I just cannot see for the life of me how the majority of citizens here in Ohio, and America are buying into the deceitful antics of the Republican Party, including the ones who are so hard right on their American views and standards. Look at what's going on, gas prices are higher than ever before. The president is talking about "adjusting" the socialk security system by privatizing it. Our schools and libraries are losing their funding. And we're still losing jobs. Worse yet, religion-oriented people care more about abortion, national security, and stem-cell than they are about the future of our children, the poor, the underemployed, the unemployed, the underprivileged, and the uninsured. What is this country coming to? As I recall, in a political campaign ad put on by the Bush Administration and conservatives like "best-selling journalism author" Ann Coulter and 300-lb Southern GOP-supporting "shock jock" Ben Ferguson (who wrote a book tiled "It's My America Too", Republicans were blaming John Kerry and his "liberals in Congress" for the cause of job loss, underfunded education, and outrageous gas price inflation. Wrong, I don't think so!! I think the GOP needs to look in the mirror and tell those lies that they told us and that only a fool would buy into. When Ohio votes for the next governor, they better vote Democrat or else face the perils of tomorrow, or a repeat of Bob Taft's awful legacy, when he mislead us that he'd protect our children's future and unfortunately did not. Wake up, citizens, it's time for a change in leadership. Support the GOP and suffer the grimmest consequences for the future.

Dave Jokerst
Galion, Ohio