John,
You’ve lost the presidential race. Not you alone, so much as George Bush and the exploding economy. The astonishingly horrible woman you chose as a running mate did not change anything for the better, nor did your insistence on tax cuts for the rich and shameless.
Barack Obama is going to be our next president. It’s all over but the hanging-chad-counting. (That is, assuming your friends at Diebold haven’t set up yet another November Surprise – that would be even less believable than last time.) Come January we’ll be swearing in “that one”. It’s time for you to take the high road and stop smearing our next president.
The skeletons in your closet are a lot bigger than Barack’s, John. Ayers? How about the Keating 5 and G. Gordon Liddy? Why do you think haven’t the Democrats brought these up more often? Maybe it’s because they’re trying to lead a civil, positive campaign, while constantly defending themselves from your incessant, petty negative attacks.
The best thing you could do right now is frame your campaign as positive goals for the country. Remind Barak of the other 40-some percent of the people he’ll be presiding over. Remind the country that even though you’re not going to make it, the rest of your supporters: the gun-nuts; the anti-abortion nuts; the anti-gay-marriage nuts; the oil barons and the trust-funders who think taxes are for the plebeians; the self-righteous, hate-filled, intolerant jesus freaks; and everyone else who has a PAC supporting your campaign, will need some lovin’ after the election. Just because they’re wrong, doesn’t mean we should ship them all off to Alaska or something – though if they want to go on their own, it appears they’d be welcome, at least in the big cities. But contrary to W’s example, the people whose party did not win the election deserve representation as well.
Come November 5, your political career will be over. Why not end it on a positive note? Reach across the aisle one last time and give Barack a hand up, instead of taking a vindictive last swing at him. If you can do this, I promise – we’ll all vote for you for “Miss Congeniality”.
Sincerely,
A Patriotic American.