PARTIES: Loyalty essential

The strength of any political party is loyalty to their ideology. The Democratic Party will stick together no matter how radical the party becomes. RINOs pretend to be Republicans, but are actually less radical Democrats. They damage to solidarity of the Conservatives.

Claiming that party vetting of Republican candidates cheats the voters is smoke screen. Most voters lack the ability to accurately vet every candidate; therefore, rely on the party to do the vetting. Tigers don’t change their stripes, nor do politicians.

Liberals are liberals and Conservatives are conservative regardless of party affiliation even in non-political races.

JERRY G. WEAVER

Coeur d’Alene