To: Barack Hussein Obama
President of the United States of America
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D. C. 20500
Dear Mr. Obama,
Sir, may this holiday season find you and your family well. It is at this time of year that I feel the need to express how I feel about the state of our country, and I hope you will take to heart what I wish to say to you while some of what I say can apply to the Senate and Congress.
As a Vietnam veteran, USMC 1968-69, I had the ugly experience of reading about the riots and protesting occurring during the height of the war. My sense is that whatever unity we had as a people was badly damaged and has not yet healed. If we appear united, as on 9/11, it is short lived, to be replaced by rancor and mistrust.
I have no wish to argue about red versus blue, or right versus left for the way things stand today, there is no unity possible any longer.
Any viewing of TV or Internet news reveals rhetoric that is completely divisive. Viewed in this light I ask that you, the most important person in the country and representing our entire history, consider the following:
Given your liberal, progressive background, try to see what the other side is trying to protect, which is the independent nature of our constitutional republic. Not an oligarchy of highly placed business leaders, not tyrannical democracy, not an almost unlimited number of small interest groups fighting for their slice of the governmental pie, and certainly not an overreaching federal government bent on controlling many aspects of our lives.
Out of respect I ask that you temper your language and include all Americans in your speeches, addressing the concerns of both sides. Try to express in your speech an understanding of what troubles Americans, not just jobs and energy, but also the Spirit of the people. By Spirit I mean the dignity that people carry inside them, their sense of who they are, where they came from and what they have done to create our country. Much is being lost by pitting Americans against each other. Please avoid pitting blacks, browns, and whites against each other. Do not split the country into haves and have nots. At this time the country is united but it is a fragile unity which is why your rhetoric matters so much. We do not wish to see our country split into warring factions, such would give our enemies much pleasure.
Today we are asking where our country is heading, what is to become of it? What do we want to preserve and how will we preserve it? Mr. President, what do you want to preserve? It is up to you as President to protect the country and help lead the West. It appears the Western world has lost the ability to govern wisely, it chooses not to protect its borders, it chooses to lower its standards of education and morality, and cannot make good economic decisions on a timely basis.
We must look deep into our souls and ask: “Do we want America to survive and be strong?” and what are we willing to do about it?
You are our President. Ask yourself if we should follow you into battle? Do you deserve our faith and respect? We are fighting a fierce battle for the future of our country. Mr. President, take up the mantle of President of the United States and work to unify the people. Show us you respect us and our institutions so we can rally around you.
Sincerely,
M. DeJoy
