Sending an empty suit to Carson City

To the editor:

I feel compelled to comment on the outrageous result of Tuesday's state Senate District 5 election. The choice of the sorely inexperienced and ill-prepared Shirley Breeden is an obvious sign of voters knowing nothing about what's behind the names on the ballot. They simply went into the voting booth and pulled the lever for the candidate with the "D" next to her name.

Anyone interested in actually casting an intelligent vote needed only to view a portion of any of the debates between incumbent Republican Joe Heck and his Democratic opponent. She was absolutely clueless, and it was painfully uncomfortable to watch her try to sound like she knew something -- anything -- about the issues during these debates. I was actually embarrassed for her.

When it was obvious to the Democratic Party that she was no match for Sen. Heck's depth, intelligence and knowledge of the work of the Senate, her campaign turned nasty. Shame on them all.

Sen. Heck is a man of integrity and honor, and he is a true patriot. He appreciated the responsibility handed to him by the voters of state Senate District 5 and served them well.

I fear that Ms. Breeden will go to Carson City and be lead around by her nose by the other Democrats. She will be a puppet simply going along with what her party tells her to do and how her party tells her to vote.

So, instead of a man like Sen. Heck fighting for them, those who voted for Ms. Breeden get an uninformed, empty-suit representative in the state Senate.

I hope all those who voted for Shirley Breeden come to realize the grave mistake they have made, especially considering the incredible challenges that are presently facing our state.

I know that this is not the end of Sen. Heck's political career. This is a fact that is sure to bring discomfort to the Democrats in this state who so obviously fear his potential and would like him to simply disappear from the political arena.

Janet Brown

LAS VEGAS

Path to healing?

To the editor:

I found Suzanne Harman-Appel's Thursday letter to the editor to be extremely hypocritical.

She states, "It is time for healing." She then immediately insults those of us who consider ourselves "good Christians" and gun owners. I own a gun to protect the children I actually choose to have. She refers to Republicans as "wanting to take away human rights and an individual's private lifestyle choices." Wouldn't my right to carry a gun be a "private lifestyle choice"?

Hypocrisy and insults are not the path to healing.

Misty Auschwitz

HENDERSON

Democrat hypocrisy

To the editor:

The hypocrisy of letter writers such as Doc Bradley (Friday Review-Journal) is truly astounding. He writes that Republicans should get over their so-called "bitterness" and "hate" and give President-elect Barack Obama a chance.

Unbelievable. For the past eight years, we have been treated to nothing but bitterness and hate coming from the Democratic Party directed at George W. Bush and Republicans. Now we are all just supposed to forgive and forget and get behind the new president and unite?

This is vintage Democratic Party stuff. When a Republican is in the White House, we are told by Democrats to be suspicious of government because "dissent is patriotic." But when a Democrat is in the White House, we are supposed to believe everything he says unconditionally and just go along and be happy.

I think what we are really in store for is four more years of Democrat finger-pointing, excuse-making and scapegoating to cover up their failures because when it comes down to it, that's what they do best.

Robert H. Glancy

HENDERSON

Midgets among giants

To the editor:

Several readers have spoken out clearly against your defiant editorial the day after Barack Obama won the election. That encouraged me to express the same feeling of resentment I have had all along for the Review-Journal editorial board.

You had one chance to be gracious and write something that closely reflected the feeling and the mood of the nation as Sen. Obama's victory swept the country and the whole world, but you chose instead to miss that chance, even though you have four years ahead of you to watch and bash him as you wish. In many of those opportunities, you'll undoubtedly be right.

When the giants, both Republicans and Democrats, endorsed Sen. Obama, you chose to be with the midgets. Even after the other midgets conceded defeat and joined the rest of the country in the celebration of a historic moment, you again chose to remain midgets and are still traveling on the same bridge that took Sarah Palin and John McCain to nowhere.

I've had it with the extremism and hatred of your editorials and commentary.

Hanna Sweis

LAS VEGAS