To the Editor:

I’m not afraid to vote for Cynthia Dill.

When I vote, I only vote for someone. I do not walk out of the polling place having been forced to select the least-worst candidate.

Those who act on the concept of “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” often come to regret it, and that’s what will happen if people who should be voting for Cynthia Dill succumb to their fears and vote for Angus King because they are afraid of Charlie Summers.

Olympia Snowe voted for Justices Roberts and Alito, and for every unfunded, pro-war spending bill to keep Iraq and Afghanistan wars going. She supported the Patriot Act, voted to suspend Habeas Corpus and opposed the Affordable Care Act. Snowe may vote the right way when it doesn’t count, but she always votes the wrong way when it does count. Even if Summers votes the wrong way all the time, the results will be the same.

King claims he’s running only because Congress is broken. He says he’ll fix Congress but won’t say how. He can’t say what party he’ll caucus with until he sees which party holds the majority. Then he’ll caucus with whichever is in the majority. But King, used to being top dog as TV star, CEO and governor, will still find himself the runt of the litter, with no party, no seniority and the other 99 senators not listening when he says they are the problem. He’ll be in a different 1 percent than he’s used to.

Cynthia Dill represents Democratic values. Focused and outspoken, she stands for peace, prosperity and economic justice.

Democratic bigwigs in Washington have abandoned party values so they can stay in office. The rank and file shouldn’t stand for that.

The path to single-payer universal health care, strong American manufacturing, a clean environment and civil rights and is to vote for candidates who support those things so Washington gets the message. Cynthia Dill is carrying that message and she will get my vote.

David Bright
Dixmont