For many years I have enjoyed the “Letters to the Editor” section, but until now I have abstained from active participation. However recent letters have turned my crank enough to get my motor running, so here is my first two cents worth.

One such letter written by someone who has appointed himself judge, jury and executioner of political candidates who admit to being creationist (and I presume anyone else who holds the same beliefs) really got me fired up. The crux of this letter was that because Steve Daines admits to being a creationist, he is not intelligent enough to make the rational decisions required by our senator.

Whoa there, pardner! You seem to have forgotten a few details along the trail. Seems to me this whole shindig got started by a bunch of them dumb creationists led by a feller named George Washington. Before them boys was done, they done got us a whole country and they wrote about in a document called the “Declaration of Independence” and they had the nerve to write about their creator in this official  document.

They didn’t stop here but went on to establish the guidelines for operating this new country and wrote them in another document called “The Constitution of the United States of  America,” not bad for a bunch of intellectually challenged guys. Believe it or not that document drafted by a bunch of dumb old creationists has served our country well for over 230 years, and even though it is under attack by the current administration it’s still doing the job.  

Since then there have been any number of those dumb old creationists who have called the White House home for a spell. Just to name a few that you might have heard of: Dwight Eisenhower, John Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. If you had been through our educational system before it was taken over by the “progressive movement” (pronounced liberal), who have installed a system of indoctrination of selected subjects in which American history, the U.S. Constitution, etc., are no longer required subjects, you would have known all of the above and much more enlightening information.

In summary, I suggest you give some serious thought and perhaps serious research to your method of selecting which candidates to cast your vote for. Otherwise I fear that you and others of similar mindset may get what you deserve and if so, may God have mercy on this nation.

Metzger is a resident of Bigfork