I received the following this morning in email... Thought I'd respond:
Rick --
1,332 days. That's how many days I have left as president.
Yes, I know Mr. President... trust me, I know. Many of us are counting the days as well.
If you factor in the political circus around the midterm elections and eventually the next presidential campaign getting started, the days to focus Congress and the media on the work that needs doing are even fewer.
Who's defining those needs Mr. President?
My administration can do many things at once: Right now, public servants are doing everything from helping people find jobs, to researching cures, to keeping us safe. And you and people like you across the country can mobilize around many issues at once -- immigration reform, gun safety, climate change, marriage equality.
Many things indeed... your administration can also cover up the Benghazi debacle, coordinate attacks on
opposition groups using IRS agents as henchmen, seize the phone records of AP reporters and target Fox News reporter James Rosen asa co-conspirator in a leak investigation. Yes, you folks are quite the multi-taskers.
But here's the thing: Our opponents know that Congress and the media tend to focus on one thing at a time.
More importantly, they know that if they can amplify or invent anything that distracts from our agenda, that's one more day burned off the clock.
That's their strategy. Ours must be to not get distracted. The stakes are too high, and the time is too short.
Here's the real strategy Mr. President. Your real strategy. It's to continue to use a compliant and
psychophant media to cover for you and to continue to rely on the ignorance and gullibility of those who put you into office.
Say you're in today:
http://my.barackobama.com/Are-You-In
Thank you,
Barack
No Mr. President... I'm not in today, tomorrow or the next day. I'm out... outside the influence of your manipulative and corrupt ways and the influence of your rabid, mouth-breathing supporters.
I pray that the rest of America will soon see through your smoke and mirrors because yes, the stakes are indeed too high, the time indeed too short.
