To the editor: Columnist Jackie Calmes is fallacious to suppose Democrats should “stop the finger pointing” and “move on,” as if we’ve consensus. We don’t.
Calmes doesn’t even point out Joe Biden’s wars, a significant characteristic of his presidency. The Democrats by no means missed an opportunity to ship more cash and weapons to Ukraine and Israel, and so they refused to have any referendum, any actual main contests, any inner problem to Biden and his “unwavering” overseas coverage agenda.
Calmes blames Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss on “the three ‘I’s’” — immigration, inflation and “Biden’s incumbency” (a shocking condemnation!), with out as soon as mentioning his unpopular wars. In a detailed race, the each day bombing and dying toll made a distinction to a few of us.
Dick Eiden, Vista
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To the editor: Is the election of Donald Trump and the entire MAGA motion an anomaly in U.S. historical past? No, we’ve been right here earlier than, with the 18th Modification and Prohibition.
A coalition made up of Evangelicals, ethical crusaders, bluenoses and busybodies (sound acquainted?) went on a campaign to make America nice by banning demon rum. The experiment was a failure from the beginning, as everybody from the legislators who supported the 18th Modification to common residents had been planning to maintain their bars stocked and resupplied.
It took greater than 13 years earlier than frequent sense prevailed and Prohibition ended, however not earlier than setting off the worst crime wave in U.S. historical past. Let’s hope it doesn’t take as lengthy this time to declare this newest experiment a catastrophe and transfer on.
Paul Taylor, Desert Scorching Springs
