Letters to the editor for Sunday, December 22, 2024

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : I am hopeful that over the next four years the non-MAGA world will be able to keep the rest of the country holding on to the enduring values that have made and kept America great, despite the efforts of those cut from the same cloth as Mr. Trump who would have us believe otherwise.
50% : My experience with health insurance (a combination of Medicare and United Health) has been seamless for 25 years since retirement.
49% : Donald Trump has and is following Hitler's playbook, from lying about the 2020 election to trying to influence peddling in Ukraine, etc.
43% : I'll put my trust and faith in the American electorate rather than in the writings of a discredited psychiatrist or the reasoning of the former professor of medicine who penned the op-ed.James F. Lally, MD, NaplesKari Lake has been appointed by Trump to direct our Voice of America.
43% : Trump refused to be a leader and put the country first.
42% : Rick Scott runs an ad saying he will protect Medicare.
40% : Now there is an op-ed in a recent Naples Daily News, "Mental illness and politics: A toxic mix", that seeks to resurrect thoughts from a book, "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump," edited by psychiatrist Dr. Brandy Lee and published in 2017.
39% : Ouch.Hegseth, Gabbard, and Patel will have impactful roles in jobs they are unfit for.
39% : COVID was attacking our population and Trump was on the air every day suggesting we take bleach and ivermectin.
36% : Marian Lauck, NaplesHow could Trump possibly handle the economy better than anyone else?After all everybody knows that he bankrupted six businesses and drove America's deficit up higher than anyone has ever seen before.
36% : Trump's caddies used the nickname "Pele" for Trump because he used the proverbial "foot wedge" so often.
35% : We saw Trump more concerned about his own health than the health of the American people.
34% : Fearing the wrath of Trump, they are less likely to advise and more likely to consent.
30% : Trump is a powerful man and they are a spineless lot.
28% : I remember Trump and the chaos of his administration.
28% : Our country needs to turn the page regarding Donald Trump.
25% : Trump is teaching Americans how to hate.
24% : Addison Woodward, NaplesI fully understand the motives of many of the young people today who support Trump for president because they are dissatisfied with our flawed bureaucratic democracy.
21% : Missing from the discussion is the vital fact that Dr. Lee's appointment at Yale was not renewed as she repeatedly violated one of the basic rules of psychiatry: the patient, Donald Trump, was not examined.
21% : Likewise, Lee's hyperbolic comment: "Trump could destroy the entirehuman species," may have prompted some to question her judgment.
21% : The stated concerns of Trump and these people are about enacting more tax cuts and a rolling back regulations.
20% : Thomas Minor, Bonita SpringsApparently, charges in the recent political campaign that Donald Trump was an "existential threat" to democracy was not enough to sway the electorate.
17% : But having fought as a World War II combat veteran against the authoritarian governments similar to what Trump proposes to bring to America, I can tell you that our American democracy, as frustrating as it can frequently be, is still considerably better than what we would have under Trump.Robert Hilliard, SanibelUnfortunately, I have a great memory.
17% : Trump admires fascist and autocratic leaders throughout the world that demonstrate evil intentions.
15% : In his book "Commander in Cheat," Rick Riley, former award-winning sportswriter for Sports Illustrated, describes Trump cheating in golf.
13% : Donald Trump is a disgrace; can't use the English language properly and then chooses as his lackey a man who spreads lies about people and animals, a person who would be a laughingstock in the international world.
11% : She is sickeningly devoted to Donald Trump.

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