Would you vote for a person you don't like?

Mitt Romney views the U.S. as a failed company and says he has the know-how to fix it. He hasn’t said how; in fact, he has made it a point to not say how. What he has said is that if he told us how, the Democrats would campaign against his plans. So he will not tell us how until after he is elected. Brilliant strategy, eh?

Romney is two-peas-in-a-pod with Rep. Paul Ryan, he with the marvelous budget that cuts expenditures to the quick; but, like Romney, Ryan won’t say what expenditures will be cut; he says that is for the House committees to decide after the budget is passed. So, should Romney become the president, he and Ryan would team up to do what they fear telling us they would do.

Rather than a Scrooge for president, give me one that promises hope, compassion, integrity, and is mindful of the golden rule. President Obama has not achieved many campaign promises because he’s had to fight the intransigence of the Party of No, a GOP in lockstep opposition to anything and everything he proposes. Nevertheless, I like Barack Obama — and that’s a pretty darn good reason for voting for him.

After all, you wouldn’t vote for someone you don’t like … would you?

ROBERT WRIGHT

Sandpoint