An Open Letter to Three Republicans:

         To: Messrs Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Eric Cantor

As a life long Democrat who supports our President Barack Obama, it is my belief that you three leaders of the Republican Party are not only missing the boat, but  risk drowning in the aftermath, and will probably be responsible for the most obvious mistake in recent political history. Allow me to explain. 

It is well known party principle that President Obama must be defeated in the next election, in 2012. There is nothing unusual, or strange that the party not in power at the top, will do everything in their power as the opposition, to turn the situation around and deliver a candidate of their choosing to the American people as the next President of the United States. 

It is not only your duty as party leaders to sift the potential candidates for the most likely winner at the ballot boxes, but to use your best efforts to sound the drum beat that will convince the voting public that change will be an eagerly sought opportunity to bring about the changes in government that Obama had promised and failed to deliver!

Given that opportunity here and now, the manner and means you have chosen to achieve that goal, practically assures your defeat, not only at the level of The White House, but across the board in the Congress! Take it from one who would love to applaud a result as described herein. Listen up, Republican leaders. Read every word and recognize the truth!

From the start of the Obama administration your tactics, antics, temperament and lockstep negativism has labeled you as the ‘party of NO’. Every chance you have had to compromise on issues proposed by the Democrats, virtually by fiat, results in stalemate and frustration - not only by the Democrats in power, but the same people whose votes will be counted a year from now.

Instead of receiving plaudits and nods from the voting public that harbors a change just as you do, the American people have had a clear picture of all the paths your Party chooses - and you are losing ground every time another “NO!” hits the news. Why, oh, why, should voters seek and approve a President who would follow the tactics of the Republican Party as demonstrated for all to see during the Democratic reign for four years.

Try to imagine how beneficial it might have been if the opposition party had made every effort to bring about a ground swell of cooperation - a clear demonstration of intelligent leadership. purveyors of good government, opportunists who use the party in power as a stepping stone to successful leadership in 2012! Does it lessen your chances to bring the Republicans to power if the public adopts a renewed belief in Barack Obama? Not if your Party behavior indicated that the people who know how to compromise, present meaningful suggestions for economic recovery, follow a paved path to end the employment crisis - and seriously consider the uses of taxpayer funds to galvanize the country at large - a package of hope, not stress, for America in years ahead.

This letter will go nowhere! Democrats know that the ‘party of “NO’ has committed to a path of destruction, and they are going to let them fall off the cliff, into the open manhole, in front of the speeding train - choose one, or all!

We can hardly wait. It has to happen. You are making history for sure. It will be known as the years the Republicans chose suicide rather than an image of smart politicians intent on regaining power to show the country and the world, that these are the people who know what the country wants and deserves. 

Too bad! It could have been!

Sincerely;

The Carlton ViewPoint

Richard Carlton

October 1, 2011

Issue No. 21