3 Votes for Obama

Dear Mr. President,

Yesterday I had conversations with two ardent Democrats. Neither one was aware of your Kill List or that every Tuesday you personally choose who goes on it, who will be targeted for assassination this week. One person physically recoiled when I mentioned this. He thought a moment and then opined that probably anyone with your power in this situation would do the same, shrugged it off and shifted the conversation to domestic policies. When I brought up the Kill List to the other person, she said, “I don’t believe you.” This time I was shocked; this is a person who watches the news on TV and reads the local paper. When I said the New York Times had a 3-page article detailing the process, she said, “Just because it’s in the paper doesn’t mean it’s true.” My brother too, doesn’t believe there’s a Kill List or that you personally choose who lives and who dies this week. “You have a vivid imagination,” he says. Here are three votes for Obama. They all have the Obama religion; they’re all in denial. No different than deniers of global warming, they reject facts that do not fit their beliefs. They cannot and will not accept the enormity of your betrayal. They cannot believe Obama would eliminate the most fundamental tenet of justice: that a person is innocent until proven guilty, or that an American president would pursue a policy of summary executions not only of foreigners but of his own citizens, or that you can and will incarcerate anyone anywhere indefinitely without trial or legal redress, and that all this is justified through memos so secret that your InJustice Department will not even acknowledge their existence let alone reveal their contents. The man we elected in 2008 was a myth, someone we created in our imaginations out of desperation for peace and justice.. The reality was that we elected a liar, a cold-blooded killer, and a war criminal who abides by no law but his own. But people believe what they want to believe and the Democrats are no different than Republicans; they remain true to the myth even if you don’t. No Hope, no Change, no Promises You Can Believe In this time around. Stay the course,is your plea this year and I’ve heard that old chestnut a time or two. It’s always said out of desperation when the path the incumbent has put us on is clearly a disaster. No thanks, Mr. President. I’m not drinking the Kool-Aid this time around and I don’t want a war criminal in the White House. I’m voting for Jill Stein for President.