Today’s letters: Readers comment on the one-party system and school lunches – Daily Commercial

No one-party system

In response to The new liberalism, it's always interesting to me to read letters from people who compartmentalize their narrative regarding political points of view.

The letter writer wrote that we are on the verge of a metamorphosis of political values in our country. Apparently, these changing values only apply to Democrats. He threw in words like liberalism, socialism, political correctness and the popular word of late, environmentalists, as if that is a dirty word. He went on to state that the Democratic Party is not the party it once was during the Kennedy era. That I would agree with, but neither is the Republican Party the party of Eisenhower.

It's a shame that we have become not only a two-party system exclusively; it also has become only black-and-white issues as far as points of view. When did we stop talking to one another? When did it start to be anti-Republican when criticizing a particular politician who happens to be Republican? We should be allowed to criticize the people who say they are representing us in office when they are not doing their job in their constituents best interest.

This is where we are failing as a democracy. This is where we allow outside influences to dictate where this country is going. People from both parties complain constantly about the workings of our government in one way or another, but these career politicians keep getting voted back into office. Wasn't it the Republicans years ago who said the definition of stupidity is to keep putting the same people back in office and expecting a different outcome? Doesn't that apply to both political parties?

I hear Republicans saying we will be much better off without the Democratic Party. So, it would be better to have a one-party system in this country? Is that what the talking heads are recommending on the radio and TV? So, if tomorrow we found ourselves in a one-party system, who would lead us?

People worry about socialism, liberalism and the rest, but are we OK with a dictatorship? Even if the Republican president we just had was to lead the country, who would follow him, and would he be the best man for the job? You'll never know because with a dictatorship you don't have a choice.

I'd also like to add there are other countries with one-party systems like Russia, Iran and North Korea. How is it doing for the citizens living in those countries?

Bob Del Castillo, Leesburg

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