The Atheist
The Grammar Tyrant
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2006
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Yes, I know you detest politics.
Yes, I know you’ve said you will never stand for office.
Yes, there’s going to be a but…
The “but” is that you are probably the only person who can “save” the planet. Were Alexadria Ocasio-Cortez a decade older, it might well have fallen on her shoulders, but in 2019, there is only you. None of the current Democratic candidates are or will be able to attract the kind of support needed to rid your country of a would-be demagogue.
Only you have the power, the prestige and the implacable desire for equality to satisfy the American people, win the presidency and institute a policy of change for the better that will benefit the entire world.
You don’t need me to tell you your current President is on a course that will ensure the destruction of the human ecosystem; you certainly don’t need me to tell you he is also enabling racists, increasing internal inequality and badly handling foreign affairs, giving tacit and open approval to the worst despots.
He, his background team of cronies and profligate billionaires, and their policies of raping the earth and the American people must change.
The only way for that to happen is to have a leader who unites, who is clear of scandal, and who is respected for their honesty. No background of dirty jokes or racist comments, but someone who is equally at home explaining to kids why growing vegetables is fun and healthy, and someone who appeals to all parts of the socio-economic scale. (Well, except billionaires, and they don’t need your help.)
Please, re-think your position and commit to running for the Democratic nomination.
I hate psychics, but I’d gladly give my prediction right now that your fundraising – all from small donors – would create a new record by an order of magnitude. You are internationally admired - please don’t take this badly – and you’re not guilty of the same mistakes your husband made in office; there are no pics of you laughing on the golf course, but plenty of you being a mother and friend to children.
If there’s an antidote to a vile, white, sexist, entitled racist, it’s surely a woman of colour, and I don’t see anyone else in your country with the position and popularity to take that mantle on yet.
As we’d say in New Zealand, be a good bastard and have a go.
I’d like to think the example shown by our own Prime Minister – who got the job in the space of ten weeks – would provide an example of what a strong, empathetic leader can achieve.
Stand up and let your daughters – and hundreds of millions of other children around the planet – grow in a cleaner, happier, more peaceful world.
Don’t Be Better, Be Best!
Alan Charman
Auckland, NZ
Yes, I know you’ve said you will never stand for office.
Yes, there’s going to be a but…
The “but” is that you are probably the only person who can “save” the planet. Were Alexadria Ocasio-Cortez a decade older, it might well have fallen on her shoulders, but in 2019, there is only you. None of the current Democratic candidates are or will be able to attract the kind of support needed to rid your country of a would-be demagogue.
Only you have the power, the prestige and the implacable desire for equality to satisfy the American people, win the presidency and institute a policy of change for the better that will benefit the entire world.
You don’t need me to tell you your current President is on a course that will ensure the destruction of the human ecosystem; you certainly don’t need me to tell you he is also enabling racists, increasing internal inequality and badly handling foreign affairs, giving tacit and open approval to the worst despots.
He, his background team of cronies and profligate billionaires, and their policies of raping the earth and the American people must change.
The only way for that to happen is to have a leader who unites, who is clear of scandal, and who is respected for their honesty. No background of dirty jokes or racist comments, but someone who is equally at home explaining to kids why growing vegetables is fun and healthy, and someone who appeals to all parts of the socio-economic scale. (Well, except billionaires, and they don’t need your help.)
Please, re-think your position and commit to running for the Democratic nomination.
I hate psychics, but I’d gladly give my prediction right now that your fundraising – all from small donors – would create a new record by an order of magnitude. You are internationally admired - please don’t take this badly – and you’re not guilty of the same mistakes your husband made in office; there are no pics of you laughing on the golf course, but plenty of you being a mother and friend to children.
If there’s an antidote to a vile, white, sexist, entitled racist, it’s surely a woman of colour, and I don’t see anyone else in your country with the position and popularity to take that mantle on yet.
As we’d say in New Zealand, be a good bastard and have a go.
I’d like to think the example shown by our own Prime Minister – who got the job in the space of ten weeks – would provide an example of what a strong, empathetic leader can achieve.
Stand up and let your daughters – and hundreds of millions of other children around the planet – grow in a cleaner, happier, more peaceful world.
Don’t Be Better, Be Best!
Alan Charman
Auckland, NZ
