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MedicineBow said:
I disagree.

That kid's (he's very young) response was immature, rude, and counter-productive. In no way does it reflect Wyoming values.

He got a polite letter from a constituent, who disagrees with him. He writes back like he's a 12-year-old on a playground.

I mean, "Wyoming! Love it or leave it!"? Please. Completely puerile. That's not the way it works here, or anywhere. Wyoming (and any state, and this entire country) is made up of people of divergent views, who bump up against each other, argue, take votes, try to convince one another, talk, etc., and finally settle on something. This isn't a place where people with different opinions have to shut up or leave. The place the boy is talking about is China. Not Wyoming.

He can barely be bothered to state his position, or the reasons for his position. He doesn't seem to have any...other than that he was born in Wyoming. So what? I was too. First, that's an accident, not a policy decision. Second, there are just as many idiots born here as anywhere else (I sure have my moments). Third, it means nothing. If he wishes to get personal (which is really the root of his mistake), I've seen more of this state, met more of its people, than he may in his whole life. So, let's see, does that mean he should defer to me on every decision? Somehow, I doubt he thinks that.

His approach is that of a ignorant bully, who wants to shout someone down. A polite letter is "pompous" and the writer must be a "liberal" who is really an "out of stater." Leaving aside how much it peeves me that he talks to a constituent -- a minister! -- this way, all he is doing is dreaming up cliched insults, which leads you to believe he can't really articulate why he takes the position he takes. From his snotty letter, I presume he doesn't have the horsepower to explain why he will vote the way he does, as it looks like merely one voice of mild dissent drives him nuts.

I could go on. But suffice it to say: I wouldn't vote for him for dog-catcher until he learns to lead, treat people with respect, and articulate his positions and not his prejudices.

(Needed to add this: the guy's wrong, to boot. The legislature -- a more conservative group you could not find -- didn't pass the gun law the woman asked him to vote against. Apparently, and shockingly, there was a little difference of opinion. Oddly, Mr. Hunt didn't stand up and tell them they all were liberals who ought to leave the state.)
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Agree with you completely. Seems like he is just trying to score points at her expense but he doesn't explain anything. He's somewhat safe writing this letter since our state can't get much more 'red' than it already is. I would think he'd be better off politely trying to explain why he feels the way he does and try to sway her way of thinking to be in line with his. I really don't like the 'if you don't think like me, leave' tone of his letter.
I don't think her letter was very good either - an ultimatum of 'if you pass HB105, prepare for an exodus of educated childrearing age people'.
 
I agree with the message, disagree with the delivery. Very distasteful.

Let's do this in reverse. What if you wrote your 'Rep' about a 7-rd mag limit and they told you to leave if you don't like it?

Shameful.
 
Dear Rev. Fulbright,

Thanks you for concerning yourself with the legislature's workload, it has been very hectic of late trying to insure that the citizens of Wyoming are secure in their freedoms.

As for HB 105, I must disagree with you. There is absolutly zero evidence that suggests CCW license holders pose any threat at all to schools and children. Quite the opposite is true. Wyoming people in general have had a long history of gun ownership and safe gun handleing. By no means are the majority of Wyoming's citizens amateurs with reguards to guns.

As a headwater state and the State with the least population in the U.S., we are in a very unique situation regarding the fracking issue. As of today, no evidence has been presented that fracking has done anything but enhance the economy of Wyoming.

I am glad you and your husband chose this great state to relocate to in order to raise your family. It was a wise decision. On the other hand, if you chose to leave because you find Wyoming ways to be objectionable, I am sure your new Sate of residence will welcome you with open arms.

Sincerely,

Wyoreman
 
WyoRedman:

Howdy from down where the Platte flows!

Oh, I understand what she was saying. She was pointing out that policies can have real effects -- like people leaving, or people not moving in -- and urging him to vote a particular way.

That's exactly -- and I mean exactly -- what constituents do, all the time. You hear it most often with the "Jobs will move out of state" crowd. Sometimes when when you hear the argument it is true, sometimes it's not true...but it sure isn't a weird or threatening or unusual position.

My point is he responded with nothing. No reasons why he supported the gun bill...other than that she must be a liberal and his great-great-grandparents lived in a sod hut on the lone prairie, or whatever.

