Editor, Times-Union:
In Kamala's interview when she was questioned about her flip-flops she said her values hadn't changed. I'm glad her values aren't mine.
First, she is like too many politicians who tell people lies they want to believe. She also likes to twist the facts to match what she wants people to believe. She was the attorney general of California when she made it legal to steal as long as it was $950 or less. That would be like saying it's fine to cut off a person's arm as long as it doesn't kill them. When victims of sexual abuse by priests in California were not listened to she still has the nerve to think she cares about children. She also thinks she is a champion for women even though her values allow her to think men can compete against women in sports as long as they call themselves women. How many girls that long to compete in the Olympics will have their dreams dashed by boys that beat them in sports? Kamala's values allow her to destroy their dreams.
Do you like the way California has become a disaster thanks in part to her values and actions? She probably wants the rest of America to become like California. National blackouts because of eliminating fossil-fuel powered electric power plants and replacing them with solar and wind systems that don't have the capacity will become common. Her value of lying allows her to say she won't do away with fracking when we know she will do that if she is President. She will probably force people to get rid of their gas or diesel-powered vehicles to buy electric ones that they don't want. Imagine the schools getting rid of their buses in order to get electric buses. How many children are going to freeze to death in the winter when their buses stop in the middle of nowhere and there is no power for heat? But Kamala's values won't allow her to care.
She won't erect any of Trump's wall to keep invaders from entering America. Her economic plans call for eliminating the Trump tax cuts that we have benefitted from for years. She wants to have price freezes that have in the past destroyed national economies, created long lines and shortages, and made millions of people suffer. But her values won't allow her to care. She complains about high prices due to inflation which were the result of her vote to allow it to happen.
She supports the extermination of unborn children and is proud of this value. Less than a century ago, Hitler also supported abortion because it is what racists supported. I'm disappointed that Trump also supports abortion. But at least he wants reasonable restrictions.
The election of Kamala could lead to the end of democracy in America and help make her the most hated woman in America if her presidency is a disaster.
Rick Badman
Warsaw, via email

Editor’s Note: This letter was edited to conform more closely to the 500-word limit as stated in the letters policy.