Guess what, Fox News, Democrats won this election
The election is over ... but wait. Some on Fox News call the results a status quo election ... but wait.
President Obama, with a 54 percent approval rating, received more than 4.5 million more votes than the Republican. In Congress, the Democratic candidates for Congress received more than a million more votes than the Republicans and gained eight seats in the 113th Congress, even though redistricting gave Republicans an advantage.
In the Senate the Democratic candidates gained two seats — Joe Donnelly of Indiana was one. At the national level this was not a status quo election. The Democratic Party won the White House again, kept the majority while gaining two seats in the Senate, and gained eight seats in the House of Representatives. Plus, a million extra votes didn’t count because of redistricting. Democrats got more votes nationwide, but fewer district wins. In our district the Republican winner only got 48 percent of the vote and she refused to debate at IUSB.
Republicans lost this election. They lost House seats and Senate seats. They lost the White House for the fifth time in the last six cycles in the popular vote. Nancy Pelosi is still the leader of the minority and Harry Reid is still majority leader in the Senate. President Obama is still in thee White House, but with more helpers in the House and Senate thanks to this election. Sen. Joe Donnelly is living proof.
Elections have meaning, impact and consequences. It was history-making because President Obama received more than 51 percent of the vote for the second time and added Democratic seats in both the House and the Senate. That changed the status quo and effort by FoxNews to belittle this achievement should be called what it is — A distortion, an untruth and a lie.
— Charles Mumaw
Goshen
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Safety along C.R. 35 is a concern
This letter is meant to bring awareness and hopefully corrections in regard to C.R. 35 in Elkhart County. Something needs to be done immediately to enforce the laws pertaining to the use of C.R. 35.
- Emphasis on gun control makes you wonder
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Goshen should stick with ‘Redskins’
I must respond to the letter to the editor from Mr. Ron Chupp (The Goshen News, May 9). What’s in a name, Mr. Chupp? I too have a Native American heritage, and for some reason, I am not offended by the term Redskins, or brown skins or any other color of skins.
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More important issues than a nickname
I would like to, in the most respectful way possible, respond to Mr. Chupp’s letter (The Goshen News, May 9) regarding the ongoing debate over the term “Redskins” being used as the nickname and mascot for the Goshen school system.
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There is hope through God
May I share what happened to me after praying about the issue of whether to have guns carried by school authorities at Goshen High School. While calling out to God, my question was: Why have we as a nation come to trusting in government agencies, such as Homeland Security, rather than obeying the Constitution in what you have declared through our forefathers?
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Sheriff has this reader's support
This letter is in defense of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and in response to Shari Mellin’s letter (The Goshen News, May 8) about Sheriff Brad Rogers not obeying the laws related to anti-gun legislation
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‘Redskins’ nickname is offensive
The question posed (in the May 5 edition) was, “What’s in a Name?” In the case of the GHS (Redskins) mascot, it is insult, degradation, racism, and an ongoing slap-in-the face reminder of the disgusting manner in which my Native American ancestors were treated by Europeans.
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Millrace projects threaten a Goshen gem
The city of Goshen is in the 11th hour for the five Redevelopment Commission members to hear the voices of its residents concerning the millrace redevelopment proposals at its next meeting at 4 p.m. on May 14.
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We don’t need a community center
We want to keep this short and to the point. We keep reading articles and letters in the papers about the proposed community center in Goshen. Our question is why?
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Freedom-loving Americans want our country back
We are living in unprecedented times. The “America” of today is not the America that many of us grew up in.
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