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Open Letter to the Democratic Party
November 22, 2006

Congratulations to you, the Democratic Party, for this year’s gains in Congress. Now that you have a legitimate chance to show the country what you’re made of, there are a few important points you should burn directly into the memory neurons of your collective brains:

You hold a majority in both houses of Congress because dissatisfied and angry Republicans like me all over this floundering country changed sides and voted "against" a deluded Republican administration that has lost touch with reality. We voted you in and we can just as easily vote you out if you let us down.

I speak for the silent majority in this country (Democrat, Republican and unaffiliated) and this is what we want from our elected representatives:

• We want our troops OUT of Iraq. No timetables, no lengthy drawdown and no more false reports about progress in Baghdad. We have already forfeited enough precious American lives for nothing. This war is (and always was) pointless and impossible to win on any level. Can you spell “Viet Nam?” Get us out NOW. I don’t care how the world ends up judging us for a withdrawal. I somehow suspect they will ultimately congratulate us for finally seeing the light.
   
• Stop ranting and raving about free healthcare for the poor and downtrodden, and start working on free healthcare for “every” American citizen. Get health care expenses under control; make it free for everyone; and pay for it with money saved by extricating our forces around the world engaged in expensive military operations that accomplish essentially ... nothing.
   
• Stand up for women’s rights and that includes pro-choice. If the Republican Right Wing sincerely believed a fetus is alive and entitled to constitutional protection, a pregnant woman would be entitled to a tax deduction for her unborn child.
   
• Get the illegal immigrants out of this country. Implement and enforce “serious and damaging” penalties on businesses or individuals that employ them. I am tired of my tax dollars being used to give illegal border crossers free-travel temporary home leave whenever they allow themselves to be caught because they need a vacation.
   
• Outlaw lobbies. Lobbies do not fairly represent the citizens of this country. I have yet (in my lifetime to date) to be contacted by a lobby desiring to know what I want. We don’t need lobbies; corrupt corporations need lobbies.
   
• Go for it with the minimum wage. That won’t work though, while illegal immigrants can undercut that standard. Businesses employing illegal immigrants are not going to pay them minimum wage. Get real on this one.

Pause ... Now that I’m started, it appears there are so many important issues to be addressed it would be better if I establish a separate document to list them all. Give me a few days. In the meantime, those of you reading this blog who feel I’ve missed an important issue, use my contact form to set me straight. If I agree with you, I’ll add it to the list.

To conclude today’s blog, just remember, Democrats: We Republicans gave you a majority not by staying home but by going to the polls and voting for you. Don’t let us down. We will vote you out.

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