In a fitful moment, President Bush said, "I will not withdraw, even if Laura and Barney are the only ones supporting me." How very revealing... on so many levels.
Dear Mr. President:
YOU are not the issue. Perhaps you should read the Constitution. The job of President of the United States is not the same as being president of your fraternity. Perhaps you missed that important class; hence your "gentleman's 'C'."
You are merely an elected representative, hired by the People as an executive manager of our government. Your sworn duty is to protect and defend the Constitution and thereby the nation and her people. As ordained by the Constitution, you are to prosecute matters according to the will of the people.
The People do not support the MAN in the Oval Office. The People support the OFFICE of the President. Perhaps you forgot that we declared our independence from princely pretenders so that we could be citizens of a self-governing nation versus subjects of any one person supposedly ordained by God.
It seems this particular elected position caries a uniquely harsh strain of hubris. Every man who has ever sat in your chair has been infected. Yet, the degree of your petulance is beyond contempt.
Well, there is at least one remedy that can inoculate the People against further abuses of power. If you will not at least proffer a comprehensive strategic plan for victory over terrorism and to extricate us from Iraq -- and a plan on which a majority of your field generals, both active and retired, can agree -- then We the People will pull your funding.
Dear Congress:
Your rubber-stamping days are numbered. Grow a spine, or you are out of a job in a few weeks.
At this point, most of the nation could not care less whether we pull the lever for a Republican or a Democrat. Neither party has demonstrated true leadership. Partisanship over statesmanship is the reason we are in trouble.
No true freshman Congressperson could do worse than any sitting incumbent.
One of your duties is to manage the purse strings of our nation. That includes performing the necessary due diligence. It is your job to review all expenditures requested by the President and make sure that monies are appropriated in a manner that will protect and defend the nation and her interests. This likewise includes performing an annual audit to make sure our tax dollars are being used properly.
You have NOT done your job!
Dear America:
Not one person currently in Congress is owed your vote. Each one is guilty of playing petty politics instead of providing the leadership and guidance our country needs in a time of war.
Vote against spineless rubber stamping. Vote against the enablers of drunken pork spending when provisions and promises are broken time after time to our troops and their families. Vote against back door tax increases that raise our healthcare costs and tuitions limiting our choices and any chance to enjoy life an liberty. Vote against increasing poverty roles and declining access to the American dream.
Vote against the increase in the terror threat here and around the world. Vote against the fading credibility of our nation.
Vote against failed policies that have enabled two-bit ersatz democratically elected dictators in Venezuela, Iran and Korea to saber rattle and destabilize previously contained threats.
JUST VOTE. This is not just a right, it is OUR JOB according to the Constitution.
Vote. Or suffer more of the same... and you know what that's called... INSANITY.
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