In response to the Opinion column “Why Give Obama a Second Term?” in the Florida Agenda, Sept. 21, 2011.
DEAR EDITOR,
I read the opinion piece by David Stack, “Why Give Obama a Second Term?” And he is right on. I hope it is read carefully and will stimulate as many people as possible. His analysis was careful and factually correct and it really needs to sink in. So many of my friends are quite disillusioned with the President and their natural impulse is to “throw the baby out with the bathwater” or worse, to simply disengage. Stack’s piece paints the broader picture that it is not just about our disappointment but about what will happen if he loses this election to Romney or Perry. To let the Republicans back in would be disastrous on so many levels. Future SCOTUS appointments are only the beginning of how the right-wing power shift would manifest itself in a democracy. My greatest fear is that the Democrats, Independents, moderate Republicans and all those who got behind Obama in 2008 will not be energized enough to make the same thrust for 2012 where it will be needed even more. Regardless of their rationale, they ask themselves “Why should I, Obama has not delivered or fought as hard as I had hoped?” What they don’t realize is that it’s not as much about Obama as it is about YOU and ME and the future of this country. It hasn’t hit home yet that the consequences of Obama losing are dire. We must get folks energized again and I don’t see it happening yet.
Sincerely,
Paul M Smith
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