Editor,

There’s a metaphor for the current state of our government that seems to capture how things are.

Imagine a freeway and an overpass. The government controls traffic on the freeway. When everything runs well, traffic travels at the speed limit and all are content. Republican leadership is on the overpass and needs to control traffic.

The easiest way is to toss concrete blocks off the overpass. Success: The traffic is stopped.

Republicans complain about the state of government and how poorly it’s run.

This seems like a fair metaphor, considering GOP leadership convened the day of Obama’s inauguration and decided they would do anything necessary for him to fail.

Walt Mistler

Oak Harbor