CHICAGO SUN-TIMES ♦ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2006 COMMENTARY W 39
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
DuPage's shameful voting
After hearing the results of the
Tammy Duckworth vs. Peter
Roskam race for the vacated seat of
Rep. Henry Hyde in the 6th District,
I was flabbergasted and hung my
head in shame. The voters of Du-
Page County had grand opportu-
nity to show the rest of the world
that we know that the course we
took was a mistake and here is our
way of making things right. Out of
all the races, this contest was
broadcast all over the world media
from every country to watch this
race closely.
What did the voters do? They dug
in their heels and stayed the course.
They thumbed their nose at the rest
of the world and rejected the most
deserving candidate on the entire
ballot. They isolated themselves, re-
fusing to embrace change and en-
domed a policy that not only the
majority of Americans felt needed
to be changed but infuriated the
rest of the world.
They gave me a flashback of the
1960s -- an era I grew up in when
this country was sweating with the
perspiration of hate and discrimina-
tion. What happened? What could
that have been about? Could it have
been tradition, maybe pride, preju-
dice or just ignorance? Only the vot-
ers of DuPage know for sure. The
bottom line: The decorated war
hero, the wounded soldier who put
her life on the line for this country
who served this country well and
was wounded physically and men-
tally, was told by the voters of Du-
Page: "We don't care." The bottom
line: The war hero, the wounded
soldier, didn't win like we portray in
the movies. Maybe our way of think-
ing is fiction.
Rev. Kennlth L. Whaley,
Englewood