Letter: Does it matter who is in office?

Friday, Jan. 10, 2003 | 4:19 a.m.

Most tax-paying, family-raising, hard-working, church-going, conservative middle Americans have applauded every Republican political victory over the last four decades, and have wrung their hands in dismay every time a Jimmy Carter or a Bill Clinton has taken up residence in the White House.

Yet, perhaps distracted by going to work, taking the kids to Sunday school, and paying the bills, they have failed to notice what should be obvious to them: Whether the Republicans or the Democrats are running the country, big government and the national debt keep growing, and personal freedom and public morality keep declining.

Once in a while, an ordinary American citizen who is more astute (or maybe just a bit more principled) than his neighbors comes to a stark conclusion: Something is wrong with this picture.

MARILYN HILBORN

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