Persistence the trait shared with Lincoln

I'm responding to Art Malm's April 11 letter to the editor. He missed the whole point of my April 6 letter.

I was not equating Jim Oberweis' candidacy to President Abraham Lincoln's in any sense of the word. I was talking about a higher principle, a character quality -- those being "never give up," "patience and persistence," and "quitters never win and winners never quit," etc., in pursuit of a righteous cause or causes.

Lincoln had a lot of ventures that we recognize as "successes" from 1832 until his tragic death. But it is historic fact he experienced the failures I described in my letter. He never gave up.

I also must reiterate the other point of my letter, that being we cannot afford another tax-and-spend liberal like Oberweis' opponent.

We need Oberweis because of his stands on bloated federal government, national defense, illegal aliens, socialize medicine, etc. I encourage everyone to get behind him and support him with resources, no matter the "failures" of previous attempts at elective office. We need him now.

L. Dean Hufsey

Elgin