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To the editor:
We've heard a lot about Fetterman and Oz. Fetterman has saved Braddock or he hasn't; he has or has not recovered from his stroke; he is or is not for releasing criminals. Oz pushed miracle drugs; he has multiple homes.
All of these claims about the candidates' histories are not of the slightest importance come November. The one who is elected will simply become a pawn in the hands of the leader of the Senate, a single vote for the leader's wishes. This is what party loyalty is.
So, what will the leader of the Senate wish for? Right now, we have a broad breakdown in expected standards of conduct and responsibility. The southern border is open; unknown people by the hundreds of thousands are pouring in and are being surreptitiously planted all over the country; a dramatic increase in violent crime makes many major cities places where normal concepts of safety can not be guaranteed; the president is trying to forgive student loans, thereby breaking contracts that many students have worked hard to honor; politicians have been heard to say things that recently would have been unthinkable, such as, "Law and order is racist," and "Abortion should be legal up until the day before birth."
This is disorder. Will the Leader of the Senate wish to continue this situation or to bring about change?
We also have an economic situation that is in disorder. We have high inflation that is caused to a major degree by the price of gas, which affects truck drivers as well as car drivers. The effect on truck drivers causes price inflation in every food or other commodity that is delivered. The price of gas is high because of high demand and low supply. Supply is low because the President wants us to stop using fossil fuels and has taken steps to bring this about.
Currently, the Saudis are cutting back on production, in disregard of the president's requests. (Please don't interrupt me with the benefits of electric cars, whose electricity is 60% produced from fossil fuels.)
Will the leader of the Senate act to continue or to bring about a change in this situation?
Come late November, the leader of the Senate may get such a message: "Senator Fetterman (or Senator Oz) would like to sit down with you and discuss some things that are dear to his heart." To which the leader of the Senate will probably say, "Sorry, but I'm going to lunch."
And after lunch and on many days thereafter, the leader of the Senate will move a pawn that is a senator from Pennsylvania. But, in this case, the identity of the pawn may determine whether the wishes of the leader of the Senate may come to pass.
John Brittain
Lewistown