I sent two emails to President Obama this weekend in a feeble attempt to get him to revamp entirely the almost-finished stimulus package.
The first stated, “I voted for you and am excited about these four years.” That’s all the further I got before hitting the “enter” key–you know, to start my next paragraph–which the White House interpreted as “submit.”
But that wasn’t all I had to say–and so I filled in the contact form all over again, typed my full message, and clicked on “submit” again, only to receive an error message.
I heaved a huge sigh of humiliation–Did the President not want to hear from me? Am I so horribly technically unsavvy?–and reloaded the contact form before plodding through the form and message composing for yet a third time:
“President Obama, I voted for you and am excited about these four years. I am, however, disappointed by what I am hearing about the stimulus package. Please do something radical and address the root causes of our nation’s problems by following the advice of economists like Greg Mankiw. Thank you.”
Now I’m waiting to hear about the current stimulus package’s last-minute crumbling so something truly transformative can take place.
Waiting…
Waiting…
Still waiting…