POLITICIANS: Vote person, not party

I would like to respond to why Betty Stone votes Democratic because of accomplishments formal Democrat leaders have made.

It would be the same as a farmer or new homeowner always votes Republican because Reagan dropped the loan rate from 22% that Carter made.

I’m old enough to remember Truman and “I like Ike.” But basing my voting on a party because of a few people in the past can be detrimental.

Take the example, it was Democrats that brought in the first slaves to Virginia. It was Dem that fought for the right to keep them. It was a Dem general Forrest that started the KKK. It was a Dem governor, George Wallace that said “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever,” in his effort to keep Jim Crow. 

The last politician that supported such a sick opinion was the late Sen. Robert Byrd, who Hillary Clinton and President Biden claim as their mentor.

I believe we should vote on the person, what they stand for, not what a political party did in the past. 

DALE HEDMAN

Hayden