Editor:

Recently, Sens. Enzi and Barrasso and Rep. Cubin voted against a bill that would have given our military personnel a slight cost of living raise. The bill would have funded more mine resistant armored vehicles, research into brain injuries and suicide prevention - all of these are desperately needed by our troops.

When it comes to backing our troops they are long on talking the talk but fall hypocritically short when walking the walk. From lying this country into a war, to cutting veterans medical benefits, to veterans in rat infested VA hospitals, this president has shown nothing but contempt for those who serve, and our congressional delegation has been with him every step of the way.

The Republicans kill every bill Congress brings up until their pro-big oil bill gets passed.

That's right, the Republicans are holding our service personnel hostage until their master big oil gets its way. How many of our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan will be killed or wounded, brain-injured because of inadequate armor? Who knows, but our congressional delegation cares more about allowing offshore drilling than protecting our troops.

Oh, they'll lie through their teeth why they did it but the record shows they voted against our troops, period, just like they voted against health insurance for poor kids. Utterly despicable.

For too long Wyoming this totally morally bankrupt, anti-people, pro-big-corporation party have taken Wyoming voters for granted and for six years controlled all branches of government. During that time they lied us into a unnecessary war, undermined the dollar, let inflation run amok in the wake of record big oil profits, ran up a debt and totally destroyed this nation's moral credibility.

Time and again these so-called representatives have voted against the interests of the people of Wyoming and nation, from our vets to our poor kids and against our environmental concerns for wildlife and clean air and water.

After someone has betrayed you and taken you for granted for years on end, a time comes to when smart people say, enough!

In this rigged two party system the Democratic Party is the only way we have to take the Republicans to task for having brought this country to where it is today. It's a nasty job but it has to be done; come November we have to change Washington's dirty diapers.

MIKE CRAIG, Jackson