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Allen for senate
I appreciate Al Diamon’s insight as always, but I must take issue with his points made in his recent column “Slide Into Extinction” on March 28. In the piece, Mr. Diamon asserts that 1) Mainers in the 2nd Congressional District do not want Tom Allen working for them in the US Senate, because 2) those of us in central and northern Maine are somehow completely alien from anyone south of Gardiner and from modern living. Tom Allen’s fight on prescription-drug policy benefits seniors in both Wells and Waterville. Workers in both Cape Elizabeth and Calais worry about the Bush policies on overtime pay. People in both Portland and Presque Isle see hope in stem cell research that can offer cures for tragedies like Alzheimer’s. And very importantly, young men and women from both South Portland and Searsport are paying the price for the Bush/Collins policy in Iraq. Susan Collins’s two-faced politics of expressing concern about Bush policies but then voting for them in Washington affects every corner of Maine regardless of hometown or media stereotype. Here in the 2nd Congressional District we will be proud to call Tom Allen our US senator should he decide to undertake a campaign to defeat Susan Collins in 2008.
Henry Beck
Waterville
Trite board
Steven Stark, STOP. You are hurting America. (See “Presidential Tote Board,” March 30.)
Instead of being part of the problem, and framing the presidential race as a horse race — cover the candidates, not their supposed chances of winning.
Your column isn’t doing anybody any favors.
In your column you cover the same trite bullshit that the corporate media covers, but — oooh! you put a cheeky cynical spin on it! How hip and with it you are!
What the hell is up with the “odds of winning?” I’m not placing bets on who is going to win! I’m looking for who is going to best represent my views should they get into office — so I can vote for them. And excuse me, but don’t the voters decide who has the best chances of winning?
Maybe if you did your job and covered the issues and the candidates the “odds” would look different.
Asher Platts
GorhamLook behind you
To the agitated reader who demands the impeachment (and presumably removal from office) of President George W. Bush (see “Activists Start DIY Impeachment Effort,” by James Mixon, March 30), a cautionary suggestion: remember who’s next in line for the Oval Office.
George Koski
Westbrook
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