Taken for Granite

Kevin Bresland of Chesterfield made a good point about Charlie Bass today in a letter to the editor in the Keene Sentinel. Bresland points out that Bass has not shown leadership on the Iraq war.

“Charlie Bass doesn’t present any original ideas or advice to his constituents; he just recycles the tired rhetoric of the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld machine.”

He goes on to point out that Bass has not taken the time to investigate the war either.

Since the start of the war, many congressmen have felt responsible enough to spend thousands of hours in Iraq. They do this to see for themselves what the troops are faced with and what the possible solutions may be. These congressmen meet with soldiers from their home states and provide on-the-spot support and assessment of conditions on the ground.
When they return they then meet with constitutes and the families of the deployed and answer questions face to face.
Charlie Bass has yet to make a single trip; he has not spent one minute in Iraq. His military affairs liaison explained to me that the congressman has not had the “opportunity” to go.

As Bresland says, “It is time for a change.”