Dear editor"
What is the difference between a Texas Democrat and a Michigan Republican?
Exactly 906 miles.
Bill Sniffin takes it for granted that Wyoming is "a one-party state, pretty much" in his Aug 3 column. You know who else is a one-party state, pretty much: China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela.
Would Wyoming also be better-off if there was only one grocery-chain? Or does having two of them motivate both chains to compete with each other to serve us better?
My district in Casper is represented by a Republican state-senator who ran unopposed by any Democrat in the general election. I called him in March, and told him, "I want to talk about Chloe's Law." He said, "It already passed the Senate. What you need to do now is call your House Rep, and tell him you want him to vote for it."
He don't care what I think, didn't even ask. He thinks his job is to tell me what to do. He's a rancher, I'm a cow.
This is the inevitable consequence of one-party rule.
What is the reason why the most qualified people whose beliefs are left of center, do not run for office as democrats here, out of civic-responsibility, even if they can't win?
There certainly is no simple answer to that question. I can speak for me personally. I'm afraid to.
I'm so old, I remember when people told computers what to do. I also remember when "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it," was a patriotic view.
Logically, there should be Wyoming Democrats who are farther right than Michigan Republicans. Are they also afraid to come out in the open? I don't think so.
I think it is because the pen is mightier than the sword, and Republicans have been hoarding all the pens.
Sincerely,
Gina Mae Douglas
Casper
