Breaths of Fresh Air

We are grateful for the recent influx of thoughtful and articulate letters to the editor published in some of the local papers, including the Lowell Sun and Littleton Independent. 

In his letter to the Lowell Sun, Mr. Joseph Smith of Lowell praises Patrick’s “wise policies and depth of conviction.”  He also gives excellent summaries of Patrick’s positions on some of the most important issues, and encourages people to take a serious look at Patrick so that “the average citizens of the 5th District might just start a needed revolution of the politics of this country.”  Up the revolution!  Thanks, Joe, for the letter and for keeping us on our toes with your helpful comments and encouragement through the blog and otherwise.

Mr. Peter Barbella’s letter to the Littleton Independent, entitled “Once in a Blue Moon,” takes its title from Mr. Barbella’s line, “once in a blue moon, a candidate comes along whose words exude real sincerity; whose logical thinking gets your immediate attention; a candidate who shows compassion not for big business, but rather for the common man; a candidate who speaks about family strength in a believable manner; a candidate who recognizes that our past is the foundation upon which we must build our future.”  Barbella goes on to say that, in Patrick, he has found such a candidate.  He writes, “If you, like me, are tired of high society politicians who have never had to work a day of their lives; of politicians with staggering ego; of politicians who worry more about getting votes than doing the right thing, then you owe it to yourself to take a close look at independent candidate Patrick Murphy. I promise you will find a breath of fresh air.”  We couldn’t agree more.   Thanks, Mr. Barbella, for your kind and sincere words, for they have been, one might say, breaths of fresh air.

In “All 5th District Candidates Deserve Media Attention,” Joe Donlan’s letter to the editor of the Sun, Donlan makes a plea to the editor to give Patrick the press coverage that his ideas and proposals deserve.  Donlan echoes our sentiments when he writes, “I’ve been getting tired of the lack of coverage the media’s given to Patrick, because if people heard what he had to say there would be a lot of people voting for him. The party candidates haven’t said anything meaningful and yet they’re given all the press. You people have declared it a two-person race before all the debates have been heard. That’s not democratic at all.”  Many thanks to our long-time friend, stonemason extraordinaire, Joe Donlan of Dunstable.

Lastly, our own father, Daniel P. Murphy, took matters into his own hands and penned a letter to the Sun in response to Evan Lehmann’s front-page Lowell Sun article entitled, “No Money?  No Problem, Says Independent Murphy.”  While our father was pleased, as were we, with the well-written and, overall, wise piece, he challenges Lehmann’s reliance on politically-entrenched lobbyist Craig Holman and Brookings-institutionalized “congressional scholar” Tom Mann for their cynical gauge on Patrick’s prospects.  Thanks to Mr. Lehmann for his piece, and thanks to Dan Sr. for leaving no stone unturned. 

Thanks again to all, including the editors of the Littleton Independent and Lowell Sun, for spreading the good word.

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