Dear Mr. President

(It's been a while since I've ranted about anything political. This came to be last night while I was cleaning my house. I figured I'd share, just for funsies :) Enjoy!)

You know, I'd like to have a conversation with the President. As a voting member of society I see it as my right to do so. I have some things to say to him, and since I voted for him he should listen, right? Right. I really just want to look him in the eye and say, All due respect, Sir, but what the fuck? You make us all these promises during the campaign, and so far you have been nothing but one epic fail! To be fair, Sir...(he'll probably try to interrupt me at this point, but I will not allow him to do so), if you please, Sir, I voted to put you in this office because you asked me to. Well, I did, and so far you have not carried through with your part of the bargain. So, Sir, if you please, I have some words to say as a concerned citizen of this United States. So, yes, to be fair I know that you came into some really shitty circumstances. You are assaulted on all fronts every day. Well guess what! This is the job you signed on for. You can't have been so naive as to think that you would never have to muscle your way through the opposition. Hello?! Have you met your predecessor? He's basically retarded, and he still managed to get shit done. Why? Because he was an arrogant motherfucker who did not take no for an answer!

So, Mr. President, I would like to give you this message, from all of us that did and did not vote for you (because, let's be honest, no one is happy with you right now) to you: Man up. Seriously. Grow a pair. Fire some people if you have to (and you should, because you've surrounded yourself with people who are only holding you back). Whatever it takes to get it done, do it! I know that congress is a big fat thorn in your side (trust me, we all feel that way), but we will not accept your excuses any more! We voted for you because you promised change. You promised that you were different than the politicians that we already know, but so far you have done nothing but prove yourself a liar. I hope that you realize that, and I really hope that it affects the way you sleep at night, because things only seem to be getting worse.

The economy is recovering, as it does, but what's being done about the warS we are STILL fighting? Nada. And guess what. We're never getting into Afghanistan, my friend. That nation has turned out every other nation that has tried to invade it from the beginning of time. Just because we helped them turn away the Soviets doesn't give us the right to turn around and expect them to welcome us in. They want to be LEFT ALONE to live the way they want to live. The pursuit of happiness is a basic human right, and they want to pursue their own happiness just as much as we want to pursue oil in their country, and since they were there first, logic learned by any child before kindergarten dictates that it is theirs, and we have no right to tell them what to do or how to live their lives. Bush started this war under the pretext of saving the Muslims from themselves. They don't want or need to be saved, and you do not need to be carrying on this holy war just so that the fat Republicans that own the companies which are profiting from it can continue to do so. You and I and all of us common folk (you know, the ones that voted you into office) are most decidedly NOT benefiting from it.

I know what you're thinking: that I think that I could do it better. Well that's not the case. I don't think I could run the country. That's why I did not (nor do I ever intend to) go out for the job. You did, though, and you got it, so you must have had some sort of plan for dealing with the giant mess of a situation, right? You must have, because you said that you did, and that's why people like me did or did not vote for you. Well you won the popularity contest, and now it's high time to be getting down to business. We thought you were better than them. We thought that you were the genuine person you claimed to be. So why don't you just answer me this one question that has been burning in my brain since your 100th day in office: how do you sleep at night knowing that you have failed so miserably at what you were supposed to do? You don't have to answer right away. I'll wait. I am already accustomed to waiting for you, so it's not big thing. Just think about it for a while. But not too long. You still have a job to do.