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Letter to the Editor
“Woeful are we, our ‘sugar daddy’ is leaving town”
RE: “Slam at Hobson reflects more on system,” Dayton Daily News, January 19, 2008: No, the slam at Hobson reflects directly on Hobson, not the system. Voter acceptance of the “bring-home-the-bacon” mind-set is precisely what is driving Ohio and the rest of America into the abyss, and blaming it on “the system” is a cop-out. Dave Hobson swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, not bring home the bacon. Dave Hobson has a free will and he can exercise it to make moral judgments or not, so let’s not let him off the hook by allowing him to cry “the system made me do it.”
So what happens now as Hobson goes into retirement? If we trust the kingmakers, Steve Austria, another “bring-home-the-bacon” career politician, is waiting in the wings, but beware, if he gets elected it will be years before he earns the seniority to be included in the Congressional “good-old-boy network.” Even worse, to get to that point he’ll have to sell out to the lobbyists and special interests, and that leaves us exactly where we are today. So the choice is ours -- change or politics as usual. Our only hope is that when we cast our vote, it’s not for our own self-interest, but for a concern for future generations. Sooner or later our children and grandchildren will figure it out on there own, but our job is to buy them some time so all is not lost before the light comes on.
John Mitchel
Beavercreek, Ohio
937 427-8442
Note: John Mitchel, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (Ret), is a Republican candidate for U.S. Congress in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District.
Contact Information: (937) 427-8442
Email: mitch07ohio@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.reformcongress.com
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