Letter to President Obama

[Brandi]

I apologize if this has already been posted. I'll close it if it has.

I am a huge Obama supporter, so this is NOT my letter, nor does it reflect how I feel. I just received it in my email and wanted to see what your thoughts are on it. I don't even want to post my feelings b/c I'm not in the mood for debate. I'm just sharing b/c I thought it was an interesting letter.


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Mr. Obama:

I have had it with you and your administration, sir. Your conduct on your recent
trip overseas has convinced me that you are not an adequate representative of
the United States of America collectively or of me personally.

You are so obsessed with appeasing the Europeans and the Muslim world that you
have abdicated the responsibilities of the President of the United States of
America . You are responsible to the citizens of the United States .

You are not responsible to the peoples of any other country on earth. I
personally resent that you go around the world apologizing for the United
States telling Europeans that we are arrogant and do not care about their status
in the world. Sir, what do you think the First World War and the Second World
War were all about if not the consideration of the peoples of Europe ? Are you
brain dead ? What do you think the Marshall Plan was all about?



Do you not understand or know the history of the 20th century? Where do you get
off telling a Muslim country that the United States does not consider itself a
Christian country? Have you not read the Declaration of Independence or the
Constitution of the United States ? This country was founded on Judeo-Christian
ethics and the principles governing this country, at least until you came along,
come directly from this heritage. Do you not understand this?

Your bowing to the king of Saudi Arabia is an affront to all Americans. Our
President does not bow down to anyone, let alone the king of Saudi Arabia . You
don't show Great Britain , our best and one of our oldest allies, the respect
they deserve yet you bow down to the king of Saudi Arabia . How dare you, sir!
How dare you!

You can't find the time to visit the graves of our greatest generation because
you don't want to offend the Germans but make time to visit a mosque in Turkey .
You offended our dead and every veteran when you give the Germans more respect
than the people who saved the German people from themselves. What's the matter
with you?

I am convinced that you and the members of your administration have the
historical and intellectual depth of a mud puddle and should be ashamed of
yourselves, all of you. You are so self-righteously offended by the big bankers
and the American automobile manufacturers yet do nothing about the real thieves
in this situation, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Frank, Franklin Raines, Jamie Gorelic, the
Fannie Mae bonuses, and the Freddie Mac bonuses. What do you intend to do about
them? Anything? I seriously doubt it.



What about the U.S. House members passing out $9.1 million in bonuses to their
staff members - on top of the $2.5 million in automatic pay raises that
lawmakers gave themselves? I understand the average House aide got a 17% bonus.
I took a 5% cut in my pay to save jobs with my employer.

You haven't said anything about that. Who authorized that? I surely didn't!
Executives at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will be receiving $210 million in
bonuses over an eighteen-month period, that's $45 million more than the AIG
bonuses. In fact, Fannie and Freddie executives have already been awarded $51
million - not a bad take. Who authorized that and why haven't you expressed your
outrage at this group who are largely responsible for the economic mess we have
right now..

I resent that you take me and my fellow citizens as brain-dead and not caring
about what you idiots do. We are watching what you are doing and we are getting
increasingly fed up with all of you. I also want you to know that I personally
find just about everything you do and say to be offensive to every one of my
sensibilities. I promise you that I will work tirelessly to see that you do not
get a chance to spend two terms destroying my beautiful country.



Sincerely,

Every Real American

[eelo]

BOGUS!!!!!!

results so far:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/bar...r_to_obama.htm
Analysis: Readers will either agree or disagree with the opinions expressed above depending on their own political convictions, but the matter of its authorship is subject to correction.

I contacted Kathleen Lyday at Grandview Elementary School in Hillsboro, Missouri, and she told me she did not, in fact, write the letter. More often than not, the signature lines of people who forward such emails are automatically attached in the process and become a semi-permanent feature. This is apparently what happened to Ms. Lyday.

Other variants attribute authorship to "Franklin Bell" or "Douglas M. Casamer." Franklin Bell of Columbia, Maryland is the likelier candidate, given that a version dated April 9, 2009 was posted by blogger Gary Shumway under a preface stating that he had obtained Mr. Bell's permission to do so. (Last updated: 05/27/09)

It's pretty darn presumptuous for any of these people to think they speak for Every Real American. I'm a Real American and they don't speak for me.

[Mrshardy]

[Brandi]

Originally Posted by eelo BOGUS!!!!!! results so far: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/bar...r_to_obama.htm Analysis: Readers will either agree or disagree with the opinions expressed above depending on their own political convictions, but the matter of its authorship is subject to correction. I contacted Kathleen Lyday at Grandview Elementary School in Hillsboro, Missouri, and she told me she did not, in fact, write the letter. More often than not, the signature lines of people who forward such emails are automatically attached in the process and become a semi-permanent feature. This is apparently what happened to Ms. Lyday. Other variants attribute authorship to "Franklin Bell" or "Douglas M. Casamer." Franklin Bell of Columbia, Maryland is the likelier candidate, given that a version dated April 9, 2009 was posted by blogger Gary Shumway under a preface stating that he had obtained Mr. Bell's permission to do so. (Last updated: 05/27/09)

Dang, I forgot to edit out the name and such. I figured that was probably bogus. I'll edit the name out and just gather thoughts on the letter itself.

Has this been posted already?

[Sophie♥Hatter]

Ignorant.

[jen1982]

Ooohh, I must not be a real American, because I disagree with all of it. These forwards are always so ridiculous, but there are always those people who agree with every word and forward it to all of their family members. I wonder how long before it reaches my inbox?

[Brandi]

Originally Posted by jen1982 Ooohh, I must not be a real American, because I disagree with all of it. These forwards are always so ridiculous, but there are always those people who agree with every word and forward it to all of their family members. I wonder how long before it reaches my inbox?

I agree.... I edited out the first few forward lines from various emails/people with people saying "I agree, she should run for president!" among other things

[BJo]

A village has lost their idiot. A craigslist ad needs to be posted so said village can reclaim them.

[jen1982]

Originally Posted by Brandily I agree.... I edited out the first few forward lines from various emails/people with people saying "I agree, she should run for president!" among other things

I know this too well. I received hundreds of forwards during election season that were very similar. No matter how many times I responded with a, "Please don't send me forwards," they kept coming. Gotta love when families have both sides of the political spectrum involved.

[HollyJay]

I'm shocked that I never get this drivel in my email- I think I can go back three generations and not find a single Obama-supporter in my family. In fact, they're mostly anti-Obama activists. And I never get this crap.

I'm not cool, OR a real American. Dangit.

I found it incredibly offensive that the author said

"Your bowing to the king of Saudi Arabia is an affront to all Americans. Our
President does not bow down to anyone, let alone the king of Saudi Arabia."

Our President is President in our country- the King of Saudi Arabia is King in his. Deference is owed, ESPECIALLY in his own country. Bowing is a sign of respect, not submission, where it is done by choice.

The whole thing reeks of arrogance, disdain for other human beings based on geography or beliefs, and lack of understanding of the importance of the rest of the world to our wellbeing. We depend on each other.