tell me that you support a man who in his official capacity as state senator of Illinois decided that already-born babies didn’t have a right to life! One day, a similar monster may arise and tell you that you’re too old to live, or too poor, or too feeble. Or of the wrong sex. Or race.
JIM McFARLAND
Lynchburg