Why can't we work for the good of people, not politics?

Mr. Wynhausen, in your recent letter to the editor (Nov. 10), you inadvertently answered your own question. I am relieved that you do not represent the very people you live amongst. Your childish reaction to losing your bid for office supports the fact that you were not the right person for the job. But, then you took it a step further. You suggest that we might be country bumpkins, out of touch with reality, short on attention span, and have allowed fresh air to go to our heads. To me, it reaffirms that you are the one who is disconnected from the people you wanted to represent.

I had no idea you felt this way about me, and the rest of us that you have never met. This past mid-term election was about Bush, it was hopefully about electing bi-partisan public servants who can work together. Public servants should vote their conscience and be the voice of the people they represent. They should not vote a certain way simply because they belong to a "party." In reference to the Mountain West states as a whole, we are big states with small populations. Our electoral votes don't add up to a hill of beans, which is fine with us. Call us country bumpkins, but we had the good sense to live here instead of everywhere else.

You have demonstrated that you are a true blue Democrat who, like so many others, has opted to try to cash in on what is construed as a "other party" meltdown. Why does it have to be all about the party power? Why can't we just work together for the good of the people, not politics?

Lick your wounds and your bruised ego, Mr. Wynhausen. I am sure there is a sunny spot somewhere back East where you can surround yourself with like creatures who are more about the power than they are about the will of the people.

LAURIE WADKINS

Priest River