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“The White House

October 16, 2009

Dear Mr. President,

Please strongly support the Public Option publicly now! We need to hear your voice. The People are counting on you to back up the promises you made.

We don’t want the insurance and drug companies to win at our expense again because we’ll lose, and so will you. I’d like to continue to support you, but won’t if you sell your “soul to the company”, man. For all the work you do, thank you, and congratulations for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s where you can start earning it.

Respectfully,
Roland Madore
1725 C Spring Meadows Ct.
Fort Collins, CO 80525-1164

P. S. Hooray for Michael Moore!”

““We must move beyond a dark and painful chapter of our history.” These words were part of the rationale supplied by President Obama as he released the Bush administration memos authorizing CIA operatives to torture 9-11 terror suspects. Rather than endangering the country, as former CIA director, Michael Hayden states, the release of these memos puts the United States back on the road of decency. Torture is illegal, and when laws, like the War Crimes Act, are broken, those responsible must be prosecuted.

President Obama said “nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past.” Nothing is gained using half-way measures. “Mistakes are the portals of discovery.” It is now the responsibility of the Obama administration to appoint a Special Prosecutor because we can not move forward until we examine what we got wrong. The people who committed these terrible acts should be held accountable. The only way to ensure this does not happen again is to punish those responsible.”

“Thank You, CSPAN!

If the American public truly wants to be informed, CSPAN should be viewed regularly because it supplies information in context and completely (totalis). Take President Obama’s opening economic summit today, for instance. Americans need to think for themselves (logos). Instead, cable networks are concerned more about chattering, controversy, and ratings ad nauseum. They regularly reinforce the American public’s fears. MSNBC—a favorite channel of mine—cut off this summit from viewers to talk, talk, talk. I was pissed. What IS the real reason for their existence if not to inform the public completely? And we all know FOX NEWS is the worst. They continue to betray America. To Hell with Rupert Murdoch until he apologizes to the President publicly and fires that New York Post editor! We must know when to shut them all off.

P.S. President Bill Clinton should stop upstaging Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Senator Roland Burress (D-IL), even if he does give Roland a bad name, should be allowed to remain in the Senate, so long as Senator David Vitter (R-LA) remains. Congratulations, Sean Penn for advancing equal rights FOR ALL Americans (his acceptance speech was superb and gracious), and God bless President Barack Hussein Obama!

Roland Madore,
Fort Collins, CO”

“...And the chattering class, of which President Obama often speaks, foments the fear too because they either report old news like it's new, tidbits out of context, or because they just want to create more conflict to increase viewership ratings. These cable networks--even Chris Matthews on MSNBC, though I am partial to MSNBC--are the modern-day "yellow rags" of yesteryear. Americans need to know when to turn them off!

The middle class and poor of this nation have been held hostage far too long by these economic traitors. People I know who voted for President Obama are now questioning me, afraid of what President Obama is "supposedly" doing. I try to set them straight as to who the real culprit-criminals are, but they're still afraid. Of course they're not as informed as they need to be either. And the Republicans are capittalizing on all this too. I guess, as a Boomer for Obama, I've been around long enough to know President Obama is the leader we deserve. To hell with Bush, Cheney, Wall Street, and the Republican Party!

P.S. Too bad so many Americans are still uninformed as to whom are real enemies are.

Roland Madore, Retired teacher/Fort Collins, CO”

“Figure it out! Who owns the New York Post? As a white, Boomer for Obama. I am disgusted to see such a cartoon. It's very offensive! The negative symbolism in this cartoon conjures up a horrible past and sad chaper of American history. The significance of the election of President Obama is clear. The majority of Americans want to be led into the 21st century. His stimulus/recovery package will move this country out of the mess handed to us by the Wall Street fat cats and Republican Party. Those not in favor should step aside and be thankful that President Obama accepted this massive responsibilty. Americans need to pull together to help him succeed. Roland Madore, Fort Collins, CO.”

