

Readers' Letters | Better things to do?

12:17 AM, Feb. 26, 2013  |  Comments

Better things to do?

I would like to think that the senior senator from Kentucky would have better things to do with his valuable time than to tally the number of critical editorials that The Courier-Journal has run about him since the election - things like the sequester, endemic gun violence, approval of a new secretary of Defense, a dysfunctional Congress and Republican Party as well as the fact that he failed in his primary, and oft-stated, mission of limiting the president to a single term. Hey, Mitch, how about trying to remember why the people of Kentucky elected you in the first place and return to doing the people's business in Washington, D.C.? Maybe there is a reason that the senior senator is so worried about his potential challengers in 2014. How does Mr. McConnell sound?


Shepherdsville, Ky. 40165 -

Democratic pamphlet

I am and have been a subscriber to what was a newspaper several decades back, and what is now an overpriced Democratic pamphlet. Thank you, Sen. McConnell, and letter-writers Larry Warner and William Porter, for getting to the point regarding Democrats controlling, what and how this news pamphlet is written.


Fairdale, Ky. 40118 -

McConnell's non-defense

More than half of Mitch McConnell's Saturday response to the column about his failure to support the Violence Against Women Act is nothing more than an attack on The Courier-Journal and a defense of his politics. His response is typically mean-spirited and does not in any way explain specifically why he does not support the VAWA.

His argument that somehow this legislation could strip some Americans of their constitutional rights is specious at best and he provides no facts to support his claim. Furthermore, legislation which could strip Americans of their constitutional rights would most certainly be subjected to eventual review by the Supreme Court.

The senator's time would have been better spent factually defending his position and not his usual diatribe against the CJ and the "big, bad" liberals. It appears he has few, if any, facts to explain his lack of support for legislation intended to better protect women.


Louisville 40223 -

Nation of idiots

We are a nation of idiots. Why do I say that? Because we just keep re-electing the very people who put us into these messes. It is not about Democrats or Republicans. It is about re-electing the same people over and over again.

So who is ultimately at fault for America's mess? We are. The people. We elect these fools and WE are to blame. Solution? Do not re-elect anyone. Elect new people. New ideas. A breath of fresh air. I heard that 85 percent of Congress was re-elected. WE are the idiots who did this. We moan and groan about the direction of the country, but we don't understand that we the people are to blame for all of this.

The best part? We will keep doing it because we are familiar with the person. We are afraid. The one thing (and only one) I liked about President Obama was his "change" view.

Well, change should come in the form of cutting out the roots that is the US Congress. Time to plant a new tree. If a congressman cannot do it in two terms get them out. If a senator cannot get it done in one term get them out. Do not re-elect. Elect. But this falls on deaf ears because we are a nation of idiots.


Louisville 40299 -

Proud of Paul

I am so proud Rand Paul is our leading senator from Kentucky. Knowing he voices the opinions of the majority of Kentuckians is great. After seeing him return $600,000 of taxpayer money compared to Mitch McConnell wasting $1 billion on one of his failed programs to repay his donors, Rand Paul gives me hope for the future. It also alleviates Kentucky from the shame McConnell and his puppets have brought.


Canmer, Ky. 42722 -

Socializing religion?

I see an irony in Sen. Rand Paul's call for school choice. I take a commonly held view that charter schools are merely a step toward tuition voucher schemes. As the majority of private schools are religious, and as more than one charter school has been caught teaching religion with tax dollars, the free-market senator from Kentucky is in effect calling for the socializing of religion. An Old World style mixture of politics and religion cannot be the answer.


Louisville 40204 -

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