How is it that a failed cowardly politician who abandoned his post when things got hard still rates the front page of the newspaper? Why should anyone give a damn or be interested in what Jason Chaffetz’s opinion is? Does the Tribune have a piece of the next book he is writing? Why else give him the free publicity?
The false equivalency of his argument to let Rep. Elijah Cummings and the White House Embarrassment “duke it out” is ridiculous. While Cummings is trying to do his job and investigate issues pertaining to his role on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, all Trump can do is throw a temper tantrum and call people names.
Trump has no understanding of the issues and no ability to bring the country together by creating consensus by debating the actual issues. To claim that the two sides are equally valid is so demonstrably false it is stunning that the paper sees fit to put it forward. You should at the very least put a “Paid Advertisement” border around it like those ads for the gold coins.
When Chaffetz declared his intention to not run for governor, the Tribune wrote an editorial basically stating that he was not a good choice for the position. Chaffetz went back to the sewer known as Fox News never to be heard from again by decent people. For some ungodly reason — like the monster who is thought to be dead at the end of the movie only to rise again — you give him space on the front page when he should be relegated to “The Mix” on Sunday with the other theatricals.
The newspaper is such a critical part of keeping the nation free, and democracy alive, that The Tribune should show better judgement in who it puts forward as having an opinion worthy of the name.
Douglas D. Reilly, Logan
