Letters: Benefiting from Biden; Mastriano’s ‘freedom’ doesn’t include women
Benefiting from Biden
How refreshing it is to have a president again who knows how to be a president.
Joe Biden understands the enormous responsibility he has as leader of our country and of the world. He knows what happens in America matters in every other country, large or small. And he knows he doesn’t need bluster to make himself seem important and to get things done. He brings humble leadership with a sense of duty to the office.
What Joe Biden has accomplished in less than two years will make a positive impact on every American, now and in the future. Yes, there is more to do, and not every piece of legislation is perfect, but here’s the thing: With Biden we have a President who is working to do things for us, not to us.
History will tell us how this era in American history works out, but every American benefits from having a real president back in office.
Mastriano’s ‘freedom’ doesn’t include women
Doug Mastriano, Republican nominee for governor, promises Pennsylvanians will “walk as free people” and that he will “protect residents from medical tyranny” according to his “First Week as Governor” video on his campaign website.
Mastriano’s “freedom” doesn’t include women seeking reproductive health care (even in cases of rape, incest or to protect the life of the mother). Mastriano doesn’t want government making people’s medical decisions, except when the people are women making excruciating decisions about crisis pregnancies.
Mastriano promises “a government that will not strip away your freedoms, and will allow you to live your life as you see fit, and raise your family as you see fit.” Unless you are pregnant — then he wants government to control your body with his Fetal Heartbeat Bill, which, if elected, he promises to sign in his first week as governor.
Mastriano won’t “have any bureaucrat tell you how to live your life.” Except if you are a woman of childbearing age.
If you find Mastriano’s promises hypocritical and frightening, please register to vote by Oct. 24, and vote against him this Nov. 8.
‘Urgently important’ to vote Democrat
Let me urge you to vote for Democrats in the fall election.
On the climate crisis, on the January 6 committee results and on abortion, the choice between the parties is clear. The Republicans ignore the climate crisis and stand with fossil fuels and coal, they see the danger to democracy the House committee shows but then embrace the very neo-fascists the committee warns of, with Roe overturned they would universalize the abortion ban, thus violating the bodies of every woman in the country.
I know it is felt they are better on economics. But the Republicans have always been clients of the rich, neglecting the middle class and poor. They have felt the government is there to support the corporate structure and markets, rather than being a countervailing power to adjust its unbalances.
The Democrats for me are far better on all these points. Please vote for them in November. Your vote is urgently important for America and for the whole world.