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TO: (Republican senator, congressman, governor, etc.)
As an American citizen, I would like an explanation as to what you or your party have done that is of any benefit to the people you were elected to serve. I have given this question much thought and, truth be told, I cannot think of a single thing the GOP has done for the betterment our country or the citizenry in decades.
I would like an explanation as to the following:
What is to be gained by your nomination, support, and election of a president who is clearly unfit for the job? How do your fellow citizens benefit from his inexperience and incompetence? How is our nation made stronger or safer by a POTUS who is reviled the world over, who insults our allies and praises our enemies?
What is achieved by putting incompetent people in cabinet positions in many cases, people who have admitted their lack of knowledge as to what their positions even entail? What great national good is to be accomplished by placing outspoken racists in positions of power?
We understand your position on abortion. But what is the purpose of curtailing access to birth control? What is the benefit to the country of having women treated as second-class citizens who are told what they can and cannot do with their own bodies, while being denied the means of avoiding pregnancies they do not want, or having children they cannot afford?
Where is the societal good in cutting funding for things like food stamps and education? How does the nation benefit by children going hungry or children growing up to be ill-educated adults? We have all seen the stats US education is already woefully behind that of children in many other nations. What is the purpose in making things worse than they already are?
Where is the contribution to the country in denying the rights of LGBTers? How does discrimination against them contribute to the betterment of any citizen straight or gay? Gays are not deterred from what you call their lifetsyle by discriminatory laws and straights do not benefit in any way from the denial of those rights. So what is the goal here?
How does deporting illegals make life better in any way for legal citizens? Everyone already knows and have known for decades that illegals are not stealing jobs from Americans they are performing work that Americans dont want to do, at wages no American will accept. They have become a part of our society what is accomplished by expelling them?
How is the populace served by having their right to vote diminished by legislation that makes voting increasingly difficult and, in many cases, downright impossible? How is the country benefited by ensuring that the will of the people is repeatedly quashed?
What lofty ideal is achieved by taking healthcare coverage away from millions of citizens? What benefit is there to having increasing numbers of Americans sicken and die for lack of affordable healthcare?
I am at a complete loss in trying to think of anything Republicans have done in decades that has been in the best interests of the populace. You have done much to deny rights, but nothing to protect rights. You have taken funding away from programs that benefit the people, and have wasted countless taxpayer dollars trying to overturn the things that are of benefit, like Obamacare.
You have fought against raising the minimum wage while giving tax breaks to those earning tens of thousands of dollars per hour. You have continually promoted legislation that makes the wealthy wealthier, the middle-class poorer, and the truly poor desperate to merely survive.
You have done everything in your power to take power away from the People you claim to represent. You have accomplished nothing FOR those people, while finding ways consistently and repeatedly to work AGAINST their best interests.
If you have any explanation whatsoever for why this is the case, Id be interested in hearing it and so would we all.
Yours Truly,
Nance Greggs
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I plan to email this letter to every elected Republican, a dozen or so at a time each day. Anyone wishing to do the same is free to copy-and-paste, and replace my name with your own as the signatory.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)you might receive a response.
A very nice letter, by the way.
George II
(67,782 posts)....about terrorism, Representative Peter King of NY lambasted his own party members about it. I was so impressed with his (rare) non-partisanship that I left a thank you message on his website with my name and address. Even though I live in Central Connecticut and am not a constituent of his, a few weeks later I got a really nice letter in the US mail (not email) from him thanking me for my comments.
No campaign contribution involved, and then this year I received a nice Christmas card from him and then a wall calendar highlighting great moments in American (not necessarily partisan republican) history.
Although I disagree with about 95% of his politics and policies, it was refreshing to see that even some republicans can put their party aside when it comes to the good of our country.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)It would be even better if his policies and positions were as nice.
mcar
(42,403 posts)Letters will go out tomorrow. Thanks!
Gothmog
(145,667 posts)sheshe2
(83,961 posts)I will copy tomorrow and send.
Damn well said Nance.
Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)brer cat
(24,625 posts)I have been struggling to write a letter to make these points, but I have not hit it. I will take you up on your offer and start sending copies of this tomorrow.
Love you, Nance. You are our light in this great darkness.
Kath2
(3,089 posts)It is so spot on!
brer cat
(24,625 posts)Welcome to DU, Kath2.
Kath2
(3,089 posts)Peace, always!
flying_wahini
(6,667 posts)Love how you can read my mind.
world wide wally
(21,757 posts)Have done in the past 30 years that benefitted average Americans. What he came up wth will shock you like it shocked me.
He said that we bombed Iraq.
So, there is living proof that you are exactly right.
