Dear President Obama,
If President George W. Bush had risen to the lectern on September 12, 2001 and proclaimed that he was going to take the sons-a-bitches out who attacked us, and then the “Battle Hymn of The Republic” was played followed by “Johnny Get Your Gun” – I firmly believe that the middle east would be a collection of new and far more manageable nations by now and the Twin Towers would have been replaced one year later, one floor higher. It is very telling how the left saves its most virulent and violently suggestive rhetoric not for those who attack us, but for those who disagree with them politically. That is terrifying to me. Why? Because it means that my family lives in a divided nation when it has been attacked. Ronald Reagan once gave a speech in Detroit, a decade after his speech this nation was well on it’s way to creating over 20 million new jobs.
That speech was the acceptance speech to the nomination of the Republican party for the election in 1980. During that speech, in the background, you could plainly hear the roar of the crowd and the air horns that seemed to howl with delight at the thought of this good man being one step closer to putting out the fire of liberalism that Jimmy Carter set upon our nation in the form of high taxes, inflation, and persistent joblessness. Mr. Reagan stood up and declared for all to hear that he was not there to lead a divided nation, he was there to unify it in common cause, he did that expertly by explaining to an adulating crowd what binds us together as Americans and later when he won a landslide electoral victory he reminded us what a hero is in America – a man going into a mine and a nurse who heals the sick. Mr. Reagan knew that we are a great nation that was built on a timeless foundation.
As strong as that foundation is. It needs defending from people who possess your philosophy Mr. Obama. Mr. Reagan knew this as do I, as do those in the Tea Party. That is a job I’m honored to volunteer to do. So, much to the chagrin of those who apparently wish me ill, or far worse like Mr. Hoffa, my warning is simply this, you may caste dispersions, insults, and even lies, but I would advise against stones. That would be unwise in the extreme. I will see you at the ballot box, that is where we will settle this, like we have done through out our history, save once. Remember our liberty is borrowed from future generations, in much the same way that we ought not spend our children’s money we ought not throw away their opportunity to live in a peaceful and free land. When President Reagan said good bye he asked us to remember what it was to be an American, what it was to be a beacon for freedom for those who do not have it, and to do what is necessary to pass it on to the next generation. No easy task, but one we must meet by defeating you at the ballot box.
Respectfully,
Joe Doakes