I sent this letter to several tea party freshman in Congress last night. I know it will not make one bit of a difference, but it was good to vent.
Dear Representative:
You were elected last November to go to the United States Congress and govern, as best you can, for the good of this country. You were not elected to go to Congress to make all hell break loose just to make President Obama look bad and to defeat him next year. That is not your job.
I realize that you don't believe in government, so maybe you don't know how to govern. To put it briefly, governing is the art of legislating and leading to help the country move forward, create jobs, achieve economic stability, protect the country and to protect those in our country who have no voice; among many other functions.
I understand that you think you are a "know it all," but in my humble opinion you are usually wrong, but never in doubt. What you and your tea party mates are doing is holding the country and all its' people hostage and bringing it to the brink of the greatest financial disaster this country has ever known. You have turned the United States Congress, (the greatest legislative body in the world) into a laughingstock.
I know that you are a freshman, and that you don't have any institutional memory. I also know that you may have been completely brainwashed by right wing hate radio and Fox opinion; but please try to keep in mind that you are not acting like a bully to get your way in your local county commission or your local PTA, where bullying may have worked as you decided on what food to serve at the school carnival. What you are doing now affects everyone in this country and much of the world.
As difficult as it may be for you to work through your brainwashing and lack of historical perspective; please try to do so - at least this one time. You call yourself patriots - you are the complete opposite of patriots. Do the right thing! Thank you.