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Jan. 14, 2010 1. Stop blurring the line between the Executive and Legislative branches of our government. All through school we were taught that one of the major strengths of our system of government and one of the reasons it has lasted more than 200 years is that we have an Executive, a Legislative, and a Judicial branch and each branch is designed to act as a balance on the other branches. You, Mr. President, are blurring the line between the Executive and Legislative branches of our government. You have been elected the leader of this country, and you should be the epitome of how a leader works with all elected members of Congress. Notice I said WITH… you, on the other hand, have not been doing that. Reaching across the aisle does not mean that you say, “Do it my way and that’s it.” Reaching across the aisle means that you truly listen to what all members of Congress are saying and truly consider the pros and cons of their ideas. As President, above all other elected officials, you should be showing how a leader weighs all opinions and strives to make compromises which reflect the best of all that has been shown to you. You are NOT a member of the legislative branch of the government. The Legislative branch is supposed to propose and pass legislation, based on input from ALL legislators, regardless of their party. Obviously you will make your preferences known, however I find it extremely inappropriate for you to be aggressively championing your agenda by meeting behind closed doors with only the members of your political party or those politicians who happen to be in agreement with your views of what should be done on a particular matter, nor you should be applying political pressure on those in and out of your political party who don’t agree with you. As President, you have the power to veto any legislation which reaches you if you feel so strongly about it that you cannot in good conscience sign it into law. That is one of the balance checks referred to above. Then the Congress, per the Constitution, has the power to override that veto. That is the way our government works and has worked for over 200 years. You spoke of transparency in your campaign promises, but you have not delivered on that transparency. 2. You, as President of our country, should be making it clear that the blatant bribery of votes that is occurring right now is abhorrent. Yes, throughout the history of our country, there have been bouts of corruption in federal government. Yes, there have been “pork barrel” deals, another situation which you campaigned against and said you would go “line by line” and eliminate. Not only have you not kept that promise, you have not indicated any righteous indignation and outrage at the blatant bribery of legislators (e.g., Nebraska and Louisiana) and by not expressing disgust at those actions, in fact you seem to be condoning them. As President, you should not sign ANY legislation which includes such outrageous deals. It appears that you condone any measures that further your political agenda, that the ends justify the means. Instead of being a paragon of virtue, you appear willing to allow and even encourage whatever deals result in your getting the legislation passed that you think is the right legislation. 3. As for health reform, yes, most everyone has agreed that health reform is needed. Does that mean we all agree with your idea of what that reform should be? If you’re so sure your ideas of health reform are the right way to go, then let those ideas stand up to the debate and the discussion that they should be able to withstand. Stop playing at being a legislator as well as the head of the Executive branch of government. You had the role of legislator. . . that is NOT the role you are now in, so let Congress do their job and then you can use the power of veto if you disagree with their decision. You, as President, should not sign any legislation which includes controls on future legislators. How can you dare sign legislation which states that no future Congress can change that legislation? If specific legislation is not against principles spelled out in the Constitution or in the Amendments to the Constitution, then that legislation should be up for future action by a future Congress. 4. Finally, please step back and reflect on how you came to be President of the United States. Yes, you received a majority of the popular vote, 52.92% according to online statistics. That was a clear victory, however it was not an overwhelming stupendous majority that said “Do whatever you want to do and we’ll back you all the way.” In fact, while it was a definite majority of the popular vote, history shows several presidents with a higher majority of the popular vote: George H. Bush, 53.4% (1988); Ronald Reagan, 58.8% (1984); Richard Nixon, 60.7% (1972); Lyndon Johnson, 61.1% (1964); Dwight Eisenhower, 57.4% (1956) and 55.2% (1952); Franklin Roosevelt, 53.4% (1944), 54.7% (1940), 60.8% (1936) and 57.4% (1932); Herbert Hoover, 58.2% (1928); Calvin Coolidge, 54% (1924); Warren Harding, 60.3% (1920); Theodore Roosevelt, 56.4% (1904); and Ulysses Grant, 55.6% (1872). And even with a 52.92% of the popular vote, please bear in mind that that means that 45.08% of the American people did not vote for you. I personally vote for the person, not the party, and I sincerely hope most Americans vote for the person, not the party. Whatever the statistics of the popular vote, once a President is sworn into office, I expect them to do two things: 1) keep the campaign promises they made to the fullest extent they can; and 2) on all matters which were not specifically addressed in their campaign, I expect them to be the leader of ALL Americans, and not continue to lead according only to the dictates of their political party’s agenda.
At this point, you seem to be very much party-oriented and that is a betrayal of the American people and our form of government. Hopefully in 2010 you will begin to lead the country as opposed to either pushing your own agenda at all costs or getting so involved in strong-arming consent from your political party.
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