My letter to McCain (and Obama)

Below is the letter I just sent to the McCain campaign, and then to the Obama campaign.  It does not mention Obama's discouragingly typical move to  the center, but it is on my mind:

Dear McCain campaign:

I am a Georgia voter who supported Barack Obama in the primaries. Let me tell you how John McCain can steal my vote.

I am going to vote for the person who is most honest about the deep hole America is in and about the tough decisions necessary to get us out of it.  I am talking about our deficit; the related fall of the dollar; our unsustainable dependence on oil (foreign or domestic); an economy that creates billionnaires while suffocating the middle and working classes; and a political culture that cares more about symbolic displays of patriotism than with leveling with the American people about the depth of the hole we're in and what it will take to get out of it.

In short, I am looking first for honesty and realism, and then vision. I want someone who understands my sense that the situation is bad and the country is in decline.  I want someone who doesn't crow about the greatness of America, but rather somone who tells the American people how to restore it. 

So, let me put it this way: spare me the bullshit. Give me honesty and answers. If McCain does that better than Obama, he might steal this liberal vote.

Anyone else feel this way?

Comments

[Heidi @ Carolina Dreamz]

I love this! I'm not linking to it in a blog post. I'm giving it main page preference, though.
Thank you for speaking for my Conservative Heart!
~Heidi

[jaz]

You have to hand it to the wealthiest members of our society: they did not get that way by being stupid.

Factories cutting benefits and salaries for workers, forcing workers to work overtime "off the clock," and using layoffs to dissuade anyone from complaining while at the very same time providing CEOs and stockholders with lush bonuses has become so common we barely even notice anymore.

The brilliance of it is that they did not need conspiracies or cartels. They only needed lobbyists and line items in order to unravel the entire social structure that prevented them from disempowering the working class. They did it legally and that's the worst part.

As a bonus, they also found a way to make the average American feel patriotic about letting them get away with it.

That's amazing.

[Janet]

It is amazing. I can't believe the number of people who can't see that these modern-day robber barons spout the rhetoric of America -- hard work, prayer, fighting spirit -- while they lie, cheat, steal and wired the game so the unwashed masses won't get the same opportunities that they did.

It doesn't matter how hard you work when the factory owns your house and the store.