Tuesday, November 24, 2009

David Blatt's open letter to RNC

Dear RNC:
I was once a Republican but George W. Bush and his immoral war in Iraq cured me of that malady. Last year, when faced with the awful choices of John McCain and Barack Obama, I opted, along with 188,000 Americans to support the insurgent candidacy of Chuck Baldwin for the presidency. I don't regret that decision even as I disagree with Pastor Baldwin on many key issues.


He is right on several important questions of our day such as defending US sovereignty, controlling all forms of immigration into our land, and the insanity of free trade. In short, he puts America First!
This country is the only major industralized nation on the planet without Universal Healthcare. It is high time for this to end. President Obama's plan while imperfect is an important step in the right direction. To that extent, the conduct of the Republican Congressional delegation,on the healthcare question, has in my estimation constituted a major assault upon the integrity of our Republic and the liberties we all hold dear. The hysteria generated by some borders on the irrational and the wholescale GOP opposition to any meaningful reform of our healthcare system is nothing more than treasonous obstructionism.
Sometimes, as Clement Atlee would tell you, government has to reach for the Commanding Heights. Republicans had no trouble finding them when it came to sending American servicepersons to bleed in a reprehensible conflict in Iraq. If they have any decency left within them, they will find these heights again and support the President's UHC legislation.
Signed,
David L. Blatt
3104 W Birchwood Av
Chicago IL 60645e