Editor, Gazette-Journal:

The president and the governor of Virginia have much in common. Both behave as if their job is to mold and shape how the people they are supposed to serve should think. This is a serious mistake, and it’s time for the people to remind them that they are there to manage the established offices of government in place, not to change the rules or laws to suit their own opinions.

The governor’s hypocrisy regarding human life is proven every day, but his actions regarding the death penalty are too much. Those who have been found guilty of deliberately taking the life of another, some more than one murder and many often inflicting terrible pain and suffering in the process, are the people the governor “feels” for—not the victims or their families, but the murderers.

Reading about his behavior reminds me of his disregard for human life when it comes to the unborn child. No concern for the child’s right to live or the fact that these unborn also feel pain. He cares nothing about them and attitudes like his are poison to our society.

Remember the comment by Alexis de Tocqueville when America became a nation. “America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” Look around, watch and listen to what is happening now and you will see that goodness is being smeared, from the top down. The only way for us to help our country is to fight for what she is meant to be.

Don’t be blinded by the foolish who always want to “change” America. We had the best, a gift from the Founders and God, and it is our responsibility to stand and protect our nation.

Dawn Dale

Hayes, Va.