LETTER: A Republican who was not afraid

I am 84-years old, a Democrat and the wife of an Air Force veteran who had a great love for his country. In the Nov. 9 Review-Journal, I saw the opinion essay by Mark Robertson, a retired U.S. Army colonel, and I thought: Here is yet another article for the Republican Party. I glanced at the first paragraph and was compelled to read the whole piece. By the end of the article, I was in tears.

Here was an article written by a Republican who was not afraid, who wrote what he believed in, who wrote the truth as he saw it. Here was a reader who was in despair for her grandchildren faced with an uncertain future, living in a country with no values, no respect for its citizens and disrespected by the rest of the world.

Col. Robertson’s essay now takes a place with my grandchildren’s pictures to remind me, once again, that we can live in a country that will be governed by the people, a country that, once again, will be governed by the Constitution, a country that, once again, will be respected by the world. Col. Robertson, has my gratitude, my respect, my humble thanks. I salute you, sir.