Political Mudslinging In Douglas County

Is God Affiliated With A Political Party?

What Is A Jeffersonian Democrat?

     God is not a Republican. God is not a Democrat. I would even guess that God is not a member of the Bible-based Constitution party. God is above the political fray on Earth.
     The Bible makes it clear that Christians are to set their sights on Heaven and not the secular pleasures of the Earth. However, the Bible also makes it clear that Christians are to uphold their leaders in prayer and to obey the laws of a secular society. (When in Rome, give unto Caesar that which is his.)
     One could extrapolate that it is a Christian's duty to participate in the political process. Running for office for anyone, Christian or non-Christian, is a noble calling. That's why I'm dismayed when letters to the editor in the local newspaper attack candidates simply because they're a "D" or an "R." Or, in the example listed below, a Republican's patriotism is attacked simply because he donated money to a Democratic candidate!
     I have great respect for one of my former high school teachers, whom I've known for decades. He has always been a fundamental Christian and a member of a local Assembly of God church. I was somewhat surprised one day when he told me that he was a Democrat. He made it clear that he was a "Jeffersonian Democrat." In other words, he didn't support radical environmentalism or other extreme left-wing positions that the national Democratic party has embraced in recent years.
      My former teacher taught me, long after I graduated from high school, that it didn't matter whether a person was a "R" or a "D," or any other label that one chose to attach to a person. What mattered was the person's actions and their individual belief system.
     It's a shame that mudslinging has to occur in small-town elections, where everyone knows everyone else on a face-to-face level. But sadly, the current race for Douglas County Commissioner has degenerated to that level in the eleventh hour, as the Roseburg News-Review letter to the editor printed below demonstrates. I guess that means the election will be a close one.?.
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Stand against political games

      When it comes to the current county commissioner race, there’s only one candidate who will stand strong for Douglas County; who will stand strong for you. That candidate is Chris Boice.

Chris Boice is a hard working man with a passion to become a great leader for Douglas County. Chris Boice is a willing student who will quickly learn what he needs to know and how do use what he knows for the benefit of Douglas County.

     Chris Boice understands the nature of the battle we face. It’s a battle against a radical Marxist ideology using the environmental movement as its vehicle for the implementation of its agenda. That agenda has absolutely no regard for the well-being of Douglas County, you, your children, or your grandchildren.

     Chris Boice will not play political games or support candidates and causes that are opposed to freedom and free enterprise, as Gary Leif has done by financially supporting the campaign of a pro-Obama, pro-Nancy Pelosi, pro-Harry Reid, pro-Obamacare, pro-illegal immigrant, pro-corrupt Governor John Kitzhaber candidate for state house Kerry Atherton.

     I withdrew from the commissioner race so the pro freedom, free enterprise and rule-of-law vote would not be split and thus allow an individual to be elected who lacks the intestinal fortitude and personal character that Douglas County needs at the county commissioner level.

     All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing. It is time to choose between freedom and tyranny. Which side are you on? I urge you to not only vote, but urge everyone you know to urge everyone they know, to not only vote, but to vote for Chris Boice. He’s far and away the best choice, my choice, for county commissioner.

Rich Raynor

Roseburg

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     I strongly object to the insinuation that commissioner candidate Gary Leif is a tyrant ("All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men and women to do nothing. It is time to choose between freedom and tyranny. Which side are you on?") because he gave a few dollars to a statewide Democratic candidate. I believe it would be prudent to examine what Ephesians 4:29 has to say.