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Lived to see a lot

Published online on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009

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I am an 86-year-old registered Republican. However, I am a true American. I have never voted a straight ticket. There are too many crooks on both sides of the fence.

I have lived through 15 presidents.

During Roosevelt’s administration, he didn’t cause the country to damn near go bankrupt.

Our underestimated president was Harry Truman. Dropping the atomic bomb on Japan saved at least a million American lives, including mine.

The best president in my opinion was Ronald Reagan. He was not tied to the legal profession like most of the so-called leaders we have today.

All presidents promised to clean up the White House. This can’t be done by you voters alone. A two-term limit for the presidency was voted in. But that wasn’t carried far enough. Four terms for the House of Representatives and three terms for senators are the only way to stop the graft that’s going on in Congress today.

Voters are ultimately responsible for this and they shouldn’t blame anyone else.

Jack Henton

Fresno


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