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January 30, 2008

Confessions of an EX-McCainiac

Actually the letter I'll post below the fold was written by someone else, but it might as well have been written by me because I fully agree with all of it. In fact, my first venture on the world wide web, The Independent Voter, was originally intended solely to help John McCain garner support from Independents during the 2000 Presidential primaries.

The author of this letter was one of PK's earliest supporters and has a blog of his own (although disused in quite some time) called The Disenfranchised Voter. And now on to the letter itself which was written in July 2005 and actually sent to Senator McCain:

Dear Senator McCain,

Hello, my name is Robert Skaggs. I am a 20 year-old college student from New Jersey. I first want to thank you for your service to our country. I am politically independent and have had much respect for you. With that said, I want to take you back seven months ago...

It was February and I had just recently purchased Al Franken's book, Lies and the Lying Liars that Tell Them. I came upon a passage in which I read what George Bush did to you in the Primary in South Carolina and I was outraged. How dare he not only question your service but his campaign was also behind an attack in which they pretended to be an independent voter polling group and made claims about you having an illegitimate black child and that your wife had DUI's among other things. So as you can understand, it was a total surprise for me when you came out in support of Bush. You have a right to your opinion but I could not fathom how you could support a man who acted so despicable in your primary against him. I then heard that you said you had put it in the past, and that made me respect you even more Mr. McCain. But that was then, and this is now...

George Bush is now attacking John Kerry's heroic service. You know it, and I know it; but you still support him. You have betrayed me, Mr. McCain. I cannot believe you are still supporting this man. He is attacking his third Vietnam Vet Hero in four years! Do you have no backbone, sir? On top of this new attack, you know Bush is not the man for the job. He does not represent what the Republican Party stands for...fiscal responsibility, being very strict on amending our sacred document, The Constitution, small government, and protecting our civil liberties! He recklessly went to war with Iraq and people in his Administration clearly lied to us to get us there. Here's another little interesting tidbit, the Bush Administration actually produced fake news reports for the Medicare bill that just passed this year. THAT IS PROPAGANDA! THIS IS NOT WHAT AMERCIA STANDS FOR, THIS IS WHAT WE FIGHT AGAINST! I am so, so disappointed in you. Your allegiance isn't to our country; your allegiance is to the Neo-Conservatives who have hijacked your party. You are putting your party before our country and mark my words, Mr. McCain; by supporting President Bush this time around you have committed political suicide. You may have enjoyed a long ride there in Arizona for being your own man, but you are not that man anymore. You have lost the respect of me, my parents, and thousands of other independent voters across the country. By supporting President Bush for re-election, you have not only betrayed me--you have betrayed the very soul of America.

I will leave you with why I do not, rather cannot, support this current Administration.

I cannot support under funding legislation (No Child Left Behind). I cannot support destroying freedom in the name of protection from terrorism (Patriot Act). I cannot support using torture as a means of interrogation, even if they are terrorists. I cannot support fiscal irresponsibility--i.e. outrageously spending money, and cutting taxes when we can't afford to. I cannot support amending our Constitution for ridiculous reasons. I cannot support recklessly destroying our environment for profit. I cannot support propaganda. I cannot support reckless, aggressive foreign policy and I certainly cannot support unnecessary wars. I cannot support a man who attacks Vietnam Heroes' service...

But I guess you can.

Sincerely,
Robert J. Skaggs Jr.

Posted by Kevin at January 30, 2008 08:50 AM