Letter: Party Values

With a sad heart, I have concluded that this election will be about party values rather than candidates. Would you rather empower a party that believes in public service, civility, and liberty with responsibility; or one that will deprive some of their freedoms and relieve others of their obligations to the greater good, so that they may wield power over everyone? No one party is 100 percent perfect. Some on both sides of the aisle are self serving, but one party obliges itself to continually cleanse government of corrupt servants. The other applauds and rewards it. One party struggles to bring widely disparate views to the polls in loose unity, while the other fights to suppress diversity of thought, conscience, and heritage. Regardless of the specific candidates, the values their parties represent, and that which will replace them should they not make it through their terms, whether voluntarily or otherwise, are vital.