Dennis Dunphy, St. Joseph
I don’t think a letter will open the eyes of Dennis Dalman. His eyes have been shut for so long he needs to use a white cane to get around. Dalman has attacked Donald Trump for so long he seems to have limited vision and needs new glasses. Dalman seems to lack the ability to be objective. Maybe he’s so liberal he has no idea what truth means. Unfortunately, when people have closed minds there is no way to communicate with them. “I think, therefore I am not liberal” has a lot of truth to it. I will now say a few things that may be fair to the idea of honesty and balance in the press, which are lacking under Dalman’s position as an editor.
Dalman talks about Obama’s achievements. Let me mention the Affordable Health Care Act is not affordable and you can’t choose your own doctor all the time. Obama didn’t keep our troops in Iraq, and the insurgents came back. We call them ISIS now. Our troops are fighting to retake the same ground we had already taken in Fallujah and Ramadi. I read Obama has been telling the FBI to back off on Muslims. I do know he’s trying to bring more Syrians into the United States. I haven’t seen an effective vetting program. And we do know our borders are not protected. Rapists, drug dealers, sex offenders, felons and sex traffickers are constantly coming into the United States across the Mexican borders.
Since the tragedy in Orlando, the U.S. Congress has voted on four gun bills and all of them failed. Congress needs to understand criminals need to be the focus of our attention. Obama according to Dr. Charles Boustany said the terrorist attack in Orlando was the “latest example of the epidemic of gun violence” in America without acknowledging terrorism or the shooter’s ties to ISIS.
I rest my case long before I would like to because there is a 400-word limit on letters to the editor. Thank you ladies and gentlemen for your time.