Verify political charges

In a Feb. 9 letter, “Put Obama on a bus,” I have to say I was amazed at how many Republican talking points were squeezed into such a brief article. The article blames the president for everything that is wrong with our country. How do I know these are Republican talking points? Easy. None of the accusations of wrongdoing or so-called failures by the president in this article were supported by facts, and each and every point has been articulated many times over by Republican talking heads, Fox News, and the Republican presidential candidates. Again, without providing any factual basis for the comments.

The letter goes on to say that the upcoming presidential election is the most important in decades. I agree with this statement and suggest that we, as voters, can’t afford to accept reckless statements and comments at face value in formulating our voting decisions. Spend the time fact-checking political comments and statements as the rhetoric increases in the coming months.

Bob Pritchard

Spokane