An Open Letter to our Elected Officialls

First, an apology.  I'm sure everyone is a sick of politics as I am at this point. So I'm rather sorry to bring it up.

 
But writing brings my thoughts into focus, and brings me sanity.. And today, I really need to get some more non-partisan (perhaps even anti-partisan?) frustrations off my chest.  
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Dear US and State Government Elected Politicians and Candidates, of All Parties:

We, The People of the United States of America, your constituents, are putting you on notice.  Consider this a written warning, which could lead to termination, if you don't improve.  We, The People, are tired of your bickering, of your muck-throwing, of your party-line stances, of your intolerance for opposing viewpoints, of your assumptions that you are smarter and "know better" than your constituents.

We, The People are disgusted  with your unwillingness to remember that you are obligated to represent the views, needs, and rights of *all* of the constituents living within your district, whether they voted for you or not.

Start with some simple logic to determine where the balance of your constituents' desires truly lies. Hint: the narrower your margin of victory,  the farther away from your platform the balance point of their views is likely to lie.   Since we effectively have only 2 candidates to choose from in a final election,  Our views are almost certainly not balanced on you.    Most of you were voted in by a by a fairly slim majority. and of those, it would be reasonable to guess that about half were more liberal than your positions, and about half are more conservative.   the scale is balanced on you.  But... then , on the side of the scale closer to your major opponent, add the constituents who voted for him.  Those all fit on the same side of  the scale, and the balance is suddenly massive tipped -- find the balance of your constituency's  actual views, and *that* is the position you should actually be representing.   As you can see, this is probably far more to the center than your personal platform, or certainly your party's platform.   We, The People, your bosses, expect you to represent the balance of *our* views.  And as such, we expect you to work with your fellow elected officials; regardless of part affiliation;  in order to achieve that balance needed to implement repairs, changes, and progress;  and to truly represents Us, the American People.

Please stop a moment, and listen - truly LISTEN - to what "We, The People," your bosses, believe in for the future of this country. Listen to what we actually want and need.  The party is not your boss - The People are. And there are two major areas you will need to work on, if you wish to continue in our employ:

First, we need to address your inappropriate campaign tactics. This campaign season, you have all focused on  painting the other guy as The Worst Thing That Could Happen or The Embodiment Of Evil. That tactic must be stopped, it is divisive, unproductive, terrible for the morale of our country in these fragile times, terrible for the image we try to present to the rest of the world, and, above all, not nearly as true as you'd like us to think.  These tactics must be stopped.
We, The People are tired of voting for the lesser of two evils. Instead of telling us why we need to vote against the other guy, tell us why would should vote *for* you.  Instead of telling me how you are going to mitigate the damage you are blaming on the other guy (which, in reality, was created over time by a combination of the works of both parties), please campaign on how you are actually going to make our country better, how you are going to take us forward, and fix our problems for the long term.  Stop talking about repealing what the other side passed, and start talking about passing new and better solutions.

Second, let's think back to Kindergarten, where you actually got a grade on "Plays Well With Others".If you continue to use the tactics of the last few years, with its keynotes of division, derision, subversion, half-truths, lies of omission, lack of respect for your fellow leaders and constituents, misleading propaganda, other con-man and warlike tactics, and, most importantly, your refusal to cooperate across party lines.  If you continue to put your party line ahead of your constituency's needs and desires, then we will have no choice but to fire you. And by "you" I mean you the politician, you the party member, and you the party.  Our government cannot be productive in putting this country to rights until its politicians and leaders stop acting like 5-year-olds, stop trying to play your constituents against each other for position, and start working together to come up with practical solutions to this great nation's problems:  solutions that can actually be implemented, instead of languishing forever in procedural limbo.

I still have not decided who I will vote for this election, but the one thing I am certain of is that, in order to get our economy moving, to get our debt out of control, and to maintain our position as citizens of the greatest country in the world,  we need to elect cream-of-the-crop representatives of "We, The People."

Fat-cat party-politicians who are interested only in the next election, and only in pushing the agenda of "They,The Party" are no longer welcome here.

Sincerely,
Tishabug H.
Your Boss, Constituent, Citizen, Voter

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Feel free to comment, but as a favor to my sanity, I would ask that you keep any comments polite, constructive, considerate, and fact-checked.