Dear Editor,

I thoroughly enjoy keeping in touch with my hometown via Vinton Today, thank you to all who make this possible.

Robust conversations held here are good for the soul. I saw a book recently that sums up all the "Reasons to vote for Democrats." The book is by Michael Knowles and is a quick read.

I agree completely with every single point that he makes in the book. Right now we are focused on Vice President Harris as the new nominee. Whether it is her or someone else, it doesn't matter, the agenda will be the same.

If you're happy where you are, then she, or whoever they decide will serve instead will continue on the path that we are on. Open border, propping up a president as the face of every activity going on behind closed doors, a dysfunctional Secret Service who has had several breaches in the last three and half years, service members being killed, billions in equipment left for terrorists to use, the list goes on.

Thank you for your time, and please consider carefully who you vote for this year!

Sue Martinson


Comments

Submit a Comment

Please refresh the page to leave Comment.

Still seeing this message? Press Ctrl + F5 to do a "Hard Refresh".

MA July 23, 2024, 2:46 pm Make sure to read "Reasons to Vote For Republicans" by Michael P. Tierney as well.

In case you didn't know: Both of these books are full of blank pages.
AN July 24, 2024, 1:37 pm Sue is correct. Michael Knowles book is truly comprehensive.
RB July 24, 2024, 2:47 pm The choice is easy. If President Biden was propped up he did a hell of a job. 16+ million jobs created, the lowest stretch of unemployment at or under 4% in 50 years, infrastructure investment, expansion of health care, lowering drug costs and continued pressure on big pharma, the recovery act to help us get out of the hole left by Trump, the strongest economic recovery after the pandemic in the world, investment in renewable energy and climate change solutions, and many other things. BTW, there was a bi-partisan border bill that would have really helped at the border was killed because Trump thought it would make Biden look good. Evidently the border wasn't that big of an immediate problem. Biden is unfairly taking the blame for inflation. The root cause was the supply chain disruption which had its roots during the end of the Trump administration and pandemic. The second cause was the Ukraine war and Russia and Saudi Arabia deciding to cut production as the world economy was restarting. The third, and it continues today, is corporate greed. Oil companies, places like Walmart, and others raked in billions in quarterly profits while increasing prices sky high.

The other choice is a sex offender, felon, tax cheat, six bankruptcies, and was a president with a net less jobs created along with Bush.

Is there really a choice? Those that vote for Trump have either lost their moral compass and don't care about democracy.
GB July 24, 2024, 6:26 pm Every single thing Biden has done on his watch has been a soup sandwich and an example of how something should not be done. From screwing up the border to the horrendous pull out of Afganistan and foreign policies with the Middle East has been an embarrassing $#!@ show for most of us. Harris has done nothing except laugh her way through every interview with confusing statements. Neither one of them are qualified to lick a stamp (except maybe Harris) much less lead this country. It escapes me, how anyone can keep a straight face and actually make a claim that either one of them have accomplished anything except drastically hurt this country on the world stage.
GB July 24, 2024, 11:00 pm Biden and Harris have such high morals. Everyone knows the history with Harris. It explains why she got to the top with no professional skills. Biden sold this country out to our adversaries and lined his own pockets. He became filthy rich from the Chinese, Ukraine and the Russians. Jill Biden was the babysitter for Joe and his first wife. Yup.. sure seems like he's been ethically challenged his entire life.
ER July 25, 2024, 9:29 am "Reasons to vote for Democrats." Must be a pretty short book!
RS July 25, 2024, 1:56 pm Gerald,

You have the nerve to play your party’s victim card anytime Republicans and the extreme right are criticized. You make personal insults on others when someone disagrees. Well, this is now your turn. As the old saying says, turnabout is fair play.

Your comments are sexist, racist, misogynist, bigoted, discriminatory, xenophobic, intolerant, hateful, and false. The only thing worse than your comments is the Editor of Vinton Today who not only prints your vile comments but relishes in someone sticking to the libs. Both of you should be ashamed.

