Editor,
Love your paper!
This time last year, each side of a political divide within Eureka Springs was rallying its troops. We heard misleading assertions dripping with sanctimony like poisoned honey – sort of like when Ted Cruz opens his mouth. There was boisterous, ponderous (though bordering on dubious and frivolous) rhetoric and slogans – the kind we heard when Marco Rubio would get a microphone and start yapping. Signs, some ugly like political ads on Missouri television, sprouted up alongside springtime mushrooms. A couple jobs changed hands. Lines were drawn as though spirituality itself were under assault, but it wasn’t because the point was just about being fair. The whole affair passed quickly.
Eureka Springs came through the ordeal relatively unscathed, nobody got punched or brutalized, church pews still got warmed on Sundays and tourists can still get a good Italian dinner in town. Eureka Springs fussed and stomped around a bit but settled its business and moved on.
Which brings to mind two observations. Those in Congress who object to considering a Supreme Court nominee because it is being made by a lame duck president might have a reasonable point. However, that is not why they are impeding progress on filling the vacancy. It is plain as day. It is simply more obstructionist tactics like all the others we’ve seen in the past seven years. Wouldn’t our country respond favorably if instead, professionalism and fairness prevailed? I think so.
And then there is the circus. One of these clowns is going to be the next president. I suggest they take off the makeup and stop yelling. If a candidate spends more time bashing an opponent than telling the truth, then we should be wary of the person and the process. Eureka Springs found its way without embarrassing itself.
Pay attention, America.
Jane M. Cook, old timer but newcomer
Good perspective. Young people take note. Vote!