December 8, 2010
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.20500
Dear Mr. President,
I regret to inform you that I find your naivete' appalling and frightening.
You often remark that, in effect, you're representing all the people of America. In theory, at sort of a ninth grade civics class sort of way, you're correct. But, in reality there are anywhere from 25 to 35 percent of the population who would gladly burn crosses on the White House lawn and drag you and your family out into the cold December night and hang you before setting fire to your corpses. Do you truly believe that you represent them, or that by extending a hand you will change them?
This mindlessly, lunatic rabble is financed, encouraged, and abetted by nameless, faceless corporations that know no national boundaries nor any sense of patriotism toward our nation. They are the vanguard of international fascism, and in no sense of the word do they believe that you "represent" them. They are the masters of destruction, they use our legislature to further their own aims, they use our military to advance their worldwide goals and to advance their profits--do you truly believe that you "represent" them?
I worked long and hard (as did millions of others) to help get you elected. As a cancer survivor, I used strength and energy I could not spare. As a Social Security recipient, I contributed money that I could ill afford to part with. I did these things because I believed you when you promised to rein in and corral the liars, thieves, cut-purses and mendicants of Wall Street and banking. I believed you when you said you would extract us from two unfunded wars of invasion and occupation of non-belligerent sovereign nations. I believed you when you said you would lead us in the fight to bring to heel the hell-hounds of the drug and insurance companies and provide all Americans with an opportunity for quality, affordable health care. And, I believed you when you said you would bring an end to the Bush tax-cuts, which further enrich the already wealthy while diminishing the middle-class and further impoverishing the already poor and destitute.
I believed you were a man of strength, courage and fortitude. I believed you would provide leadership against some very dark and strong forces undermining every precept of representative democracy. I believed that you would help us climb out of the abyss of cynicism and insane self-indulgence wrought by the dry-drunk sociopath who preceded you in the White House.
I watch as your supporters rightfully desert you.I have watched as you have silently suffered insult and attack without response. And sadly, after two years of capitulation, compromise, and weakness, I see no way back for you. You have exhausted my trust and belief. You have failed to accomplish that which you were elected to do. I am saddened and sickened by this.
I encourage you to take the first opportunity to come before the American people and announce that you will not seek a second term in order to allow the Democratic party to find a candidate worthy of the office. Perhaps, without the distraction of re-election considerations or eye toward your place in history, you could find the time, stamina and will to truly represent those Americans who elected you!
Sincerely,
Shane Fox
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