Rural residents for Kay Barnes

I would like to congratulate Kay Barnes on her endorsement from the National Farmers Union political action committee. Her fight for rural workers is truly impressive. Barnes chooses to focus on issues that we in rural Missouri care deeply about, rather than to follow her opponent Sam Graves.

When the facts about Congressman Graves’ voting record in Washington are in the spotlight, his campaign responds with personal attacks on Barnes. He hopes that his poor judgment, such as his abandonment of middle-class families while giving billions of dollars in tax breaks to big oil companies, will be overlooked and forgotten.

Rural Missourians, especially young people, are tired of being treated as though we are not intelligent enough to see past the outright lies and false attacks that Congressman Graves is throwing at a good person like Kay Barnes.

In his ads, Graves talks a lot about values. In this part of Missouri we are raised to value respect, honesty and decency. We deserve better than this.

Brett Carmical
Brookfield, Mo.