You are the thirteenth
President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare
me.
You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about
you.
You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive
Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible
signs of support.
You scare me because you did not spend the formative
years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an
American.
You scare me because you have never run a company or met a
payroll.
You scare me because you have never had military experience,
thus don't understand it at its core..
You scare me because you lack
humility and 'class', always blaming others.
You scare me because for
over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate
America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish to see
America fail.
You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the 'blame
America' crowdand deliver this message abroad.
You scare me because you
want to change America to a European style country where the government sector
dominates instead of the private sector.
You scare me because you want to
replace our health care system with a government controlled one.
You
scare me because you prefer 'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own
vast oil, coal and shale reserves.
You scare me because you want to kill
the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the
highest standard of living in the world.
You scare me because you have
begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and
corporations.
You scare me because your own political party shrinks from
challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.
You
scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points
of view from intelligent people.
You scare me because you falsely believe
that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.
You scare me because the
media gives you a free pass on everything you do.
You scare me because
you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Relllys and Becks
who offer opposing, conservative points of view.
You scare me because you
prefer controlling over governing.
Finally, you scare me because if you
serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in
8 years.
Lou Pritchett
Origins:Lou
Pritchett is a former vice president of Procter &
Gamble whose career at that company spanned 36 years before his retirement in
1989, and he is the author of the 1995 business book, Stop Paddling & Start Rocking the Boat.
Mr. Pritchett confirmed to us that
he was indeed the author of the much-circulated "open letter" quoted
above:
I
did write the 'you scare me' letter. I sent it to the NY Times but they never
acknowledged or published it. However, it hit the internet and according to the
‘experts’ has had over 500,000 hits.
Last
updated: 31 May 2009
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