I would like to respond to a recent letter in your paper from Michael Wong. I'm assuming his letter was his personal opinion about Sen. Barack Obama. I say that with a straight face because nowhere in his rant are the words, "I think" or "in my opinion." All I read were statements that were presented as facts without any evidence or proof to back up such statements.

That seems to me to be the tactic conservatives again have taken in their attempt to keep control of the White House. Just throw accusations out there and scare the underinformed public into voting for their guy and gal in this race.

This is a free country. One can say "I'm not voting for a black guy" or "I'm not voting for an old man." What I feel one can't do is put accusations and innuendo that have no factual proof in newspapers or magazines without getting challenged on it. We all know by now what I'm talking about. He's a terrorist supporter, a Muslim, an America hater, surrenderer on the Iraq war. ... The litany is endless.

Not everyone is a political junkie and separates fact from fiction. Tactics like this work. George Bush was elected twice, and with the current polling data it looks like the Republicans are on their way to win the White House again. If one thinks all is right in America, then McCain/Palin is hard to argue with. It seems odd to me that if a resounding majority of Americans disapprove of the current Republican administration, that the party would be awarded with four more years.