An Open Letter to John McCain

Dear Senator McCain,

I’ve been critical of you lately. And I say lately because, in 2000, I believed you could make a good President. Although I certainly didn’t agree with you on every issue, you seemed like someone that would do the right thing. That would be honorable and act admirably.

But my view has changed following this election. You ran a nasty, mean spirited campaign. You lied, you schemed, and in the end, you did everything that you said you wouldn’t do.

It didn’t work well enough for you to win the Presidency. But, sadly, you did succeed in dividing this nation. You did succeed in creating a level of fear and hatred that I’ve never before witnessed. And that saddens and terrifies me.

You stood idly by as people called President Elect Barack Obama a terrorist. You stood idly by as your Vice Presidential pick, She-Who-Will-Not-Be-Named-On-This-Blog-(Hopefully)-Ever-Again (SWWNBNOTB(H)EA), linked him to Communism. The only time you spoke out about it was when you were directly faced with ugliness and hatred, and to have stayed silent at that time would have sunk you forever. But that was it. That was the only time you spoke up to stop the madness.

Your silent participation spoke volumes to me. And it infuriates me. It seemed to justify, encourage even, the racism, fear, hate and discrimination that has begun to boil over. You hoped you could use it to your advantage. And it didn’t work. But I’m afraid it’s going to backfire on you. On us. On The United States of America.

I fear for our Country. I fear for President Elect Barack Obama and his family. I fear that your silent participation, and SWWNBNOTB(H)EA’s active participation, in portraying Barack Obama as someone to fear, will drive some nutjob to violence. In the name of God. In the “defense” of our Country.

And I will hold you accountable.

Your concession speech last night was a good first stop to tempering the divide. But it was not enough. You must make it clear to your and SWWNBNOTB(H)EA’s followers that President Elect Barack Obama is NOT a terrorist. That he is no one to fear. That he is capable of defending our Country. That he is a Patriot.

You must stand up and speak out against hatred. You must stand up and speak out against intolerance. You must stand up and SPEAK OUT. You owe it to the American People.

And I hope, as you’ve said time and time again during this campaign, that you really DO know how to fix this economy. And that you really DO know where Osama bin Laden is and how to “get him”. And I hope that you are more than willing to share that information with President Elect Obama.

The fight, of which you spoke so often, isn’t over. It is just beginning. And it’s going to be long. But it will give you the opportunity to redeem yourself.

And WE, the undersigned, will hold you accountable.

**Real names are not required.  This isn’t being submitted anywhere!**

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