Oct. 29, 2006
 
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Mollohan Not Seeing Danger; It’s Time to Elect Wakim and Retire Mollohan
 
I remember Sept 11, 2001 like it was yesterday. I sat there frozen before the horrifying images on TV. I remember wondering just how much of our country was going to come crashing down or go up in flames.
 
It was a good feeling when the President and our Congress joined to fight the terrorists wherever they found them. Our government promised to do all it could to keep us safe.
 
I was dismayed therefore to learn that Alan Mollohan, our congressman for the last twenty-four years, voted against a resolution this past summer to support intelligence efforts to identify terrorists and track their finances. What could Mr. Mollohan ever have been thinking? Why should we not do all that’s possible to hunt these guys down and prevent another terrorist attack on our homeland?
 
Can it be that after twenty-four long years Alan Mollohan no longer sees the world as we do? Has all that money, power and prestige blinded his vision? Is he no longer one of us but part of the Washington, DC beltway crowd, sipping champagne and nibbling on toast points?
 
Not vote to protect us and our country! Some sort of East coast liberal thinking has gotten into his head and it’s not good for us here in West Virginia. It’s time to retire Mr. Mollohan to his fancy condos in DC and bring in a fresh face.
 
My vote goes to Chris Wakim this time.
 
Joan Martin
Newell, WV