“Obama’s running mate is another balancing act!

More of Senator Hiliary Clinton’s supporters than Senator Barack Obama’s would love to have her end up being Obama’s vice presidential running mate. This is bad because Obama cannot run on a platform of change and have the Clintons back in the White House in any shape or form. Hillary as VP only makes sense if Obama is a phony. If he means what he has been saying about changing Washington, then he has to start with skipping what the "insiders" and conventional wisdom folks want. We need to turn the page on the disgrace and scandal of the past two presidencies.
Obama may need to pick someone fast to rebuild the support he is losing from Clinton supporters. The process will be another test of Obama’s skill and balance because he needs to pick someone who is strong on defense, more conservative than him, has lots of experience, appeals to females, blue collar, and Republican­-Indpenden­t voters, and pacifies the racial tensions of white America.

P.S. Personally, since I'm behind changing the electoral map, I like any of these choices: Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, Senator Jim Webb of Virginia, or Governor Ted Strickland of Ohio.”

“Let’s boot them right out of the party!

Obama has played by the agreed-upon rules from the start. Hiliary believes in changing the rules anytime it suits her. She's become more and more selfish, phony, and despicable! Her games are right out of the Republican playbook. Come payback time, voters nationwide will finally give her and Bill the boot! Because of their nerve, wasting our time with this nonsense, we ought to boot them right out of the party.”

“With faith, we march on to Waterloo!

Hiliary Clinton beat Barack Obama by 8 points in Pennsylvania. She obviously connected with the voters there. From Indiana, the Obama campaign asked for $100. Though a sacrifice, for the next two weeks, we must wage the war against Hiliary, Bill, and McCain. Come hell or high water, the People’s Revolution must succeed. Because she has loads of bills, a campaign that is broke, and her contributors are dried up, Hiliary doesn't have a prayer. “These are the times that try men’s souls.” Superdelegates need to pay Hiliary a visit to remind her how she’s tearing up the party. But, they probably still don’t have the moral backbone. Meanwhile, faith keeps us going: “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” (Hebrews 11:6)

The bottom line now, Barack? You need to get into general election mode: attack McCain and Clinton on her mistakes, especially her incendiary, cowboy Iran rhetoric and other foreign policy blunders. Ordinary people want you to stop playing it “too cool!” Stand up before the disconnected media and ordinary people! Tell them why you love America. Connect more in Indiana and North Carolina! Go grocery shopping! Indiana is hers to lose; North Carolina is yours to lose! Make up the difference because May 6th is our Waterloo!”

“May your own words bury you, Hiliary!

No, we don’t get to choose our family; but fortunately, we do get to choose our president. The current primary race has the American public bogged down in three wars: a war of words, our economic war, and our war in Iraq. The Good News is on all these fronts, Barack Obama is winning. Try as they have, the Clinton Machine has been unsuccessful in their swift-boat assaults on Barack Obama. He still leads—clearly out front with the most delegates and popular vote—and, the People believe he’ll be the best as steward for the economy and preparedness to be our next commander-in-chief. Even though the Clinton machine may claim a win is not necessarily a win, the People have heard and had enough!

As long as Hiliary Clinton insists on dragging this process out, the People lose. My prayer, and only ray of hope, is: “May your own words bury you. Amen!””

“Step aside, John McCain and Hiliary Clinton!

If we’re not yet the country we ought to be, and if we haven’t yet provided all Americans with the economic and social justice they’re entitled to, then it’s much too late for John McCain or Hiliary Clinton to expect the voters will back either of them this election cycle. For far too many election cycles, the candidates have pumped up the voters with the usual wedge issues, ad hominem attacks, platitudes, and promises. Then, once the election is over, you never ever see or hear from them. They don’t deliver on the promises and “do their own thing,” all at the voters’ expense.

