From Radarsite: An Open Letter to Anti-Obama Liberals

Radarsite ^ | 22 Oct 08 | Roger W. Gardner

[Roger W. Gardner]

Something very unique it seems is beginning to develop out of the boiling cauldron of this fateful election. There seems to be a growing awareness of an important common bond between anti-Obama liberals, such as yourself, and anti-Obama conservatives like myself. I think we have both become alarmed at the very real possibility of losing all that we hold dear in our American culture if Obama succeeds. To me this is a wonderful, heartening sign. As I have written in some previous articles -- most notably the pieces about that unbelievably obscene 9/11 cartoon in Daily Kos, and the Obama Convention 'American flags in the trash' scandal -- I have received many emails and comments from Hillary Dems who were as outraged as we were by these attacks on America itself. I have read many articles now on Hillary websites that voice this common outrage -- some even linking back to Radarsite.

This was an education to me. I'm afraid that -- perhaps as you have done -- I had been lumping all Dems and all liberals together. I see now that this is a mistake, and I am very happy to be so wrong. Although we are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, we are it seems on the same side of the moral spectrum. I now believe that regardless of the outcome of this election there is a vast group of Americans out there, both Democrats and Republicans, who feel this same way, who have said, Enough is enough, we don't want our core values destroyed, we don't want our America changed beyond recognition, and we don't believe that America is the cause of all of the evils in this world -- just the opposite. We believe that we are the world's best hope.

I am even beginning to believe that these Americans are almost to the point of forming some informal third party, a party of true American patriots who will not allow this wonderful experiment of ours to be betrayed.

An impossible thought? Who knows? Stranger things have happened. - rg

[DoneWithDems]

Thank you for posting this article. Many Clinton Dems love their country and it is refreshing that we can come together to STOP Obama!

[230FMJ]

I grew up in a family of Democrats. My aunts and uncles don’t have anything in common with today’s Daily Kos/Moveon.org version of the Democratic party. John F. Kennedy could not have won the primaries against Barack Obama.

[Roger W. Gardner]

You’re welcome. If only we can stop Obama.