Dear President Obama:
I’m 74 years old, a Democrat since college when I campaigned
for Adlai Stevenson; I’ve been a loyal supporter of President Obama, Senators
Levin and Stabenow, and Representative Dingell. Although I depend on social
security and Medicare I’m also a patriot, as my immigrant father taught me. As
much as the government shutdown may hurt me, the imminent danger to the nation
that I hope my grandchildren will inherit with pride, will hurt me more.
The passive aggression of the smug, do-nothing anarchists of
the far right must be resisted at all costs. To me, this means that you must
not give them anything in return for modifying or even dropping their
extortionate demands. To do otherwise, would be to invite an ongoing crisis by
rewarding behavior that partakes of disloyalty and borders on treason.
Airplane, the 1980
film comedy, has a satire on Point
Counterpoint in which the conservative says of the trapped plane
passengers, “They bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into,
let ‘em die!” Thus, yesterday’s satire is today’s doctrine. Food inspection,
medical research, aid to the hungry, Medicare, Medicaid, and many other
services that have an impact on health either have been or will be interrupted
or just lost if the “Let ‘em die!” faction isn’t stopped now.
Please, I beg you, no matter the short-term cost, stand your
ground to save our democracy.
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