En masse, the voters are after new leadership and a fresh start. This is why they’ve come out of the woodwork to take back their government. Finally, they believe they have the candidate who will deliver on the promises of the past. The media and rightwing blow hearts don’t have a clue how bitter the People have become, or over what, and that’s part of this excitement. Step aside, John McCain and Hiliary Clinton. You had your chance and blew it! The People are passing you by with Barack Obama.”

“I'm still furious about ABC's Philadelphia Democratic Debate, featuring George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson. "All is fair in love and war," so John McCain should not be given the free ride by the media, let alone by George Stephanopoulos Sunday on This Week. When it's said the press likes McCain because his maverick status or because he grants them more access, that a smoke screen. McCain's out of touch with real Americans--like most of the media are--with no understanding of their economic or other inequities. He's a flip-flopper--like Hiliary Clinton. He supports long wars. He also says he supports our troops; yet, like President Bush, he really supports their continued brutalization by not supporting the new GI Education Bill. Ever since his return from Vietnam and the Keating Five incident, he's a man of questionable character. So there's plenty there for George Stephanopoulos to uncover--if he had the balls and was fair--starting with Cindy June Cleaver McCain's family recipes and the publication of his tax returns for the last two years. Get on with it, George!”

“It's a matter of trust!

Pope Benedict XVI’s U.S. message of hope and reconciliation has been Barack Obama’s message throughout his campaign for the presidency. Rather than bring any real change to last night’s Democratic Debate from Philadelphia, ABC host, and moderators, Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos chose instead to devote the first 50 minutes festering negatives, feeding wedge issues, and playing the guilt by association game. What a travesty, especially since, after grilling Senator Clinton on whether or not Barack Obama could win this fall, she emphatically admitted: “Yes, yes, yes!”

Millions of voters have figured out—no matter what the media or the Clintons have thrown at Barack Obama—that he connects with the People. Polls show Senator Clinton high on baggage and negatives and low on trust and honesty. Last night, she said: “What’s important is what we stand for!” Millions of Americans agree.

Barack Obama believes we can solve today’s real issues by changing the culture in Washington, D.C., or as Senator Clinton said: “We’ve got to come together!” Voters will elect Barack Obama president because only he has the 21st century mindset to solve the issues we face today. Under his leadership of reconciliation, the hopes and dreams of millions of Americans will be realized. Together, we will end the Iraq War, rejoin the world community, restore economic and social justice here at home, and break the mold of the Bush-Clinton Era. God bless America and Barack Obama!”

“You play loose, you play lose!

The Clintons are losers, and they can’t stand it. Whatever made them think the People would allow them to continue their travesty? Their self-destructive behaviors have finally caught up with them. They have been blind for far too long. They have no shame; therefore, no one to blame but themselves for their implosion. It’s payback time! “What goes around, comes around.” As a white, Boomer, parent, grandparent, and retired teacher of English and American history, I respect where Reverend Wright is coming from because I’ve despised the white supremacy chapter. We cannot turn the page to a new chapter because it still exists 40 years after Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King’s death. I believe the Clintons have done the Republicans’ dirty work and have also furthered the white supremacist message in the process. If millions of voters are ready to turn the page, we cannot have the Clintons dragging us down. “Pride goeth before a fall!” And we bid adieu to the liars, revisionists, phonies, and losers. After this election, the Clintons, no doubt, will recover yet again, ready to suck up the next time too.”

“Mark Penn reinforces the double standard the Clintons have always practiced, or how the rules of the game have always applied to everybody else the but them. They don't know how to play fair. They're as bad as the Republicans they've whined about. I laughed out loud when Senator Clinton, speaking about President Bush's latest stance on Iraq this week, said something like: "I will face reality and bring our troops home." I'm a staunch Democrat and a Boomer for Obama supporter...why? One reason is I can never believe anything the Clintons say. They'll say anything! They live only in their reality, which is pretty fantastic.

