Letter to the editor: Wyden rhetoric

Wyden proudly celebrated his “landmark 750th town hall” this month in Wheeler County.

Of the Harney County standoff he recently said: “I understand why rural Oregonians are so frustrated about this economy, but the next step from frustration is not to walk off a cliff, misled by some outsiders who seem willing to take the law into their own hands.

“The next step is what I’m going to be trying to do over this week, which is to focus on solutions rather than standoffs.

“That’s why in a few minutes I’ll be heading to rural Oregon to listen to what folks have to say about the economy.”

He’s been a senator for two decades and NOW he’s “heading to rural Oregon to listen to what folks have to say about the economy.”

Are you kidding me? How lame is that?

Has he not had enough time to hear what they have to say?

I would guess Wyden already knows what the problems are between rural Oregon and the federal government and maybe he’s part of the problem.

Mark Lutz

The Dalles