From Thomas Paine’s Corner
By Kenny (Hawk) Peters

The Senate and Congressional races in Missouri are too close to call. At a time when one would think the Republicans would lose in landslides across the nation.

In our own backyard, Claire McCaskill is fighting for a Senate seat against the incumbent rubber stamp of Jim Talent. Duane Burghard against Kenny Hulshof in the northern part of Missouri is also in a tight race. We should be sending a message across the nation that Missourians have had enough. With a little over 50 days until the mid term elections, the polls here should be indicating clear, decisive victories ahead for democratic candidates across the Show Me State. Yet the races remain too close to call.

I am puzzled by those still undecided. What even astonishes me more is: where are the veterans of Missouri? We of all citizens should be able to see the things we were willing to lay our lives down for have disintegrating right before our eyes. We watch in disbelief as our sons and daughters continue to die and become maimed for life in a War of Choice, based on manufactured intelligence, lies, deceit, and the quest of profit and oil. Only to return home to slashed benefits, long waits for treatment, and a life of emotional trauma that will sever family and friends. Many will end up homeless, committing suicide. These things are already happening. The very administration that sent them into harm’s way has abandoned them upon their return.

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