tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653284300034446181.post1424417212664703926..comments2014-09-06T20:26:24.765-07:00Comments on Washboard Express: Day 31...Dear Mr. President...Six signs of how you'll derail your presidencyMarcia Reimershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193825964818290849noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653284300034446181.post-40923146627021918162011-06-05T19:02:50.859-07:002011-06-05T19:02:50.859-07:00(The following comment was sent by a reader of Was...(The following comment was sent by a reader of Washboard Express that wishes to remain anonymous. I have agreed to post her comment...thank you for reading my Letters to the President....Gadfly Granny)<br /> <br />Reader Comment:<br />I have to agree with the writer of LTTP Day 31’s Letter, Mr. President. Some would say you need to (non-controversially) bide your time waiting out this last year until re-election in 2012. Then once you've locked in the next four years you can be as hard hitting a President as you wish to be. Otherwise controversial action taken in this year 2011 could polarize undecided voters against you. <br /> <br /> I disagree with that idea. As a thought expressed in a previous LTTP suggested, if a person is going to do anything “important” it should be done with passion and depth from beginning to end! I believe you have roughly 12 more months to PROVE why you need to be re-elected. Not by worrying that you might not be re-elected, or concerned about the Republican Party, meaning Corporate America already has a voice. It’s called money and plenty of it. It’s the ability to back any candidate they wish but they will do so regardless of your decisions in this last year. Right now, in this last year, before the next election, the American people, and the under-represented population ONLY has your voice at the moment! That's why there was such hope in electing you as our "democratic" President and as a candidate who promised "change"! <br /> <br /> Of course part of your campaign promise was to remind everyone that "change" would take time. It's not an overnight phenomenon. That promise meant that we place our "faith" in you for that reason. But giving you our “trust” means watching the momentum of "change" taking place. It might not all be accomplished short-term. But we need to ask ourselves, ARE we better off than 3 years ago? What are the strongest indicators that "change" is the rule ….rather than the occasional??<br /> <br /> As the writer of LTTP Day 31 suggests, you won't have a second chance to get elected for a second term! You are currently in the best possible position of any potential candidate out there. And that is to demonstrate every week - if necessary - how the economy and the American way of life is measurably improving and how "change" IS taking hold!<br /> <br /> After all if we're not seeing and hearing about the momentum going in favor of the American Population now - what assurances do we have that it will ever happen in the future? How much trust can we be expected to give?<br /> <br /> Please Mr. President - speak up, stand up, and give us the visual and verbal cues we need to hear from you today. Many people in the American Population will NOT be making up their mind only 24 hours before Election Day!! Popularity is contagious! <br /> <br /> Now, and without ever letting us forget, is the time to maintain the conviction that we need to re-elect YOU!Marcia Reimershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03193825964818290849noreply@blogger.com