Left Wings And Right Wings

Published 3:58 pm Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Editor, The Herald:

You have me agreeing with your opinion in The Post-Election Answer Is Blowing In Sandy's Wind. Let me quote:

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Left wing?

Right wing?

Each, on is own would fly in a doomed descending circle, crash-landing with certain inevitability.

We need some left. We need some right. It's like paddling a canoe. The oars on both sides must work together to reach the destination. ———–”

I refer to this as talking the talk. Then I turn to page 2 and see Second Opinions all of which seem to come from the New York Times News Service which leans left and mostly extreme left. This is walking the walk. The talk and the walk seem to be contradictory. When a news organization becomes an advocate for one agenda, at some point it becomes irrelevant. Case in point Newsweek.

Also on page 2, I read a letter in defense of Obama. Again let me quote. “I have seven-years of university education in business —– My understanding is broadly based. -I'm a student of the literature of—-. I am also a student of the arts and music ——.” Personally I am as impressed with his background as he, but I'm here to tell him that Obama has been for business the worst president since Jimmy Carter. My instinct tells me he works for some form of government or a nonprofit for I feel his opinion would be totally reversed if he were in business for himself.

After 43 years, my wife and I still enjoy being in business. We are not in business because of our intelligence. We are here because we are dedicated to our customers and employees. Our goal is to make 50. When you read this, I'm hopeful it is President Elect Romney. That would make it much easier for my wife, me, and millions of others like us.

R.W. Carter

Farmville

(Editor's note: Thanks so much for reading. The New York Times News Service offers a stable of writers that includes David Brooks, one of the most respected and thoughtfully articulate conservative voices in America, and someone whose work I regularly use on the editorial pages. We also use Rich Lowry, editor of the iconic conservative magazine National Review, so we try to offer a variety of viewpoints, or wings).