I Have Deep Concerns

My family for as long as I can remember have been Democrats. My father was always in a labor union. I used to look in his union magazine especially around election time to see who the union was pushing for offices both nationally and local. They always favored the Democratic candidate. I asked my dad if he was going to vote for the candidate and he said he was. I asked him why and he told me the Democrats were for the little guy the working man. I said are there no Republicans who are for the little guy? He said as long as his union wanted him to vote for a candidate he was bound to vote that way. I said something like even when guys heading your union are known gangsters? He said guys like Dave Beck, and Jimmy Hoffa had done a lot for him and he would vote for who they suggested even if it were a horses ass. End of discussion.

I made a promise to myself that I would never blindly follow just one party and I would research a candidate and vote based on their past, education, and what their plans for the future were, not just party. However, I have supported Democratic candidates most of the time. I now consider myself to be an independent and vote for candidates nationally who will value and protect the constitution. I want a smaller federal government, one that will let states and local governments do the heavy lifting and do just those things that MUST be done at a national level.

I saw a new face in 2004 at the Democratic Convention making a sterling speech. He was an articulate and charismatic speaker and I was sure that in a few years as a US senator, he would make a good candidate for President. Evidently other people in politics felt the same way. Even if he has little experience, the powers to be pushed and supported him and now he is in fact the President. I feel he is just the masthead of the group. I feel he represents what in my estimation is a truly evil group of ultra liberal, socialist people in the world who want to change our country from what it was intended to be into a European style government.

What happened to the Democratic party I remembered? We used to be more moderate and a little right of moderate. Now we are in the grips of far left extremist as bad as what I used to be upset about in the far right of the Republican party. I want the party back but I do not know how to get the course correction without voting everyone out and starting over. The DNC ( Democratic National Committee ) controls the purse strings for members of congress and if you want TV money to campaign, you must go along with what the party heads say or they will not give a candidate the funds to campaign and they will be defeated. This is blackmail, and to be honest I do not know what to do about it. It is in both parties and that is why for the past few decades there has been more and more polarization and little compromise between parties.

I am scared for the country I love and my family has been involved with from about 1630. I list here a write up by Lou Pritchett a former vice president of Procter & Gamble. Pritchett worked for that company for 36 years. I agree with his concernes and hope you will read them and if you disagree or have suggestions please leave your comments. You do not have to leave your name. I am very interested in why you do not agree.

Dear President Obama:
You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.
You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.
You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.
You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America, and culturally you are not an American.
You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.
You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.
You scare me because you lack humility and "class," always blaming others.
You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.
You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the "blame America" crowd and deliver this message abroad.
You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.
You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.
You scare me because you prefer "wind mills" to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.
You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.
You scare me because you have begun to use "extortion" tactics against certain banks and corporations.
You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.
You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.
You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.
You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.
You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Reillys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.
You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.
Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.

Lou Pritchett