{"id":1970,"date":"2016-04-28T12:46:03","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T17:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalqrm.com\/?p=1970"},"modified":"2016-04-28T12:46:03","modified_gmt":"2016-04-28T17:46:03","slug":"couldnt-have-said-it-better-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/politicalqrm.com\/?p=1970","title":{"rendered":"Couldn’t Have Said It Better, Myself!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A very dear friend of mine, (bright, witty, charming and GORGEOUS<\/em>), with whom I discuss matters both political and motorcycle, sent this to me. I’m putting it here in it’s entirety. You NEED to read this!<\/em><\/p>\n

Oh No You Didn\u2019t ~ Claire T. Peterson<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I was never a very political person. My dad never announced how he voted and
\nalthough he was prone to be a bit preachy, one of his perhaps not so endearing
\nlegacies to moi, my formative years were not filled with party affiliations, or political
\nslogans, etc. I did grow up with a deep, abiding love of God, flag and country
\nhowever, and still tear up every time I hear our national anthem.
\nI was a child of the 60\u2019s and was pretty clueless as to what all of the hubbub was
\nabout. I didn\u2019t understand the racial issues; the Vietnam War was a mystery; the
\nassassination of the Kennedy\u2019s and Dr. King were horrors, to be sure, but I still was
\ndancing on the outside of the bubble. I think I was like most young people
\nconcentrating on job, career, home, kids, whatever.
\nThat has all changed. I am heavily invested in what happens in our world. I believe
\nin personal endeavor, reward for accomplishment, saving for big purchases, smaller
\ngovernment, and the idea that each of us steer our own ship. I refuse to vote for
\ncriminals and know the national debt is an abomination. Thus, I am a Conservative
\nAmerican. Having little choice, I checked the \u201cRepublican\u201d box when registering to
\nvote and although I have voted \u201cthe other\u201d party from time to time, I paid a
\nmembership in 2013 to attend the Republican Women\u2019s chapter in the city where I
\nhad recently located just to get involved.
\nI\u2019d like to share a letter I felt compelled to write recently regarding an envelope I
\nretrieved from my mailbox with a large red stamp: NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY.
\nUpon further inspection, I noticed it was from the Office of Records, Kentucky Area
\nAssessment. I immediately thought I had failed to pay my property taxes or some
\nother such calamity. (I told you I was a child of the 60\u2019s when people cared about
\nthose kinds of things.)
\nWhen I opened it I was completely thrown for it was from the Republican Party,
\nsigned by Reince Priebus, reminding me that I have not renewed my Republican
\nParty \u201cmembership\u201d. My first reaction was \u201cAre you flippin\u2019 kidding me?\u201d My
\nsecond reaction was to write the following letter:
\nReince Priebus
\nChairman, Republican National Committee
\n310 First Street, S.E.
\nWashington, D.C. 20003
\nDear Mr. Priebus,
\nImagine my reaction when I received a letter with a big red NOTICE OF DELINQUENCY stamp
\non the envelope. The return address was Office of Records, Kentucky Area Assessment. Oh my!
\nWhat is this? Did my property taxes not get paid? What could this be? I opened it and read the
\nletter with your signature at the bottom excoriating me for not sending membership dues to the
\nRepublican Party.
\nHow dare you, sir! Under what premise do you presume the authority over me to declare me
\ndelinquent in pledging my money to support the Republican Party?
\nI am NOT a Republican! I AM a Conservative American. If I chose to align myself with the GOP it
\nwas from a conservative point of view and has been left in the dust along with the bones of the
\ndinosaurs that run the party and have abdicated their responsibilities of principle and supporting
\nthe will of the people.
\nYou guys just don\u2019t get it! You, McConnell, the late, un-great John Boehner, and all the crony
\ngood old-boys can kiss my grits. You\u2019re done! You overplayed your hand with vaporized
\npromises, outright lies and years of sub-standard candidates who were incapable of being the
\nchange in a changing world. You need to get out of the way.
\nI pray America doesn\u2019t fall with the Republican Party. I love my country but you and your grand
\nstrategies have utterly failed for lack of conviction and adherence to conservative values upon
\nwhich the party\/country was based. You sold out: the values, the people, THE COUNTRY.
\nSo, go away. Leave me alone. I will decide for myself for whom to vote and\/or support financially.
\nI suggest you inflate your life vest: your boat is sinking.
\nSincerely,etc., etc.
\nI will discuss my politics anytime, anyplace. If I\u2019ve learned anything at all it\u2019s that
\nkeeping silent is not the answer. I firmly believe that we\u2019ve never, in our entire
\nhistory as a country, had an honest election. Too much is at stake for the moneygrubbers in Congress and the power grabbers that surround them. We\u2019re going
\ndown a dark path and it may lead to our destruction if we don\u2019t get our heads out of
\nour butts. The change starts with us, you and me. If we don\u2019t do it we fall prey to
\nthose who will.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Claire! I am in your shadow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A very dear friend of mine, (bright, witty, charming and GORGEOUS), with whom I discuss matters both political and motorcycle, sent this to me. I’m putting it here in it’s entirety. You NEED to read this! Oh No You Didn\u2019t ~ Claire T. Peterson I was never a very political person. My dad never announced<\/p>\n

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