Not buying Shea investigation

With all due respect, it is far beyond intelligent reasoning and the code of due process to accept the Washington House of Representatives’ Report of Investigation Regarding Representative Matt Shea (Dec. 1) as any basis for truth in reality or imperative legislative action.

When a government-mandated investigation is funded to the tune of $120,000, it is the American people’s reasonable expectation that the investigators will actually investigate, and not base their conclusions on unsubstantiated news articles, merely because they are published. One would hope a keen sense of professionalism would discern the factious biases in the content referenced, and at least corroborate for veracity – not regurgitate as “evidence” of malfeasance.

Those ingesting media indoctrination may not be sufficiently informed to discern, but many of my friends and neighbors know in fact that article after listed article can be proven to be no more than innuendo, strung along by spurts of fact, to peddle grossly contorted re-characterizations of reality. With a few notable exceptions, there is hardly a one that does not exemplify stellar contempt for investigative journalism.

Sadly, those articles, along with vindictive witnesses, “corroborated” a well-worn narrative against patriotic Americans who believe the Constitution is still the highest law of the land, and who acknowledge there is One yet higher. The smear playbook - from trigger words to broad-brush conclusions - is repetitive and predictable, whether targeting the highest office in the land, a state legislator, or a small rural community.

With all due respect, I’m not buying their conclusions one bit!

Kelly Tacoma

Hope, Idaho