Mr.
Speaker,
It
has certainly been a rowdy couple of days, what with all the rulings
being handed down by the United States Supreme Court. Today the
Supremes struck down the Defense of Marriage Act, signed into law by
Bill Clinton several years ago, and vigorously defended by your own
Congress to the tune of 2.3 million dollars of taxpayer's money, when
the White House ordered the Department of Justice to stand down.
But
you knew this was gonna happen because most of the country, your
constituents were against you before you committed the money. But
it's no biggie. The duckets didn't come out of your pocket. It's not
like you are sequester-bound or in a budget crunch like the rest of
us. And you still have DOMA solidly in place in Ohio for the
foreseeable future.
I'm
happy that DOMA went down but I'm not here to gloat. That's not the
purpose for this letter. I want to talk about the decision that came
down on Tuesday. You know the one that eviscerated the Voting Rights
Act of 1965. The law that was signed by Lyndon Baines Johnson and
effectively changed the United States for the better, according to
some of us, anyway.
Judging
from the response by the Grand Old Party of which you are considered
to be one of the guiding lights in your capacity as Speaker of the
House, you guys are being very quiet. I mean you got what you wanted.
Your posse on the high court just about knocked the Black off us,
shoving us toward the back of the bus once again, reminding us of
our place in your country. You have real cause for celebration,
after all you all have been working for years to remove this
particular thorn in your side and change the course of history.
Yesterday must have felt almost as good as rewriting the ending to
the War between the States. Symbolically at least, you slapped my
people back into chains.
But
let me put a bug in your ear, if I may. The GOP took quite a beating
in the last national election. I mean that Kenyan has laid two beat
downs in a row on ya, now. The good news is he can't run again. But
it looks like you're headed for oblivion electorally because you and
your boys in Congress spend more time in the bars and on the golf
course than you do legislating. Other than making laws to
disenfranchise women, you're not legislating at all.
Doing
nothing is hurting the President, yes. But it's also kicking your
ass, too. In order to take back control permanently your party
really and truly does need to attract Blacks, Browns and everybody
else who is not white and male, in order to win the next election
and survive. Your GOP chairman and all other speaking members of
your party say you must be more inclusive. So why not take this
nugget from the Supreme Court and repackage the Voting Rights Act.
What have you got to lose. Everybody expects you to let it lay. Let
it die. Not act on it. I mean that's been your modus operandi for
five years now.
Flip
the script. Do something to remind Black people that you once were
the party of Lincoln. Call a meeting with the NAACP. Invite the Revs
Al, Jesse and TD. Talk about millions of brownie points. Man, just
think of all the Clarence Thomas wannabes or little Herman Cains or
Mia Loves who will come popping out of the woodwork to join the
Grand Old Party and become bonified Republicans instead of closeted
ones. Give us a reason to like you and to wanna be you. You need to
come out of your shell, John, and teach poor people how to make money
like republicans. But you can't teach unless you can get them to
listen to you. And that is not gonna happen as long as you guys
continue to play bigot monopoly in America.
Let's
just talk plain English here. You guys are dying out. Your party of
old white people is about to go extinct. Soon it will be too late,
especially given the kind of laws you're attempting to push through
against women. Women already outnumber you. Women are the sleeping
giant, the 600 pound gorilla in the room taking a nap. What happens
when women wake up. I mean really wake up and realize they don't have
to vote like their husbands or daddies do anymore. What happened overnight in Texas should have scared you to death. Smart guys like
you think you all are, would dump the stupid anti-woman language and
laws asap. Smart guys would announce that you're going to rewrite the
VRA law and make it current, just like the Court said to do.
The
announcement alone would make a lot of folks happy. Following
through might win you the next election or at least make you more
competitive than you appear now. Why not try it?
What
have you really got to lose?
John
since you're from the Nati, too, you're very familiar with the phrase
“when pigs fly.” Well, I figure you'll read this and act on my
suggestions when Porkie takes off from Lunken.
Have
a great day Mr. Speaker because I think your days are numbered whether you
act or not.
Respectfully
yours.
