What Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan primary win really signals
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To the editor:
Regarding the Aug. 5 news analysis, “What El-Sayed’s primary win in Michigan means for the Democratic left”:
I find it strange that people consider “radical” the idea that Americans want to earn a living wage, afford groceries and health care, purchase a home, and send their children to college. Isn’t that what most Americans want? If that is radical, we need to rethink what it is to be an American. These are ideas that make a society better for all people. This really should be considered mainstream. That Abdul El-Sayed won favoring these ideas should be celebrated.
Mike Tiktinsky
Concord, California
To the editor:
It’s said that Democrats never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity — and the Michigan results seem to bear that out.
When Republicans had their MAGA revolution, Democrats laughed. But many voters will see Abdul El-Sayed as an extremist in the other direction. And what serious Republicans and independents will vote for left-bubble candidates? Tell me, what is the extreme left’s answer to balancing the budget — with a war in progress and the United States desperately in need of the expensive, slow-to-build missiles whose supplies are rapidly depleting?
What are the realistic answers to housing issues, medical expenses, deteriorating infrastructure and antiquated rail systems — and future electricity and water shortages between the Mississippi and the West?
The unessential lights need to go out now. The nation needs to start learning the realities we all will be sharing. What is the Democrats’ plan? When mindless, shortsighted thinking is being displayed, winning the primary but losing the general will be the result.
Terry Forsyth
Friday Harbor, Washington
To the editor:
It is refreshing to see an impressive fellow with a remarkable bio and career establish himself as a cheerful politician in, as you put it, “a divided state.” As well as Democrats recognizing his skills.
Claire Bannerman
Panama City Beach, Florida
To the editor:
