A Nov. 8 letter writer cites three essential questions facing our nation—will constitutional law prevail, will America remain a republic and will capitalism be allowed to continue? He then directs his attention to President Obama’s challenge as a candidate to “fundamental change” and concludes that the “changes” he has proposed reflect a departure from who we are as a people and nation.

What proposed administration changes have violated the Constitution, undermined the republic or wiped capitalism off the face of the U. S. map? This is no more than rhetoric without substance and conclusions drawn on supposition and not fact.

I would suggest that the Republicans’ failure to rein in calls from their congressional members for revolution, as a response to the Obama administration’s attempts to deal with the problems facing the republic, is a bigger challenge to the Constitution and the existence of our republic.

Further, their stated attempt to bring Obama to his “Waterloo” by obstructing the stimulus package and health care reform undermines the continuation of capitalism. Spending four weeks by employing Senate delaying tactics to hold the unemployment extension bill hostage, and then having it pass without opposition (98-0), speaks volumes of the risk they are playing with our republic.

Daniel Zwolinski

Lancaster