September 15, 2008
Posted by Brat
“Dear Senator Obama”
Over at Michelle Malkin site, she is suggesting you all send an email to Senator Obama. I am sure…lol. you remember my little note to him 
However, Malkin gives a link to someone else who also wrote an email to Obama, expressing his views on Obama camp’s “Can’t send an email” attack on John McCain:
My Email To Sen. Barack Obama
September 14, 2008 @ 10:41
TO: http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/contact2
FROM: michaelgraham@969wtkk.com
CC: http://www.johnmccain.com/Contact/
Dear Sen. Obama,
I just finished watching your latest attempt to “change the tone in Washington”—your ad attacking John McCain because he “can’t send an email.”
Like Sen. McCain, I understand that politics ain’t beanbag. Negative ads are part of the business. In fact, as a former political consultant, I used to run them myself.
But I can’t imagine any circumstances under which I would have ever run an ad attacking a war hero for the injuries he suffered at the hands of North Vietnamese prison guards.
The reason Sen. McCain “can’t send an email” is because he had his bones broken and fingers crushed by war criminals who tortured him during his service to our nation as a Navy pilot. You know that. Your campaign knows that. And, in the desperate hours as your campaign flounders, you chose to turn those scars into a cynical and false attack on John McCain….
Mr Graham is far more eloquent than I was – more controlled. Go read the rest of his email here. But, like me, he also gives Barak Obama’s email to help you along. Be warned though: the only response you will get is a form letter reminding you that your views matter to them, and that it is Americans like you that ensure his success….Yes, I am paraphrasing, but that is the gist – honest!!! Another thing: once you send him your views, you will become another of Obama’s “friends”, added to his mailing list, and your inbox target for the campaign donation requests. Oh joy, oh bliss!
CARRY ON!
*cross-posted from Assoluta Tranquillita*
2 Comments
September 16, 2008
I like it when you get fired up. Although I get the feeling that you are a pretty passionate person all the time… when someone treads on your passion you let ‘er rip! Well said, Brat!
September 19, 2008
Unfortunately Mr. Graham’s email in defense of Mr. Obama is equally offensive: to people with disabilities. I work in education and see people with disabilities not only send email, but perform every computer related task and command as a person with full use of their arms, hands, and eyes. You see, there is specialized hardware and software that allows these brave men and women to overcome their disabilities. Never tell a person with disabilities that they can’t do something, if there is a means of overcoming it they will. Never take pity on a person with disabilities by doing something for them that they can do on their own. I don’t care if Mr. McCain can use a computer, but I don’t think he or any person with disabilities would use their disability as an excuse.
It would have been much better (less dramatic, less offensive, and closer to the truth) if Mr. Graham didn’t take this approach. A much better approach would be to point out that Mr. Obama offended thousands of people who can’t use computers or send email because they don’t even have access to them. Obama basically insinuates that you need to be computer savvy to be part of our culture, unfortunately, that leaves many people out. This would have played right into the idea that Obama is an elitist snob.
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