Forget Mark Penn! Senator Clinton hasn't let him go anyway. And there stands President Clinton is out on the trail lying about his wife to his audiences. He blames the media for revving up her Bosnia lies, then tells a bunch more lies in the process. Mon Dieu! The American people need to fire the Clintons, as they're no better than what they seek to change.”

“These acts are "high crimes and misdemeanors" committed right there in the White House. This president's poll ratings are low, but the Congress has even lower ratings because they do nothing the People request! "Where there's a will, there's a way." One thing everyone knows how to do there in Washington, D.C. is shift the blame. The Congress and the Media are just as guilty if this matter is not pursued. Haven't we learning anything since Watergate and the Clinton impeacment? No president or administration is above the law! The appropriate congressional commitees must hold hearings. The Media must be the watchdog and uncover and expose these crimes for what they are. A president failing to execute and/or breaking our laws, trampling our Constitution, denying our civil rights and liberties, and obstructing justice are very serious indeed, and we must act!

P.S. The media needs to also stop going easy on McCain. Forget that he's a maverick. He's a flip-flopper and his character, since Vietnam and especially since the Keating Five and lobbyists, has been compromised.”

“The surge ahead with a new president!

Another week of President G.W. Bush’s surge publicity of mixed messages and fake debate, plus a complete mess on the Iraq War aside, our next commander in chief inherits a game where the rules have been changed yet again, a sloppy Iraq occupation, a general who supports and speaks for the former-president’s policies there, a permanent mission with benchmarks still unmet, Iraqis who have not stepped forward and want us out, no plans to draw down our troops there in the short term, no surge diplomacy at work in the area, and a frustrated legislative branch and American public.

G.W. has truly screwed things up and left us completely drained! So much so, our next president must rally the entire nation, if not the world, to the proposition that we are all in this together, and—as we turn the page to move forward—it will take the sacrifice to make things right again. To accomplish this will take some time, but if we are united, we can get it done!

Let history judge the current president. We must not settle for success that is fragile. With a surge in international diplomacy, our next president must calm down the world, bring this war safely to a close in real time, and restore trust and economic justice here at home. This is no small order, indeed.”

“Beware: they wander from the point!

“Caveat: a re decedunt!” or Beware: they wander from the point. Has Speaker Pelosi caved to the Hiliary backers? If so, money talks…this back and forth maybe ignores the will of the people? We are not the lemmings in this election.

What we don’t need is more contradictory words handed down from on high: a Deo et Rege! And all the while, Harold Ickes has been true to his name by pushing the Reverend Wright card to superdelegates behind the scenes—a regular whispering sub-campaign—and I say “bring it on” out into the open…the will of the people?

“There they go again;” the Clinton oligarchs sure know how to throw a Rocky punch in the groin, don’t they? We know this is Hiliary’s way of keeping the Reverend Wright controversy going. And it might be the will of the people, this time around, to bring this all out in the open, now! Barack Obama can fight back fair in the open, and he may as well clear the air of the stench of these underhanded tactics publicly in Pennsylvania—what better place!

Beware, all you undeclared Superdelegates! Hiliary and Bill Clinton are no better than many Republicans. Maybe when this is over, they can switch parties.”

“We will not be fooled!

“Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me!” The People have figured a few things out for themselves in this election: it’s time we get back to being honest and real again, and we want big change!

The press can cover the fluff and the salacious. The right-wing spinners of our airwaves—who make the big bucks—can push the ridiculous. The self-righteous, indignant leaders from our past can go on lying themselves out of the cookie jar. The People have finally figured: “Don’t let them control your mind!” As the deciders in this election, we can separate our roosters from our feather dusters.

We are focused again on the right issues. We want our government back. We don’t want more of the same. We are tired being adrift. We rebuke the petulant rhetoric over the airwaves and in the public square. We are tired of all the empty platitudes. We’ve figured out the difference between true patriotism and racial arson. We believe no one citizen or group has the patent on our flag. We believe in our Constitution above the Bible. We reject all the lies and survivor defense mechanisms. We know this election is about self-correction and change. We’ve answered the tough questions. We’ve figured this all out for ourselves. We are the People, and we will not be fooled in this election!”