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)world wide wally
(21,757 posts)calimary
(81,527 posts)He sounds like one of those armchair "warriors" who, typical of most of 'em, has no skin in the game.
madamesilverspurs
(15,811 posts)I'll share it for others to send, and suggest it be used as a starting list of questions on the off chance that those legislators might someday hold a town hall where we can ask them face to face (as if!).
Thank you! Again.
.
volstork
(5,403 posts)I will need a new toner cartridge for my printer by the time i'm done...
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,737 posts)volstork
(5,403 posts)RESIST!
UTUSN
(70,762 posts)busterbrown
(8,515 posts)feeding a steady diet of hate to ignorant Right Wingers which in turn has severely crippled our middle class...
Im sure I dont need to explain further....Good Job N.G.
oasis
(49,429 posts)Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)Thank you. Their actions defy all logic. It would be great to hear an explanation, however unlikely. Much explaining to do.
Leith
(7,813 posts)We deserve answers. Now, dammit.
We deserve better.
radical noodle
(8,015 posts)Thanks for letting us use it. I don't think it could be any better!
Kath2
(3,089 posts)I will be sending that to every Republican politician.
We understand your position on abortion. But what is the purpose of curtailing access to birth control? What is the benefit to the country of having women treated as second-class citizens who are told what they can and cannot do with their own bodies, while being denied the means of avoiding pregnancies they do not want, or having children they cannot afford?
That paragraph is just awesome. I'm 58 and I never needed an abortion but I was confident that I could if needed and I had easy access to birth control. I want young women to have more freedom than I did, not less.
Everything about your letter is right on.
Peace.
triron
(22,026 posts)I will use your letter as template.
LeftInTX
(25,611 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)To better understand our solutions to society's difficult problems, we suggest you pack dry ice up your nose until your brain freezes, watch several days of Fox News and televangelists, arm yourself to the teeth, buy a huge gas guzzler pickup truck, and fly the confederate flag. Then everything will be clear to you.
Very alternatively yours,
Your Republican Friends
calimary
(81,527 posts)Pay NO attention to any of these apostates. All they do, every time they open their yaps, is to reconfirm how stupid and arrogant they are.
You pose some most worthwhile questions here.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)Help provide the needs of education, infrastructure, health care. Things that will benefit the world around them. Money has always been a negative factor but citizens united made it totally corrupt. I honestly wonder if we should just start over.
LittleGirl
(8,292 posts)The Wizard
(12,552 posts)Will share liberally.
Doodley
(9,151 posts)However, none of the answers would be coherent and they wouldn't match with the facts. What I am saying is that people actually believe Republicans are good for America. I completely disagree with them. Their view of the world is very different to ours and it is very frightening.
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)I can't believe that they don't look to other governments and think "this is right, or that is wrong". I see things I like in European countries for instance but they don't seem to like that. It seems they want Somalia or something. I'm at a loss but I'd like to hear them answer that question.
LuckyLib
(6,821 posts)allow you access through their email portal. Because you have to enter your zip-code, their system can tell if you are out of district or out of state. I've taken to calling their offices, but they don't get the full effect of such a comprehensive letter.
Has anyone else found a better way to email them?
handmade34
(22,758 posts)for any city in any state... that's the way I do it...
http://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/
or just google it
LuckyLib
(6,821 posts)If they can vote on things that affect us nationwide, we should have access to them without having to create a fake persona.
StarryNite
(9,461 posts)I'm going to do it! Let's share any replies we might get from the Rethuglicans that we send it to!
spanone
(135,900 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)I've been waiting the majority of my adult life - wondering what is the purpose of their policies other than to toss bones to bitter, angry, jealous people.
herding cats
(19,568 posts)I will be borrowing this, and I thank you for the permission. I'll use my alternative email, since I do my official harassment under my real one.
Very well said! I may borrow some of the concepts of this in the future for my own disgruntled mailings to my elected Republicans if you don't mind that either?
Cha
(297,810 posts)on the indefensible and sending it to them personally!
Bettie
(16,132 posts)horrible congresscritters.
Sadly, Grassley, Ernst, and Blum are pretty much lost causes.
ETA: Printed, Signed, and mailed.
coco22
(1,258 posts)Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan.
panader0
(25,816 posts)VaBchTgerLily
(231 posts)IronLionZion
(45,563 posts)niyad
(113,628 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Thank you Nance! ❤
VOX
(22,976 posts)I will indeed use your text as a reference for my governmental communiques.
Again, thank you!
flor-de-jasmim
(2,125 posts)JeaneRaye
(402 posts)Thanks for the letter. I'll be sending one to my Republican Senator and Congressman.
democratpeg
(1 post)Thank you for this post! I plan to send this via postal mail. It can easily get marked as spam via email.