Posted by
GrandView on Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:11:42 PM
Dear Senator McCain:
I write you this note with utmost urgency.
I believe you to be a good man -- just and honorable. However, your pride in honor will be your undoing, the undoing of the Republican Party, and the undoing of the United States.
Because you wish to see yourself as above the fray, a friend to Democrats and Republicans alike, and are not listening to the outcry of mainstream Americans and their call for justice -- the naming of names of those responsible for the Freddie/Fannie collapse and ensuing economic crisis -- you will likely be defeated by a one-term senator.
You take great pride in your reputation -- your honor -- rightfully so. You are an honorable man. But you will have no honor if you are remembered as the Neville Chamberlain of the United States of America; the man who could have saved his country, but remained blind to the gathering storm. Your quest for honor is leading you in the wrong direction.
I recommend you get out and talk to the common man. Listen to mainstream (yes, conservative) folks, wives/husbands who are barely getting by, and ask them what they want you to do about Fannie/Freddie.
You only have a few days left. What do you owe those who have contributed millions to your campaign? What do you owe to those who stand up for you in grocery store lines, civic halls, colleges? What do you owe Republican congressmen and senators fighting the greatest political fight of their lives? What do you owe to the millions who want relief from big government? What do you owe the Palin family?
You have paid a great sacrifice as soldier and statesman, and for that I humbly thank you. But in this time of crisis and on the eve of election, what do you now owe the American people? You can be proud and stay above the fray and lose -- or you can give the Democrats hell and win. It's up to you.
God be with you and the United States of America.