An egregious act
What our leaders lack in this day and age is common sense. Did Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna think he could get away with representing our Democratic, progressive state by filing his lawsuit on behalf of a very small minority of regressive, Stone Age Washingtonians? [“Washington joins lawsuit over mandate, page one, March 23.]
He has ruined his career and angered many of us into taking action to have him impeached. Further, he has advanced the demise of the Republican Party. Think, People! Don’t just react.
I urge everyone of you who would benefit from the health-care-reform bill to contact the governor and insist that she file the lawsuit against McKenna.
McKenna’s is a most egregious act, which in legal circles would be considered exceeding the scope of one’s employment. Yes, he was elected, but he was not elected governor and a careful reading of his duties to the state and his authorities concerning representation of the state is definitely in order.
As a former lawyer, I consider his actions typical of what has become the Republican Party’s continual undemocratic actions throughout President Obama’s first year in office. Republicans merely exists now to impede the Democratic Party without any subsequent guidance or protections for the middle class.
We must stop McKenna’s unilateral, unconstitutional, undemocratic action. We need this reform. We do not need this attorney general.
— Deborah Harten-Moore, Eatonville
A courageous act
Rob McKenna represents the majority of American people who understand that a society supported by burgeoning entitlements is unsustainable. Our Constitution was written to protect us from the government — not to allow it to control our private, personal decisions.
U.S. national debt combined with the unfunded liabilities of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid is approximately $117 trillion — before adding the monstrous health-care program. Democrats like to dragoon money from those who earn it and give it to those who don’t, but who will be holding the debt sack when China quits funding our shortfalls?
My beloved goddaughter will be paying for this myopic foolishness long after we who squandered her future are gone.
Our elected officials are present-time oriented and cannot consider history or contemplate the future. They exist in the here and now and only care about what makes them feel good in the moment. Playing Robin Hood with other peoples’ money provides instant gratification. They never consider the damage their inane spending and massive borrowing will eventually lead to.
Folks who choose to believe in this massive “entitlement” nonsense and support it are welcome to do so. However, my job is to fight it to my last breath.
— Jeffrey S. Howard, Redmond
Run, Rob, run
Rob McKenna should definitely run for governor of Idaho. Or if he likes a warmer climate, Florida.
Bless and keep Rob McKenna, far away from us.
— Richard Hudson, Lake Forest Park
Support your attorney general
Shame on all the attacks on Attorney General Rob McKenna. He is trying to do the job he was elected to do. He is standing up for the citizens of Washington to protect their rights. He is not against the whole health-care bill, but he is against the federal government forcing the citizens of this country to purchase a private product.
How is an unemployed person, trying to survive on limited funds, going to go out and pay for health insurance? How is a family barely getting by as it is going to afford another monthly bill, which no matter what your government says, is not going to be cheap?
Support your attorney general. He is the only one right now in our state government who cares about you.
— Richard Hill, Arlington