An Open Letter To The President From A Cape Codder Who Voted For Bush

[struggle4progress]

By Greg O’Brien
Codfish Press

Mr. President: Your war in Iraq, if you don’t already know it, is over! You know, the war where you said Saddam had all those hidden nukes and weapons of mass destruction to annihilate us. Our troops, praise God, are coming home soon—among them, more than a third of the Louisiana and Mississippi National Guard that could otherwise have been on the front lines of a more vital campaign. You’ll get the word soon, I’m sure, in the next opinion poll after the final body count is taken along what was once the Gulf Coast—apparently the political backwaters of your administration. <snip>

And if you can’t take care of business at home, you’re grounded. So go to your room and stay in the Oval Office until you can ease the collective shame and humiliation we all feel over “how quickly the thin veneer of civilization can be stripped away,” as the Daily Mail of London put it. Stay there until you prevail upon your buddies in the oil industry, some of whom will pocket as much as $30 billion in profits this year, to stop their iniquitous corporate looting. Sit at your desk until you patch our failed Homeland Security apparatus, as porous as a Big Easy levee.

Many of us who voted for you, moderates without party affiliation, are nauseated. We don’t care what it takes to fix this. End the tax cuts. Trickle down, Mr. President, only trickles down into the pant cuffs of the wealthy. We have developed a deplorable caste system in this country of fat cats and untouchables. It’s time you got some religion on this.

http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/Codfish/2005/09/06/an_open_letter_from_cape_cod_to_the_pres

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Live with it, buddy. I never voted for him.

[sniffa]

2. i read that today

it was in the metro too. before today, i kinda Liked his coLumns on most days, but i had just assumed he voted for kerry this time around (based on his criticaL pieces of him). i can't beLieve he stiLL voted for him.

what the fuck is wrong with peopLe!!? x(

[valerief]

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[bullimiami]

4. Greg O'Brien you are either very stupid or very gullible.

I dont believe you are a hateful greedy bigot because I dont see it in your writing.

either way i have a very hard time forgiving you for voting for this vicious moron.
you owe the rest of us an apology. we saw it and warned you. you chose to believe the liars.

[quiet.american]

5. Interesting. I would be interested to know how many times.....

.... this moderate voted Democrat.

Almost all independents/moderates I've come across describe themselves thusly:

"I consider myself an independent, but I've never voted Democrat and will probably vote for (insert Republican candidate name here).

Glad to see he's outraged at Bushco, though.