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Obama’s Miscalculation

To the Editor:

Sen. Obama’s miscalculation in choosing Sen. Joe Biden as a Vice President candidate was magnified when Sara Palin was selected as Sen. McCain’s running mate.

Biden’s credentials will not pass scrutiny when people learn he was caught cheating on an exam while at Syracuse Law School. It so happens I attended graduate school at Syracuse in the mid sixties and managed to graduate without cheating. Character is the most important asset a candidate can bring to the ticket.

Biden’s selection will not bolster Obama’s ticket.

An enormous blunder was made by not choosing Hillary as his running mate. Obama failed to make a political decision and instead chose a senator known only for his foreign affairs credentials. With Hillary at his side, he would have solidified the party, captured the loyal women’s vote and built a formidable coalition
of independents and first time voters. Notwithstanding the suffering he would have to endure with Bill and Hillary in the west wing, he would nevertheless be in the White House. President Kennedy chose LBJ in 1960 not because they were close friends but because it was politically expedient to do so to carry the south.

How did McCain counter? He chose a Washington outsider who happens to be a women. What a brilliant move. McCain is the great beneficiary of Obama’s miscalculation and he should carry the day on November 4th.

James J. Davis

Leonardtown

Help Be a Voice for
Nursing Center

To the Editor:

The next meeting of the St. Mary’s Nursing Center Family Council will be held in the Board Room, on Wednesday, September 10th at 6:30 PM at the nursing center.

The Family Council meets every month to form a collective voice on behalf of residents, family caregivers and friends, to ensure resident rights are maintained and to improve the quality of life within the Center.

All concerned families and friends of residents at St. Mary’s Nursing Center are most cordially invited to attend these very important meetings.

The last Family Council meeting was held in on Wednesday, August 6th. Discussions at that meeting again focused on the effects of the sudden closure of the entire second floor of St. Mary’s Nursing Center in June, identifying symptoms of Transfer Trauma, and ongoing issues resulting from the relocation of both residents and a large number of staff.

The Family Council found no evidence of the needed counseling of either residents or family members before, during, or after the move.

Falls due to uneven ground conditions in the outside areas in front of the building were discussed as were food issues and the limited activities available in the evenings and on week-ends.

Items on the agenda for the September 10th meeting will include the role of the Resident and Family Councils, the Board of Trustees, the County Commissioners, and others in the nursing home community, the future of St. Mary’s Nursing Center, care issues and quality
of life issues.

Any topics of discussion brought to the meeting by family members will also be included.

We urge all family members and friends of residents living in St. Mary’s Nursing Center to attend this very important meeting.

We hope to see you at 6:30 PM on September 10th.

The St. Mary’s Nursing

Center Family Council

To the Editor:

Dear St. Mary's Today Staff, Love your new online pages layout. The format is perfect. It's eye catching, easy to read, colorful, and as always informative. The photography is the best. Well, maybe with the exception of a photo of Roy Dyson which looks as if he is smelling something very bad. Thank you for doing an excellent job of keeping St. Mary's countian's current with local, state and national news.

I would humbly ask you to please layoff Tom McKay. He lost the election big time and is suffering all that goes with it. Much like our illustrious leader "Goober" Bush who wanted to follow in Daddy's footsteps and unfortunately for the world , did. Tommy McKay was probably hoping to follow in his Father's footsteps and become a State Senator but the voters had other ideas. Which is fortunate for St. Mary's County I suppose but not so fortunate for him.

You need to stop name calling on him and sticking barbs in his expired political career. Be nice now.

Thank you . Good job.

Wilma C. Murrow
Lexington Park

Editor's Note:

Wilma;
Thank you for your note and we appreciate your views. Especially where you like our new online edition.

As to Hambone, we thought we were through with him and yet each week he fires another volley at us and when they do that, we fight back. Hopefully he will now just go back to the grocery.

As he transitions to a private citizen, which we hope is forever, the barbs will get shorter.

ST. MARY'S TODAY