Abandoned in our time of need

To the editor,

No matter which side of the stem cell debate you are on, if you live in the Bay Area you should be angry that you had no representation in the Congressional vote about stem cell research last week. Regardless of whether you support advanced research that may save lives or oppose it, you had no Congressional Representative listening to your concerns and voting on this significant issue.

You have no representation in Congress because Tom DeLay and the Republican Party are conspiring to replace him with a new GOP candidate without the scandals that engulf DeLay. To “game” the election system, DeLay, with the collusion of the Republican Party, actually quit as our Congressional Representative before the end of this term.

DeLay and the GOP abandoned the voters of the 22^nd congressional district as we face huge issues such as the costly wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon; recovery from Rita and Katrina and hurricane protection now, terrorism of Osama bin Laden and security such as at the Port of Houston, record high gas prices and energy prices, a US economy adrift and exporting good jobs overseas, and a national deficit and debt spinning out of control.

We were all abandoned now simply so that they might find a “new Tom Delay” for November’s ballot. You ought to be mad at the co-conspirators who left you with no representation in such a time of need.

Pete