An Open Letter To Mitch McConnell

Oh, Mitch Mitch Mitch...you just HAD to go there, didn't you?

While I know that reading things is not your strong suit *cough* healthcare bill *cough*, perhaps you'll indulge me if I keep it short and to the point.

You said:

 "The most important election yesterday wasn't the governor of New Jersey and it wasn't the governor of Virginia, it was the special election for Congress in South Alabama, where a candidate who said the shutdown was a great idea, the president was born in Kenya, and that he opposed Speaker Boehner came in second." The victory of a more electable Republican, is significant, Mr. McConnell says. To govern, parties must win. To win, parties must "run candidates that don't scare the general public, [and] convey the impression that we could actually be responsible for governing, you can trust us—we're adults here, we're grown-ups." 

We DON'T trust you. You and your cohorts do not behave like adults, you behave like spoiled children in a candy store. The candidate from Alabama is unelectable because he questions the president's birthplace and opposes the sniffling, weak-spined Boehner?  But yet left wing extremists are elected wholesale, people who believe that islands will tip over if there are too many people on them, people who are so overtly racist against white people that they tremble with hatred, people who blatantly lie through their teeth, people who are crooks and cheats, people who refuse to produce a college transcript, people who have never had a real job or managed anything more complex than their checkbook. Perhaps you could try throwing rocks at THEM instead of some guy from Alabama I've never heard of and can't find with a google search. The general public is indeed scared. They're scared of inept bureaucrats like you, Mitch, and they're angry that you refuse to represent them or even hear their concerns. Damn angry.

You said, when asked if the GOP is in a civil war:

 "No, I don't think so." Everyone agrees on the central issue: "We would all love to get rid of ObamaCare. If we had the votes to do it we'd do it in a heartbeat. It's the single worst piece of legislation that's been passed in modern times."

On the homefront, there is no civil war. We have abandoned your party, Mitch. In droves. Hundreds of thousands of us, MILLIONS of us. Some of our young guns in Washington think that they can wrestle power away from you long-term geriatric leviathans. I'm not sure that qualifies as a "civil war". It's more like a good old-fashioned house cleaning. You, sir, are simply a dust bunny that will be swept out with the rest of fluff.

You said:

 "The tea party... consists of "people who are angry and upset at government—and I agree with them." But "I think, honestly, many of them have been misled. . . . They've been told the reason we can't get to better outcomes than we've gotten is not because the Democrats control the Senate and the White House but because Republicans have been insufficiently feisty. Well, that's just not true, and I think that the folks that I have difficulty with are the leaders of some of these groups who basically mislead them for profit. . . . They raise money . . . take their cut and spend it" on political action that hurts Republicans.

You agree with us, but we have been misled. More Washington gobbledegook and double-speak.  We have not been misled. We are not ignoramuses hanging on every word Limbaugh or Beck utter, or captivated by DeMint's PAC . We Tea Partiers, as a whole, are smart, savvy, and know our history and our constitution. When you flip us the bird by calling us stupid or not able to think for ourselves, it just strengthens our belief that you have to go, Mitch. Go back to Kentucky and live in this gawd awful mess you've created. Do you realize how patronizing you sound when you say things like  "because Republicans have been insufficiently feisty". Feisty? You rolled over and played dead, Mitch. We didn't expect you to be more feisty, we wanted you to FIGHT, to get mad, to yell the alarm from the rooftops, to stand against the giant blob that is Washington progressive politics and say NO. And as for radio and TV commentators making a profit? It's a business. We're capitalists. We BELIEVE that excellence should be rewarded with profit. Remember capitalism, Mitch? You, on the other hand, are making a profit as a public servant. How does that happen? Why are you making so much money? You're SUPPOSED to be representing us. Who's paying you, besides the padded paycheck you've wrestled from the public coffers? Tsk tsk. I don't think you want to open that can of worms.

I won't address anything else you said in your interview with Peggy Noonan. You've lost your credibility with me. That cocky smirk may be wiped off your face when you run for your upteenth term; people like me, who don't even live in your state, WILL support your opponent. And we WILL contribute to Jim DeMint's Senate Conservatives Fund that is targeting you for your malfeasance.

You, Mitch McConnell, are a big chunk of the problem. You have to go.