Dear Mr. McCain:
I would like to thank you for the masterful job you have done at prodding the American conscious during your 2008 presidential campaign. It is without a doubt the most significant thing you have done in your political career; perhaps even more important than your capture and imprisonment during the Viet Nam War. You have singlehandedly raised the level of political discourse to a fever pitch especially among your Republican base, and you have galvanized support for Barack Obama greater than any of his political rivals put together.
Your recent accusations against Barack Obama, notwithstanding your selection of Sarah Palin as your running mate, have polarized the nation in such a way that it has insured your own presidential defeat... As you and Mrs. Palin are aware, there are still those in America who have issues of unreasonableness and bigotry, and your campaign has been very instrumental in bringing those individuals out in the open especially to your political rallies.
With the news media present, we all get to see the unfiltered base of your support… It is now very easy to see that your campaign is fueled by people who would call for the death of Mr. Obama, and would consider him a terrorist because he disagrees with you. We hear the racial slurs directed at Obama and watch you feebly trying to quell the lynch mob mentality that you and Palin have empowered. Your supporters now “boo” your efforts to quiet them... We now understand that your presidency would be a repeat of the dark past, and would unearth some of the most hate filled ideology known in American history. We all recognize that unreasonable people would expect unreasonable behavior from your presidency in favor of their support which you gladly receive.
Your campaign allows Americans to make a clear choice for Barack Obama, and also frees up those independents and thinking Republicans who were once confused about your fundamental misunderstanding on national issues such as the economy and the Iraq War. Your only response during these trying times has been to sew fabricated stories about Obama with the cheap thread of innuendo and guilt by association, and lie about your roll in solving the nation’s economic crisis… Never mind that you are one of the Keating 5 who caused the biggest bank failures in history up to that time…
Never mind that you and Mr. Abramoff were closely aligned in the corruption of American political arenas during the tenure of George Bush. Never mind that you are being advised by the likes of Karl Rove whose corrupt associations outed a CIA agent Valerie Plame, and sent an innocent man to prison in the person of Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. Never mind that your running mate Sarah Palin has been found guilty of using her office as governor of Alaska for inappropriate abuse of power…
There is no need to bring up your record, however. The recent behavior of your supporters and your campaign in general have been the greatest blessing to all Americans… We clearly see the truth and understand that you are incapable of governing as a fair minded leader, and we clearly hear and see by your own words and actions that you lack the temperament to lead America out of the sorry state George W. Bush and a Republican Congress put us all in.
What confuses me is, despite all of these issues, you still had the nerve to run for President and believe you could win… It is a fact that over 80% of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track as a result of years of Republican leadership… You are a Republican who helped Bush drive the country down the wrong road.
By characterizing Barack Obama as “that one!” in your recent debate with him, we immediately recognized the notion of turning a “lemon into lemonade.” You meant that statement as a criticism of Obama, but it turned out to be your own downfall. You looked more like an undisciplined bigot, while your polling numbers went down even further as a result of your misguided statement.
Many believe that your defeat is providential; that the tenure of George W. Bush, which you were a big part of, could only turn out this way since right always wins in the end. I believe that the Universe is based on order. Republicans have been out of order for so long that the rule of universal law has taken hold of your presidential aspirations.
You have failed simply because you have tried to defy the rules of decency for far too long. You have run afoul of time and order just as other demagogues and undisciplined leaders have before you. Your campaign efforts were a necessary evil for all to witness how wrong it would have been to elect you President of the United States. You served a greater purpose than you will ever understand, but in failure you served us better than George W. Bush ever did....
Of course, nothing you have read here should be news to you, but it is written in the simplest format that will help you understand the defeat you will suffer on November 4, 2008
Sincerely,
G.L.M.
Richard Trumka of AFL-CIO on Racism and Obama
Republicans For Obama
Blueprint For Change
Get Out and Vote!
Barack Hussein Obama has defeated John Sidney McCain, III to become the 44th President of the United States… Oh yes he did! America has changed overnight, and forever… Oh yes it has!
