Speak Up for Nov. 23 -Does Springfield own stock in the Lipton Tea company?

I'm so sick of the rhetoric that Republicans are only for the rich. I'm a Republican and I'm not rich. I also don't have a union wage or those union benefits, but I don't expect things to be handed to me by other taxpayers or through high-priced items. Republicans believe in the Constitution and for each man to find his way in life, do his very best and earn whatever he worked for. Who has ever landed a job from a poor person? We need rich people and those "evil" corporations, because that is where our jobs come from. You people who keep using that tired rhetoric need to get creative and come up with something new.

Give the wealthiest 10 percent that tax break. That's the first thing on their agenda for the Republicans, and then take away health care. How selfish. This is what the Tea Party stands for.

The reason Tea Party candidates run as Republicans is that as third-party candidates, they would draw votes from Republican candidates and all but certainly assure the Democratic candidates' election. Third-party candidates do not fare well in three-way races. The Tea Party will hopefully move the Republican party to the conservative side and away from its current moderate positions.

People overseas are seeing through the farce and words of President Obama. They know he is not a leader; they know he is all talk. He has no experience to lead our nation and people know it. He's lost the support of the American people and the people in other countries.

Democrats and Republicans are liars.

MSNBC does not only downplay news items that smack of socialism, they openly admit that they are socialists. Lawrence O'Donnell just said so on his TV program. And liberals are upset with Fox News.

Is there a reason that Cox Media goes on and on about Taylor Swift? There are far more comments and photos of her than any other celebrity.

Does Springfield own stock in the Lipton Tea company? The logo you are using looks just like the Lipton Tea company.

Re comments that people with ugly feet shouldn't wear sandals: Some people do it for the relief of pain in their feet. Don't look.