“We will not be fooled!

“Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me!” The People have figured a few things out for themselves in this election: it’s time we get back to being honest and real again, and we want big change!

The press can cover the fluff and the salacious. The right-wing spinners of our airwaves—who make the big bucks—can push the ridiculous. The self-righteous, indignant leaders from our past can go on lying themselves out of the cookie jar. The People have finally figured: “Don’t let them control your mind!” As the deciders in this election, we can separate our roosters from our feather dusters.

We are focused again on the right issues. We want our government back. We don’t want more of the same. We are tired being adrift. We rebuke the petulant rhetoric over the airwaves and in the public square. We are tired of all the empty platitudes. We’ve figured out the difference between true patriotism and racial arson. We believe no one citizen or group has the patent on our flag. We believe in our Constitution above the Bible. We reject all the lies and survivor defense mechanisms. We know this election is about self-correction and change. We’ve answered the tough questions. We’ve figured this all out for ourselves. We are the People, and we will not be fooled in this election!”

“It’s we the people, stupid!

We the people want change. Welcome to the Clinton drag race. A majority of voters won’t tolerate a Clinton coup of the nomination. This same majority also wants to turn the page with our first post-Boomer president.

Face it, Senator Obama is the best candidate. He has weathered the Reverend Wright storm, and will all the others to come, plus continue to reassure and unite the country as he goes forward. Senator Clinton can’t do any of this! Whatever the Clinton apparatchiks and media spinners say, the Clintons themselves are so in denial and passé. Republican spinners want this race to “play out,” as a Democratic Party implosion favors them and Senator McCain’s chances. As long as the Clinton oligarchs of yesteryear hold on, Hilary Clinton's negatives go up further, and McCain gets a free pass.

The People deserve a new generation of leaders. McCain’s just more of the same too. The old warrior was wrong on the Iraq war initally, wants to stay in the midst of their civil war, and offers no specifics on our current economic mess: a result of the Bush war and his greedy, pro-war corporations.

Senator Clinton needs to gracefully bow out of the race soon if she’s to have any public career left. As one of the party’s finest leaders poignantly observed: “She has every right, but not a good reason.” God bless America!”

“It’s we the people, stupid!

We the people want change. Welcome to the Clinton drag race. A majority of voters won’t tolerate a Clinton coup of the nomination. This same majority also wants to turn the page with our first post-Boomer president.

Face it, Senator Obama is the best candidate. He has weathered the Reverend Wright storm, and will all the others to come, plus continue to reassure and unite the country as he goes forward. Senator Clinton can’t do any of this! Whatever the Clinton apparatchiks and media spinners say, the Clintons themselves are so in denial and passé. Republican spinners want this race to “play out,” as a Democratic Party implosion favors them and Senator McCain’s chances. As long as the Clinton oligarchs of yesteryear hold on, Hilary Clinton's negatives go up further, and McCain gets a free pass.

The People deserve a new generation of leaders. McCain’s just more of the same too. The old warrior was wrong on the Iraq war initally, wants to stay in the midst of their civil war, and offers no specifics on our current economic mess: a result of the Bush war and his greedy, pro-war corporations.

Senator Clinton needs to gracefully bow out of the race soon if she’s to have any public career left. As one of the party’s finest leaders poignantly observed: “She has every right, but not a good reason.” God bless America!”

“Garbage in, garbage out!

We are responsible, as educated voters in a participatory democracy, to be educated on the many issues affecting our lives. We must intelligently research the candidates’ positions for ourselves. Each election, getting at the truth becomes more difficult. We’ve allowed extremist spinners to do our thinking and set our agenda for far too long. If we’re ever going to take our government back, we must stop being lazy, easily fooled, think for ourselves again, do our own research, and demand we set our own agenda with the facts, reason, and knowledge. We must also get back to believing in the liberal idealism of the founders!

