Dear Mitt,
As I’ve said many times, if God had wanted us to vote, he’d give us candidates. This November, I think God is sending a very clear message that I should give up the idea of voting for President.
You had a chance at my vote, Mitt, a really good chance. I think Obama could have been beaten. I admit, I didn’t vote for him last election. I didn’t vote for John McCain either.
I will vote this year though. And even if we were sinking into the depths of hell, I won’t be able to vote for for you because I think you’re hiding something.
Yes, Mitt. I know all politicians lie. Remember, I’ve been through Watergate, Iran Contra and the Monica Lewinsky scandal, too. I am used to Presidents lying to me.
But Mitt, I really hope a candidate can at least pretend he’s telling the truth while he’s still running for office. I’m really beginning to wonder if there’s anything up there in that noggin of yours. I mean, you’re starting to speak in fluent nonsense.
Unlike some others in America, I don’t care if you’ve made a gabillion dollars in your job. Good for you. An American success story. I don’t care if they say that you off-shored a bunch of American jobs or that you’re going to totally destroy the middle class in your zeal to protect your friends in high places. Like that hasn’t happened in past administrations.
But Mitt, what is all this addle-minded gibberish you’re speaking now. Perhaps you should stay on script and not just wing it. You’re scaring me. You’re scaring us all.
I know you know that your CBS interview was not your finest hour. If you do think you nailed it, then you’re a bit delusional. Here’s what you said Mitt, when asked if you had made any decisions as the head of Bain after 1999, even though some say you were still listed as the owner of the company.
“I was the owner of a, of the general partnership but there were investors which included pension funds and various entities of all kinds that owned the, if you will, the investments of the firm. But I was the owner of an entity which was a management entity. That entity was one which I had ownership of until the time of the retirement program was put in place. But I had no responsibility whatsoever after February of ’99 for the management or ownership – management, rather, of Bain Capital.”
Mitt. It was a simple yes or no question. That’s what someone who isn’t hiding something would say. This is so Nixonian. It’s total CorpSpeak, bordering on gibberish.
Yes, politicians double speak all the time, Mitt, but remember, you’re still trying to earn my vote. I’m note sur you can master complex political issues because you don’t seem to have mastered the English language yet. I’m beginning to think that anyone fresh from crossing the Rio Grande can speak the language better you.
Of course, you soldier on. Why stop now? In the same interview, you were asked if you were going to let the American public – that includes me Mitt, a voter – if you were going to release more than two years of tax returns. And your reply was:
“The law requires us to put out a full financial disclosure and that I’ve done… And that’s what we’re going to put out. People always want to get more and we’re putting out what is required plus more that is not required. And those are the two years that people are going to have and that’s all that’s necessary for people to understand something about my finances.”
Mitt, you gave John McCain your tax returns all the way back to 1985. Your father released 12 years of returns when he was a presidential candidate. Obama released 12. I know all about the supposed Swiss bank account and Bahamas shell corporation, Mitt. So what? That wouldn’t stop me from voting for you.
What will stop me is that your unmitigated nerve to wag your finger at me (I’m pretty sure it was the middle one too) as you said, “that’s all that’s necessary for people to understand something about my finances.”
Well, Mitt. It’s not. I have questions. If you were an up and up guy then you would be willing to tell me, an average voter, where your money comes from. If it came from Bain, I don’t care. But if it you ended up not paying taxes or got a refund while I am still paying mine, I want to know. Wait, I don’t want to know. I have a right to know.
You want my vote, Mitt. You want all our votes. Don’t you dare wag your finger at me and admonish me like I’m some little kid. That is the surest way not to ever get my vote.
I hate to remind you, but you aren’t running for dogcatcher. You want to be President. My President. Just an average guy, looking for a leader.
I forgot that you don’t know what it’s like to be an average guy. You’ve never had to skip a payment on a credit card because your family needed to eat, you’ve never had to take public transportation because you couldn’t afford gas for your car. And you certainly have never had to go to a public health clinic because you didn’t have health insurance.
On second thought, Mitt. Continue on with your stuttering excuses and possible lies. I don’t trust you already. You remind me of the huckster car salesman down the street. The one who keeps smiling that phony smile, trying to convince me the piece of crap with the “Buy Me” sign is really a jewel. Well, Mitt. I ain’t buying it anymore. You’ve crossed the line, lying to me before you get into office. I may be many things, but I’m not a Midiot!
In the Emerald City, wishing Jeb Bush would campaign as a write-in,
– Robb