To the editor:
Down through the decades of presidential election cycles, voters have heard “talking heads” from both of our nation’s parties claim, “This is the most important presidential election ever!” Why do I presently feel there has never been a more important presidential race as a nation than the November 5, 2024, General Election?
Full disclosure, I am a lifetime Democrat, and I am about to recommend two books that I read this year: Liz Cheney’s “Oath and Honor” (published in December 2023) and Nancy Pelosi’s “The Art of Power” (published this month). Both of these political leaders (one Republican and the other Democrat) disagree on most policy positions while they also both agree on who should not be the next president of the United States of America. I urge all registered voters who plan to vote on November 5 to read just one or both of these books prior to casting your ballot. In my opinion both of these women show amazing courage and leadership in having their story published leading up to the 2024 election.
I will close this recommendation with one quote, and this comes from “Oath and Honor”:
Elected officials who believe their own political survival is more important than anything else threaten the survival of our republic, no matter what they tell themselves to justify their cowardice. I expect to pass through this world but once.
Tommie L. Hutto-Blake
Becket
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