Majority Leader Hoyer, like rest of House, had bad year
The U.S. Congress gave the American people an early holiday gift this season. They adjourned.
What a relief! One of the worst Congressional sessions by any objective measure has come and gone and I'm sure that the American people are thankful that the bloodletting has ceased.
The Democrats who took control of Congress, including our own Steny Hoyer, set about to accomplish three things: 1) end the war in Iraq, 2) "reform" Congress, and 3) to do so through bipartisanship. What kind of bipartisanship, you ask? The type where they run roughshod over everyone who disagrees with them and pretend that Americans are too stupid to know the difference between leadership and browbeating.
How else do you explain presenting the exact same proposal on ending the Iraq war to Congress 60 times and expecting a different result than your first failure?
Congressman Hoyer shares much of blame for the failure of this Congress. As majority leader, he is one of the four most powerful people in Congress. So why is it that a congressman who touts his moderate views, his bipartisanship and his respect for the American soldier helped craft legislation that is anathema to his supposed beliefs?
Christmas is a time for reflection and change. This Christmas we need to reflect on ourselves and where we are as a people. Marylanders, in particular, need to decide which Steny Hoyer we want. Do we want the false caricature of a congressman we've been presented with time and again or the man who sits in Congress telling us what to think and do because it's for our own good?
I am beginning to think that it is time to thank Congressman Hoyer for his many years of service and ask him to step aside so that Maryland can be represented by competent leadership.
Jason W. Papanikolas
Laurel
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