Letter: Think before you vote
The Tea Party Republicans claim President Obama has not repaired the Bush/Republican mistakes fast enough. House minority leader Nancy Pelosi passed several job bills out of the House. Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell filibustered and stopped those job bills.
In 2010 the Tea Party Republicans ran on "jobs, jobs, jobs" and, oh yes, hate President Obama. Please note: Not one job bill was offered by Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner and the Tea Party Republicans. Further, they killed all job bills from President Obama.
McConnell and Boehner proclaimed we must stop Obama from doing his job. This is just what you want in real American leadership. So be it if 50 million Americans suffer. Their nay-saying has hurt our economy and made things harder for the rest of us. Can you justify what they are doing?
The Tea Party Republicans have the brass to ask us to vote for them and their hurtful policies. Before you vote, think about what President Bush did to us and what Romney and Ryan have in store for us.
Ask yourself how do you stand on outsourcing American jobs? More tax cuts for the very rich? You can see all the jobs that were created in 12 years! Do you care about our social safety net? Does our infrastructure need repairs and would that work to create jobs?
Romney, Nevada Senator Dean Heller and Nevada Congressman Mark Amodei support the Ryan budget and Grover Norquist anti-tax pledge. Was this action taken for our benefit of the Tea Party?
Let's return to Clinton prosperity. Vote for President Obama, the Democrats and any Republican who put our country first.
Frank Johnston
Carson City