AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
from a Proctor & Gamble exec.
Dear President Obama:
You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.
You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.
I don't know how much more information you need; the man wrote two books and has been thoroughly investigated by the great Clinton Machine, not to mention the RNC. What else do you need to know?
You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.
He got a scholarship; unlike GWB, who got into Yale and Harvard as a legacy. And his wife worked for a living, as a lawyer.
You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.
Neither did Arnold Schwarzenegger, and yet, there was talk of a Constitutional Amendment to allow him to run for president.
You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.
So what? Looking at the wreckage of the American Economy left by the 'titans of industry' running large corporations, I wouldn't consider this a minus.
You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.
So what? I have the utmost respect for the military, but if we want every one of our politicians to have that experience, we should make a constitutional amendment that requires that. And if you consider the time that GWB 'served' in the Texas Air National Guard to be military experience, you are delusional.
You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming others.
I haven't seen any evidence of this; in fact, I think President Obama has been very humble, and very classy, in the face of insults that no one since the Clintons have had to endure from the right-wing-hate machine.
You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.
If you mean Rev. Wright and that Ayers fellow, he has denounced them. As for people who wish to see America fail, let's start with Rush Limbaugh, et al, who only want America to succeed if elections go their way. Otherwise, not so much.
You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America ' crowd and deliver this message abroad.
America is a great country, which has accomplished great things in the world. It has also made huge mistakes and done evil in the name of 'manifest destiny'. Admitting mistakes is a good way to avoid making them again. Here's a mistake: the US provided Saddam Hussein with the chemical weapons he used against his own people. Dick Cheney and Don Rumsfeld worked with him because he was a 'good' dictator, meaning he was on our side. Here's another mistake: in 1953, the CIA helped the Shah of Iran overthrow a democratically elected government in Iran. Wonder why Iranians still don't trust us?
You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.
You know what, as a citizen, I actually have a way to dump a government I don't agree with. It's called an election. The Constitution limits what the government can do.
On the other hand, I have NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER over corporations. There are no Constitutional restraints on corporations. There is no freedom of speech, or expectation of privacy. We have turned control of the government over to corporations because of our insane election financing laws. The individual doesn't have a chance when there is a conflict with the special interests.
You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.
No, he doesn't. And our current health care system is dysfunctional and unsustainable, not to mention a huge drag on the US economy, and the profitibility of US companies, making them uncompetitive in the global market.
You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.
The US has 3% of the world's oil reserves, and burns 25% of the world's oil energy. Coal is plentiful, but the dirtiest form of energy there is. We need research to make it viable for the long term. In the meantime, renewable energy lets us stretch out oil, coal, and gas for use in the future. Why burn oil or gas when you can use the sun or the wind?
You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.
No, he doesn't, and the CEO's and Wall Street barons have done a real number on killing the capitalist goose by completely discrediting capitalism as a functioning system.
You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.
Whereas GWB only used extortion tactics against the telcoms, who didn't want to let him eavesdrop on every conversation in America without warrants.
You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.
Please see GWB and Republican congresses 2000-2006.
You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.
That's why he has two Republicans in his cabinet, and put his strongest political rival in a key cabinet position, Secretary of State, where she could wreak havoc on his foreign policy if she chose to.
You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.
This statement is simply ludicrous, unless Mr. Pritchett has a telepathy machine.
You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.
Unlike when the press let the previous administration lead us into a bogus war, and actions that gutted the Constitution, because they were afraid to be called 'unpatriotic'?
You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Relllys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.
Since these people are excellent examples of hatefilled, racemongering trolls, I wouldn't claim them as shining examples of Conservatism. I wouldn't try to silence them, and consider any 'Fairness Doctrine' to be unconstitutional. But anyone who considers these goons to be rational members of a democracy, discussing issues in a rational way, is, well, irrational.
You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.
This is an assertion, with nothing to back this up.
Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.
This sentence doesn't even make sense to me.
Lou Pritchett
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