Letter to the Editor: The emperor has no new clothes (by Cynthia Baldwin)

CYNTHIA A. BALDWIN Dear Editor: Are we willing to take the chance and not vote in the upcoming presidential election? In one of my favorite children’s stories, “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” it takes a child to tell the truth—that the emperor has no new clothes. The emperor has been fooled by some unscrupulous weavers into believing that he is wearing clothes made of a fabric that is invisible to anyone who is stupid or unfit for his position. Since no one wanted to be thought stupid or unfit for his position, everyone, including the emperor, pretended he could see the emperor’s new clothes. Who will be brave enough to tell the truth during this election? The Republican Party is no longer the party of Lincoln; it is the party of Trump. And who is Trump—a disrespecter and assaulter of women, a liar, and a felon. And that’s not the worst. He is an admirer of dictators and vows to be a dictator, at least “for a day.” Listen and believe him when he tells his supporters this about voting: “You won’t have to do it anymore. … You got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have...