A Simple Letter of Support for Our President

[Goldstein1984]

Removed.

[StarfarerBill]

1. Terrific advice, Dave, and hopefully you're not alone in giving it.

As to whether the president heeds it if he reads it is another matter.

:thumbsup:

[cali]

2. yes, yes. I'm sure Obama has never read a good biography of FDR

we all know how plug ignorant and anti-intellectual he is.

Could you condescend from further heights?

[MineralMan]

3. That's not a letter of support. It's a condescending snark.

As such, it will be deposited in the nearest round file and never read by anyone above the rank of intern.

If you want a letter to be read by its recipient in government, you'll have to do much, much better.

[DevonRex]

4. Oh, FFS.

Get over yourself. :eyes:

[babylonsister]

5. He's way ahead of you...

FDR books on Obama’s nightstand

By Patrick T Reardon
November 18, 2008


Want a glimpse into the future Barack Obama presidency? Take a look back to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s first 100 days in the White House.

During his “60 Minutes” interview Sunday, the president-elect was asked if he had been reading anything about Roosevelt and the Depression.

Yes, he said. “There’s a new book out about FDR’s first 100 days. And what you see in FDR that I hope my team can emulate is not always getting it right, but projecting a sense of confidence and a willingness to try things and experiment in order to get people working again.”

Turns out, according to his press office, there are two books on Roosevelt that Obama has been studying: “FDR,” by Jean Edward Smith, published by Random House in 2007, and “The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope,” by Jonathan Alter, published in 2006 by Simon & Schuster.

more...

http://archives.chicagotribune.com/2008/nov/18/books/chi-fdr-barack-obama-books-1118

[gateley]

6. I think it was offered with a sincere heart, but you're right. It needs to be

presented differently. Too easy to evoke a defensive response which, as you note, will only get it trashed.

[Goldstein1984]

7. The letter was sincere

Not intended as condescending, or critical, or as an implication that a man I consider to be a scholar is somehow poorly read. I give similar advice to those I mentor, without the defensive responses I see here. I think I give Obama more credit than you do. I think he's big enough to take my letters of criticism, as well as my letters of support or simple advice.

I'm sorry you are all so angry that any message is taken as negative. But that is your burden to bare, not mine.