An open letter to the President

[Beverly Thoma~Bullock]

> >
> _AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA _
>
> BY LOU PRITCHETT
>
>
> Dear President Obama:
>
> You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any
> of the others, you truly scare me.
>
> You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.
>
> You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy
> League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible
> signs of support.
>
> You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth
> growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.
>
> You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.
>
> You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't
> understand it at its core.
>
> You scare me because you lack humility and 'class', always blaming
> others.
>
> You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself
> with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly
> denounce these radicals who wish to see America fail.
>
> You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame America' crowd
> and deliver this message abroad.
>
> You scare me because you want to change America to a European style
> country where the government sector dominates instead of the private
> sector.
>
> You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a
> government controlled one.
>
> You scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing
> on our own vast oil, coal and shale reserves.
>
> You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that
> lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the
> world.
>
> You scare me because you have begun to use 'extortion' tactics against
> certain banks and corporations.
>
> You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging
> you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.
>
> You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider< br> > opposing points of view from intelligent people. >
> You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and
> omniscient.
>
> You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you
> do.
>
> You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs,
> Hannitys, O'Relllys and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of
> view.
>
> You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.
>
> Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term I will probably
> not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.
>
> Lou Pritchett
>
>
> Note: Lou Pritchett is a former vice president of Procter & Gamble whose
> career at that company spanned 36 years before his retirement in 1989, and
> he is the author of the 1995 business book, Stop Paddling & Start Rocking
> the Boat.
>
> Mr. Pritchett [LINK:
> http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/youscareme.asp] confirmed that he
> was indeed the author of the much-circulated "open letter." “I did write
> the 'you scare me' letter. I sent it to the NY Times but they never
> acknowledged or published it. However, it hit the internet and according
> to the ‘experts’ has had over 500,000 hits.