Pulling together

Doesn’t it feel like we’ve been subtly shifted into large cages labeled D and R, given the assignment to look at the other cage, point fingers and shout, “It’s your fault! It’s your fault! It’s your fault!” It’s time for us to stage a jail break and step back into common sense.

A good first step would be to become an educated voter. We need to move away from TV and the slick ads prepared to make us believe whatever is being pushed. With a little effort we can research the candidates, find out what they have done or not done, what they think they can do and how that will be accomplished. Big money behind all candidates is aimed at making us trust without really finding the facts. We’re smarter than that, aren’t we?

Ford Motor Company has a slogan right now that says, “We’re better together than we are apart.” Isn’t that the American way, to pull together and figure out how to make this the best possible country? It’s time, let’s take that first step … together.

Mikel and Bill Reuter

Spokane