Watch Gerald complain that I am so mean. He can dish it out but can’t take it.

Rosemary Schwartz
GB July 25, 2024, 5:40 pm RS, I simply wrote I wasn't sure how anyone can keep a straight face when trying to sell to the rest of us how accomplished this administration has been.
Never intended to hurt your feelings. If something does not apply to you, you should not be so fast to own it.
GB July 25, 2024, 9:59 pm ER,
The book is a cartoon book. You have to be a special kind of person to believe what's inside is real. Sort of like people who still believe in Santa.
RS July 26, 2024, 11:41 am Gerald,

I forgot arogant and condensing. This is not about my "feelings" or this so called book. It is about your comments always going into the gutter, saying baseless, false statements and induendos. You must think your really cute in your answers but they only show how petty you are and the ignorance behind them.
Rosemary Schwartz
PK July 26, 2024, 2:51 pm RB...CHECK AGAIN!!! WHEN DONALD TRUMP LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE, INFLATION WAS 1.4%. Unless, like Rip Van Winkle I've been asleep for a long long time, that WAS NOT 50 years ago. Keep letting thousands and thousands more illegal immigrants cross the border, and this country will collapse w/o the RIGHT leadership, that is the deportation brothers: TRUMP AND VANCE!!!
GB July 26, 2024, 5:25 pm RS,
To be perfectly honest with you, I care very little what you may or not feel about me. My comments have been no more outrageous than the ones you post. You consistently attack anyone who has an opinion that does not allign with a Democratic agenda.
Most Americans do not support open borders, a reliance on foreign oil, high taxes and high inflation. Most Americans do not believe Biden or Harris should be leading this country when they should not be leading a box of worms.
Calling people racist for simply disagreeing with you fits into the far left agenda when they lose a debate and cannot compete on the topics. I have found more often than not that the person who first brings race into a conversation is usually the racist.
Sooner or later those words become less and less meaningful for the real race issues when they are used as a blanket to be a response to anyone who dares to disagree.
I care very little what you think of me. Yet when you openly post ridiculas comments blaming Republicans for everything, even the things Democrats are responsible for, expect a response from folks who might just know the topic a little better than you do. That appears to happen alot and the usual response is an attack back on anyone who disagreed.
I sleep very well at night. I do not view Biden or Harris as the salvation for America. I do not believe they are evil but I do believe they are incompetent, because they are.. No one can honestly say Biden just started showing signs of mental decline a few weeks ago after he got his a$$ handed to him in the debate with Trump. Biden was like this four years ago. The guy has stumbled his way through his entire term and screwed up everything he tried to change. The border, Afganistan and his weak response to Iran is just the big ones. The guy is a horrible leader and what I call a Post Turtle. You can look at him and know he doesn't belong there and that someone put him there and even the turtle doesn't know what the hell he is doing there.
Harris is also a Post Turtle.
PK July 26, 2024, 5:41 pm RS...I can't believe any civil person would lash out as you did to GB!! You must be getting nervous about the election. And criticizing Val??? She prints your garbage too!! And you talk about Trump's mouth. Look in the mirror. Yours is bigger!!!

GB...My advice is to toss a lemon to RS. She couldn't be any more sour than she is now!!!
GB July 26, 2024, 8:56 pm I know this is going to drive the Liberals crazy, but the polls just came out with Trump up over Harris by 7 points and leading in all swing states. Get ready for the Dems to invoke the 25th Ammendment to put Harris in as President for the few short months left under Bidens term. That and of course the reliable race card is all the radical left have left. This whole open border problem is getting ready to be fixed! The green energy scam is getting ready to be fixed and Biden will be in a nursing home when the Dems get done with him, they eat their own!
GB July 28, 2024, 12:09 am PK, thank you!

RS, I would hope you will find it within yourself to be more civil and stop telling people they are racist when it was you who brought race into the conversation. To be honest, I have no idea how you could do that. Ì would hope you will do some soul searching and chew on those lemons or better yet, cut yourself a big piece of humble pie. Enjoy!