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Honest Leadership???? hahahahahaha
So … I received a lovely email to day from Michelle, asking us all to send Barack Birthday wishes. I thought it might be nice if we, terrorists and hobbits, did exactly that.
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Barbara —
Every day, I see Barack make choices he knows will affect every American family. That’s no small task for anyone — and more proof that he’s earning every last one of those gray hairs.
This has been a busy week in Washington, but today happens to be Barack’s 50th birthday. I’m writing to you because this year, the girls and I would like to do something a little different.
I’m asking friends and supporters [and terrorists and hobbits, too] of this campaign to wish him a happy birthday by signing his card, and sharing why you’re on this journey with us.
Your names and notes will become part of a book that tells the story of this campaign — who’s building it, why we’re in this thing, and what he means to us. We’ll deliver a copy to Barack and send one to our campaign offices across the country.
Don’t be shy, Americans, our President needs to know exactly how much we appreciate him and all he’s done for our great nation. I know I will not be shy!
blogsense-by-barb 
I’m a friend of Barbara to whom you sent the note. Every day I know your husband makes decisions and I know they’re not easy decisions. Unfortunately, his is not the position to which the ‘easy decisions’ gravitate. He gets the hard decisions, “The buck stops here” I recall his saying.
I’ve nothing against Barack personally; it wouldn’t be right to judge him because I don’t know him. But, Michelle. I know his policies. This nation was founded on the Constitution and with few exception, that document that has lasted for nearly 235 years. And from where I sit, I see that the policies of this administration are leading this nation down a road from which it may not return. Who leads this administration?
I will not ‘point fingers’ and attempt to find fault (like who added more to the debt than whom). That doesn’t SOLVE a problem, though I freely admit that all those who went before your husband contributed to the problem of our national debt. It is fact that during his first 2 1/2 years in office, the unemployment rate in your town, my beloved and previous town of 26 years rose 26.7%?
Do you solve problems with money in your household by spending more money? We don’t, here. There are times when you have to ‘spend money to make money,’ but we can’t spend money that we don’t HAVE and for too many years we’ve done that. We’ve got to stop spending like drunken sailors (though I hear they take offense!)!
Because my husband is out of work, we solve monetary problemss by figuring out how to save what little money isn’t taxed more highly from Barack’s policies. Extending the ‘Bush Tax cuts’ which weren’t tax cuts at all. They were rates. More deceptions, but smooth talk.
Oh, how could I forgot that Barack did give us a tax break. Our whopping $26/ month was just enough to pay that extra odd bill. Not enough to “go out on the town” and really stimulate the economy (as we went on a spending spree with our $26/month!).
So Barack thinks that anyone making over $250,000 is wealthy? Increase their taxes? I’d draw the distinction between affluent and lower middle class income. Barack wants to tax these individuals at a higher rate? At their peril, these people own the small businesses that hire the majority of Americans. Taxing them at a higher rate only mandates that they lay off more or hire less.
Increasing taxes on the Obamas and George Soros’ the Steve Jobs of this world has been shown that it wouldn’t make a huge dent in our debt. We cannot spend our way out of a recession which is looking like a double dip; as the Dow dips!
But, this is quickly turning out to be a letter to you; not a birthday card to our hope and change president. A man is only 50 once and I wish that you have a wonderful celebration. With luck, my 60th celebration this fall will be a day trip in the family car, not an intimate birthday gala and campaign fund-raiser! No doubt, some of this on my nickel. But, best to Barack.
Annie Nowlin
Colorado Springs