Maybe We Will!?!

Dear President Obama,

Hope is the most fragile of emotions. It is difficult, in these most jaded of times, to inspire the masses. To make them believe that change for the better is on the horizon. It is even more rare to find a single person who can insprire this belief in millions. In you, so many of us found that person. We listened to your impassioned speeches and latched on for our own unique reasons. You promised us CHANGE, gave us HOPE and we ate it up. We were a disenfranchis

ed country searching for someone to lead us out of the 9/11 era of fear and war and into a new era prosperity and equality. You were the right person at the right time.

And then you took office.

From the outside it appeared as though you were everything we'd hoped for. You were thoughtful and charismatic. Strong and intelligent. You were the president who was truly going to fight for us. You weren't our peer, you were what we all strive to be. The man who knew what was best for our country as a whole and would stop at nothing to bring us back to promninence. We were a country divided, fighting two wars, our economy crumbling, and yet we had hope. Nothing to fear, Barrack Obama is on the job. You were the combination of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King we'd been waiting nearly 50 years for.

And then you started listening.

The racial backlash of electing you began to manifest itself in townhalls across the country attacking you in the only "pc" way possible. And even some very not "pc" ways. But, you knew this was going to be a battle. You knew there would be a significant part of America that would disagree with any legislation you brought to the table. We trusted that you were prepared to fight the good fight and carry this country into the 21st century, on your back if need be. Instead, you began to mince your words. You began cowtowing to your objecters. You began making excuses.

GO DOWN FIGHTING!!

As much as all of your supporters would love to see you in office for two terms, we'd prefer that you stick to your guns. Four years of a staunch progressive attitude may cost you the 2012 election but, it will also have a million times more impact than what you're doing right now. We don't want this Obama. We want the Obama who stood up nearly a year ago in Grant Park and made us believe that we had done something wonderful for America by electing him. We need him. Now more than ever. As much as I hate to say it, take a page out of the George W Bush playbook and force this healthcare reform down our collective throat. Not this basterdized version making its rounds on capital hill right now. The real, lasting, equality creating reform that you promised us the very first time you uttered the phrase "Yes We Can!" You are, perhaps, the most powerful president in history. You control every branch of government. Start acting like it! Tell fox news and the birthers and every other naysayer in America, "Guess what folks, the country elected me, I'm gonna do what I believe is right. I've heard what you have to say but, I'm done listening now. Its my job to make these decisions and I'm making them."

Make us believe that you are strong enough to do this job the way it needs to be done. Right now you're a politician. Please Mr. Obama, be our president.

Sincerely,

Jason