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In reply to the discussion: Honestly, there's only one plan that will work. [View all]GaYellowDawg
(4,895 posts)Here's what I wrote. Feel free to emulate it and send something similar to "doubtful" representatives and senators.
Dear Representative/Senator XXXX,
Im just an ordinary middle-class American emailing you with concerns about the Presidential race. I have seen you publicly doubt whether President Biden can win this election, and that gravely concerns me. The last time that a Democratic incumbent lost his bid for reelection was in 1980. Especially during the Iranian hostage crisis, the media ripped into President Carter on a daily basis, and that emboldened Ted Kennedy to run against President Carter. It split the party wide open, and made the election a lot easier for Reagan than it should have been.
Theres nothing to be done about the media. They have normalized Donald Trumps criminality and complete unfitness for the Presidency, and have apparently had complete amnesia about what a disaster his Presidency actually was. Why dont they question the Republican Party about disavowing Trump for his rambling incoherencies? Because they know theyll be met with scorn and with deflection. In this one case, you really could take a page from their book.
I know you dont have any doubts about President Bidens ability to lead the country; otherwise, youd be calling for him to resign, rather than merely withdraw from the election. Your fear is that hes going to lose the election. Its your public fear and doubt that are contributing to it. If youd just said, No big deal, he was feeling ill and had one bad debate, laughed it off, pivoted to Donald Trumps many lies during the debate, and brought up the stupid shark-electric boat story, and then said that Joe Biden knows you cant wash magnetism away from magnets, or give anyone a bleach enema for COVID, things would be going a great deal better. I voted for President Biden in the primaries, and I didnt do so in order for someone like you to rob me of my vote just because youre having a panic attack. There are millions more like me waiting for you to unify our party behind our candidate and give us the momentum to beat the fascists in November. You could easily cite President Biden's sterling performance at the NATO meetings as the reason for your renewed confidence. and say "treating with a diverse set of foreign heads of state is a much more complex task than repeating a standardized set of lies at a virtually unmoderated debate."
Thank you for your time and attention.