Editor, Times-Union: Yesterday I saw a recommendation for the Democratic nominee for Indiana House District 22 from a person who is a Republican. Now I am not going to say that split-ticket voting is wrong or a bad idea, because many voters actually do. But if you are going to vote for the Democratic candidate in this race, you should have a reminder of what he’s actually written to the Times-Union over the past several years. There are plenty of instances where he’s changed his opinion based on raw political opportunism. For example: – August 4, 2004: “The pre-emptive attack of Iraq was, in my view, a horrible mistake. I am not simply acting as a Monday morning armchair quarterback … An aggressive war like this is out of character for America and a terrible example to the world. From a practical standpoint the risk of failure appears to be growing, and rather than making the world safer, it may well make life more dangerous for America and her allies.” – March 28, 2011, “We did the right thing to intervene with the UN mandate and our NATO allies. President Obama made the right moral and strategic decision. If anything, our country must always stand for the principles of freedom, democracy, and social and economic justice. To sit idly by and watch Ghadafi slaughter his own citizens would have been morally inexcusable.” Just so you know, Libya is in no better shape than Iraq is. When Bush was in office, attacking Iraq was terrible, according to the Democrat lawyer. Once Obama was in office, however, attacking Libya was suddenly a great idea. Flip-flop. Flip-flop. On legislative process, the Democratic Challenger again changes his tune depending who is in power: – October, 2013: "There are a group of legislators who have withheld the full operation of our government unless the rule of law is abandoned regarding the Affordable Care Act, the law of the land.” He referred to Republican opposition as “political blackmail and a rejection of our political system.” Yet when the Democrats walked out of the state house during the Right to Work debate, did he want to say they were engaging in political blackmail? Flip-flop. Flip-flop. Say what you want, but after reading the Democratic challenger’s extensive history, it is obvious he just wants to be elected and will say anything to achieve this. Flip-flop. Flip-flop. Gary Eppenbaugh Warsaw, via email
