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2:29 PM Friday, November 13, 2009

In 1972, while on active duty in the Navy, I was in the process of driving my fiancee from Michigan to my home in New Orleans, where she was going to stay with my parents until I came back home from Vietnam.

On our way down, we stopped in Middletown to visit one of my Navy buddies and his family. At that time, Armco Steel was there, and Middletown seemed like a really great, typical American town. But today, I feel very sorry for you — specifically, because of your current congressman, John Boehner.

On Nov. 8, I watched the repeat broadcast on C-SPAN of the rally that had been held on the steps of the west end of the Capitol. What made me feel sorry for the citizens of Middletown was not about Congressman Boehner’s position on issues. No, it was when he said: “This is my copy of the Constitution. And I’m going to stand here with our Founding Fathers who wrote in the preamble, ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.’”

A great truth, yes; unfortunately, this is not in the Constitution. It’s in the Declaration of Independence.

This might sound somewhat trivial but, as a member of Congress, Rep. Boehner took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, which is the sacred law of the land. So if he doesn’t know the difference between these two completely different documents, how can you expect him to truly do what is best for your community and district? Again, I feel very sorry for you, but wish you all the best for the future.

Glenn B. Rogers

Seattle, Wash.

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