(I don't even care about the substance of her position..but I will say that if that makes her a liberal, then a majority of our reps are liberal, as that gun bill failed.)

I find I have a lot of discussions with folks who disagree with me on everything from guns to the Denver Broncos. But I have never found it particularly winning to tell them they're wrong because they are "liberal" and born in a different hospital.

Anyhow...I've made my point. If Hunt wants to prove how many cliches and how little substance he can squeeze into an email, then he succeeded. At everything else he failed.

(And I know what you mean about plain talk. That's also welcome. But he didn't talk plainly. He didn't say anything at all.)

All that said....the wind is blowing like hell right now. I bet you're very surprised by that!
 
Hats off to Mr.Hunt!!!

If more Vermont politicians had acted like that, maybe I wouldn't live in Tennessee now.

Pro's and Con's to everything. I'm glad I'm here.
 
MedicineBow,

The wind isn't blowing, the air is just rearranging itself!

Please don't bring the Broncos into this!

I wish they would have allowed HB105 out of committee in the Senate. The House did pass it, overwhelmingly. The Senate never had a chance for an up/down vote.

I do get upset with the "We need to change things..." attitude. Oh, well.

And PLEASE leave the Broncos out of this!

Enjoy the weather, Wyoredman!
 
Wyoredman

Honest,good effort on your part.

I have written my Congressman,Senator,and Governor before when they were obviously on the other side of the fence from me.You see,unfortunately,in Colorado,way too darn many people moved in here from other places and were successful in changing Colorado to be like where they left.

They always send me back a politically correct carefully crafted letter that will meet all the expectations of the folks here who don't like what Rep Hunt wrote.

They do it like you did,Wyoredman,in a nice way,they tell me "No,we have no respect for any of that,you do not matter,we will do it our way,to bad for you"

These are the people who have no respect for our Founders,our heritage,our Constitution,or our Liberty.

Right now,these sort are in the process of "fundamentally changing"(destroying)A free and great nation and economy.

I hope we can dump the androgenous invertabrates that are betraying and failing us,and find more like Hunt.

I'd take him for speaker of the house in a heartbeat.

Wyoming is still what America used to be.

Come on 2014!!We have work to do.
 
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Maybe he should have been a little more politically correct, but not much. I think all too often politicians and others in positions of responsibility are too PC and end up sugar coating their speech or correspondence so much that it ends up saying nothing more than blah, blah, blah. I appreciate his sentiments and wish more politicians would be more direct.
 
i would rather get a letter telling me what the politician believes then get a form letter telling me something that hardly anyone disagrees with, but wasnt what I asked about.

Good for Mr Hunt. Good for clear speech stating a belief.
 
Great letter. And, when the mass exodus begins, will you tell those poor folks that we don't want them in Missouri, either. I'm sure Kalifornia and New York would welcome them with open arms.
 
horatioo said:
i would rather get a letter telling me what the politician believes then get a form letter telling me something that hardly anyone disagrees with, but wasnt what I asked about.
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That's exactly why I liked his letter. There's this wall between respresentatives and the electorate now. Responses read like press releases from a PR firm. Honesty, even unpleasant honesty, is always, always preferable, and incredibly rare from a politician.
 
I disagree with her letter, but I like Hunt's even less. I agree 100% with MedicneBow. If this clown Hunt is just too stupid and immature to write a letter to a constituent then maybe he could pay Wyoredman to write one for him (nice job). For that matter there are thousands of high school kids in Wyoming that could do a much better job for free.

Hunt is an embarrassment to our state, and even though I disagree with the preacher I think I much prefer to have her and her family as a neighbor than him.
 
I don't see ANY problem with his response. The letter as out of line, so he chose to give an honest, blunt response(as he initially noted). He doesn't seem like the most articulate writer, but he seems to be getting the job done in life&career.

cheers
 
Medicine, I disgree with your stance.

Yes, the response was blunt. But if the the Wyominian(?) was moving to Virginia and wrote the letter asking the politician to support guns in schools, the politician might write a nice letter back but have no intention of supporting this.

At least this politician was HONEST. A trait sorely lacking in politicians today. I will take the one that says no to my face versus the one that smiles, tells me what I want to hear and then stabs me in the back when I am not looking.
 
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