An Open Letter to My Liberal Friends

I know you hate talking politics with me. You want to by my friend and keep politics out of it. I’m sorry to say, I don’t give a rat’s ass about the Oscars. I don’t watch movies because I don’t like giving my money to people who are out to destroy our republic. I am interested in what is going on in our country. Call it politics or current events, call it whatever you want. I have two little boys and I would give my life if it meant they could grow up in the America I grew up in.

Slavery does not exist in the America I grew up in. The civil rights movement was over when I grew up. I never in my life believed that a black person or a woman or a Mormon or a Jew couldn’t be President of the United States of America.

The nation I grew up in provided Social Security and Medicare for our senior citizens and the disabled. The America where I grew up is a place where hard work is rewarded. The America I grew up in has safety nets like unemployment, food stamps, WIC, HEAP and a myriad of programs to help the down trodden. We also have churches and charities that do tremendous things for their fellow citizens. I often write checks to these organizations because I believe they do a better job of providing relief to people than our government does.

I’m sick and tired of listening to Bush bashing. Eight years – enough! Was he perfect? No! But when you bash the man who gave you what you want it gets really annoying. He angered his base to try to please you people and nothing was good enough. He expanded the federal government to provide prescription drugs for seniors. Isn’t that something YOU wanted? He did more for AIDS victims in Africa than any other human being on this planet. Isn’t that something YOU wanted? Oh and guess what?! If you want to have an abortion in America you still can! He only tried to reduce the number of abortions.

President Bush was bipartisan. He reached across the aisle to pass No Child Left Behind with your hero Ted Kennedy. He worked with your party in his attempts at immigration reform. That failed because of a groundswell of opposition from the American people! President Bush cut our taxes, yours and mine, not just the rich. And talk about inheriting a problem, it was the pacifism of the prior administration that brought about 9-11. 3000 of our fellow citizens, from all walks of life, died on that day. President Bush had bipartisan support when we went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq. Presidents don’t get do-overs but apparently senators do. And just how brave was it for an Illinois state senator to oppose something for which he had no say? 

President Bush kept you safe even though you would prefer to get blown up by a terrorist than allow our government to listen in on terrorists’ phone calls. He protected not just Republicans and Christians, but Democrats, libertarians, independents, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, atheists and scientologists.

You can blame Mr. Bush all you want for the current state of the economy, but you’re wrong. Should he have tried to rein in the Fed on monetary policy? Yes, he should have. But didn’t you benefit from those low interest rates? President Bush (and John McCain and Alan Greenspan) warned of the problems with the housing market and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. They tried to increase regulation and guess what!?!? They were stopped by Democrats! Look it up if you don’t believe me.

So President Bush inherited a problem that was decades in the making. He had to “chuck free market principles” in his attempts to shore up the financial markets. He wasn’t trying to nationalize the banks, he just wanted to apply a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. The second half of the $700 Billion TARP came at the request of then President-elect Obama. President Bush did him a favor. I guess the way the Clinton Administration handled the transition left a bad taste in his mouth.

To sum things up, President Bush was a center-right president. He is not a radical right winger. Far from it. The way he’s been vilified by the press and the Left is a disgrace. Honest criticism is one thing, what they’ve done is entirely different.

So how is your Messiah doing? Let’s see…..the new admin came out and said that Gitmo detainees don’t have Constitutional rights. Hmmm….sounds like Bush. They’re ramping up troop levels in Afghanistan and bombing villages in Pakistan. Hmmmm…..not so hopey changey.

Since election day millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Have you ever stopped to think that employers saw what was coming and decided they had to cut back? The stock market’s been in a death spiral since the election. Again, investors saw what’s coming and said “no thanks”.

When it comes to privacy, who knows if terrorists will have privacy under the new administration. We do know the ones who won’t have privacy are you and I. Did you know the Porkulus bill signed by President Obama contains a provision allowing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to release or sell your medical records? Well, it does! Look it up! That’s what you get with a president who outsources his duties.

If you’re a socialist, fine. Be brave and come out and say it.  I won’t even debate you. What’s to debate? Socialism has been tried and has failed around the globe. What makes anyone think it will work here? We’ll find out soon enough. Newsweek didn’t have the ‘nads to do so before the election but now that The One has ascended they can come right out and declare “We’re all socialists now!” Congratulations. You win!

If you aren’t a socialist and you just think the Democrat party is the party of little people, then you may need to wake up! They don’t care about you. All they want to do is make more Americans dependent on the government in order to cement their power.This is not the party of your parents and grandparents.

And by the way, Lincoln was a Republican. The Civil Rights Act came to be thanks to Republicans. It was Ronald Reagan, a Republican, who made Martin Luther King, Jr. day a national holiday. The only Senator who was a member of the KKK was a Democrat – Robert Byrd. We have equality in our country. We just don’t have a guarantee. No government can guarantee equal outcomes. Oh, sorry, unless you’re a union member or work for the government. Then you’ll be just fine. Hopefully nepotism will take care of your kids.

If you think federal spending was bad under Bush why the hell aren’t you outraged at the spending The One did in his first month in office? At this rate we’ll be totally bankrupt in six months. But hey, maybe we can put off paying the bill until our kids grow up.

I believe our republic is being destroyed. I am angry. I am angry at every American that didn’t take the time to find out what they were voting for. I am angry at the media for not informing the people of what they were voting for. I am angry at Hollywood for debasing our culture. If they want to solve all of the world’s problems why don’t they voluntarily give up 85% of their fortunes to help the little guy? Instead they’re lining up at the bailout trough.

So if I offend you I’m sorry. This is who I am. There are times I have to keep my mouth shut and for the most part I do. But why should I listen to people talk about what they do and be expected to shut up about what I do for countless hours day in and and day out for nearly no pay? If that’s what you expect of me you never were my friend in the first place. I don’t do this out of love of the Republican party. I do this out of love of my country and I don’t want the last best hope on earth to disappear before my children get their chance in life.

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