Democrats should vote for Bush

I hope West Virginia Democrats will look beyond party labels this election and vote for the right man to lead America.

If Democrats vote for Al Gore, they will be inflicting major damage onto their state of West Virginia. Al Gore's environmental policies are already wreaking havoc on our coal and steel industries and only unless we change the White House with George W. Bush, will we have a chance to save our state's economy.

This is not a scare tactic it is a real threat.

Just ask the men and women at Dal-Tex Mining in Logan County who lost their jobs because of a Clinton-Gore crackdown on the surface mining industry.

Just ask the unemployed steel workers at Weirton Steel or American Alloys in Mason County who lost their jobs because Clinton-Gore refused to enforce trade laws with China, Korea and Japan.

West Virginia's economy is at grave peril if Al Gore gets elected.

This is a man who believes the automobile should eventually be banned because it causes too much pollution.

This is a man who believes spotted owls and snails have more rights than a man has to put food on his table for his family.

This is a man who has been endorsed by every extreme environmental group in America. He will owe them big time when it is over.

West Virginia Democrats, please take a good hard look at what you are doing. It's OK to vote for Democrats, but not ones who will ruin West Virginia's economy. Senator Byrd is a good Democrat; Al Gore is a bad Democrat.

Danica Hand
Triadelphia, W.Va.