We must haul all the garbage to the dumpster where it belongs. “This will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.” (Benjamin Franklin).

“That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.” (Thomas Jefferson). Real change comes as the People participate. We’ve had enough of the fat cats, the lobbyists, the hate-mongering extremists, the spinners, and the liars? “Old habits lock us down…we cannot wait; the time is now.” We must turn the page to real change and A More Perfect Union in the 21st century and the leadership of Barack Obama.”

“Garbage in, garbage out!

We are responsible, as educated voters in a participatory democracy, to be educated on the many issues affecting our lives. We must intelligently research the candidates’ positions for ourselves. Each election, getting at the truth becomes more difficult. We’ve allowed extremist spinners to do our thinking and set our agenda for far too long. If we’re ever going to take our government back, we must stop being lazy, easily fooled, think for ourselves again, do our own research, and demand we set our own agenda with the facts, reason, and knowledge. We must also get back to believing in the liberal idealism of the founders!

We must haul all the garbage to the dumpster where it belongs. “This will be the best security for maintaining our liberties. A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins.” (Benjamin Franklin).

“That government is the strongest of which every man feels himself a part.” (Thomas Jefferson). Real change comes as the People participate. We’ve had enough of the fat cats, the lobbyists, the hate-mongering extremists, the spinners, and the liars? “Old habits lock us down…we cannot wait; the time is now.” We must turn the page to real change and A More Perfect Union in the 21st century and the leadership of Barack Obama.”

“Go away, Bill and Hiliary!

Today Bill Clinton today said, “Let’s fight!” That’s so disingenuous because his wife’s the candidate behind in this race, the rules never apply to both the candidates on the Democratic side, and many of the voters are so sick and tired of the negative politics for a long time now.

Barack Obama is ahead in this race, so why should he want to fight? That’d be stupid! Candidates who are behind always want to continue the fight. Besides, it’s Bill Clinton who’s calling for the fight, not Hiliary. Bill Clinton is NOT the candidate. He’s a former candidate and a former President who, as titular head of the Democratic Party, is pushing his weight around and being a damn bully, acting very un-presidential, and recklessly ruining the Democratic Party in the process. Also, whenever the Obama campaign staff or the media have taken on Hiliary, the Clinton camp has always whined and wanted them all fired immediately. So who are they kidding? Millions of Americans want the dirty politics to stop, and the Clintons, and their supporters, just don’t get the message.

It’s always been about the Clintons and how the rules apply to everyone else, but them. As long as they keep up this gutter politics and act like spoiled brats, they will bring on more and more of their own negatives, ruin our chances in the fall, and may very well destroy the Democratic Party in the process.”

“Go away, Bill and Hiliary!

Today Bill Clinton today said, “Let’s fight!” That’s so disingenuous because his wife’s the candidate behind in this race, the rules never apply to both the candidates on the Democratic side, and many of the voters are so sick and tired of the negative politics for a long time now.

Barack Obama is ahead in this race, so why should he want to fight? That’d be stupid! Candidates who are behind always want to continue the fight. Besides, it’s Bill Clinton who’s calling for the fight, not Hiliary. Bill Clinton is NOT the candidate. He’s a former candidate and a former President who, as titular head of the Democratic Party, is pushing his weight around and being a damn bully, acting very un-presidential, and recklessly ruining the Democratic Party in the process. Also, whenever the Obama campaign staff or the media have taken on Hiliary, the Clinton camp has always whined and wanted them all fired immediately. So who are they kidding? Millions of Americans want the dirty politics to stop, and the Clintons, and their supporters, just don’t get the message.

It’s always been about the Clintons and how the rules apply to everyone else, but them. As long as they keep up this gutter politics and act like spoiled brats, they will bring on more and more of their own negatives, ruin our chances in the fall, and may very well destroy the Democratic Party in the process.”