I wonder if Obama really thinks he can succeed in "reaching out" to 
types like this.

(That he keeps trying is the reason why I find Obama "scary.")

MCM


Confirmed at Snopes... 
<http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/youscareme.asp>http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/youscareme.asp

    AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
By Lou Pritchett
Submitted to the NY Times

                             
Lou Pritchett  is a former vice president of Proctor & 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". 

Dear President Obama: 


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' 
crowd and 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
and nuclear power. 

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 opposing 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 


Mr. 
Pritchett <http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/youscareme.asp>confirmed 
that he was indeed the author of the much-circulated "open letter." 
"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.


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