Time for new voices in D.C.

For a long time, there hasn't been anything fresh about politics. Maybe that is because the same old, and I mean old, bench warmers refuse to move over and let new bones enjoy the comfort they've created.

It's said that voters are responsible for the dilemma but I don't believe that. During elections, these lifetime politicians use so many tricks, spout propaganda and make good guys and gals sound so awful that the voter is at a disadvantage.

Our only fault is in being naive as to the ways of those old sly foxes. The fault isn't ours but the fix could be. Since we know the mess Washington is in, how much more disastrous could a new breed make it? We need to shoulder the risk inherent in the unknown.

The two houses of Congress are always having a tug of war while “We the people” live on another planet far from their mind; if not for the money necessary to support all of them, they'd disown us completely.

The basic cause of the Washington mess is that the Founding Father's unique structure is being disregarded in favor of personal ideology and those elected to prevent it are wimps. That's why we need to search out hardworking Americans who are part and parcel of “We the people” to clean things up there in D.C. and who will be willing to then return home and live by the laws and regulations they put in place as good for this country.

Rosemary Weydert

Winthrop