Dear Presidential candidates;
Please go home. Stop buying votes for the office of president. We have enough flim flam men, robber barons, corporate owned cowards and plain old (in the worst sense of the word and meaning no disrespect to used car salesmen or women by calling them politicians) used car sales persons in Washington D.C. and our country has been raped enough.

Mr. Obama, Your whole rhetoric talks about change we can believe in. Um sir you’re from Chicago. Outside of Washington, Chicago has the dirtiest politics in the nation. I was born there and thankfully removed at a very early age but I still remember at the tender age of five our garbage not being picked up for 30 days because my father (and my hero) did not vote as he was told. Further, vandalism happened to our home and finally a monetary donation to the correct Alderman’s pocket ended it.
I read in awe your plans for IF you get in office. I agree 1,000 percent on one item; this is a defining moment in history. I just do not want you to define it. 1.7 TRILLION For universal healthcare? Billions on feel good programs like a tired parent that does what’s good to their child instead of what's good for their child?
Lets be honest the position you held most while in congress is to “NOT VOTE”. I think the thing you could do best IF you end up in office is to expand on that theme and NOT SPEND TRILLIONS. If you must spend how about spending on our crumbling infrastructure only. Just a thought.

Mr. McCain. I remember as a young sailor the stories of the USS Forrestal I will not go into it because it would be speculation. I do remember with a laugh how the officers would joke how if another officer was advanced because of family in important places; they would call it the McCain unable advancement program. Wonder what that means. As a fellow Veteran I must pose a question if in fact you are comfortable reaching across the isle and compromising with the Democrats to get things done was there not a way you could have done it in 2003 at which time you encouraged other senator’s to table a vote to provide more than $1 billion for National Guard and Reserve equipment in Iraq related to a shortage of helmets, tents, bullet-proof inserts, and tactical vests or in 2006 voting against increasing Veterans medical services funding by $1.5 billion in FY 2007 to be paid for just by closing corporate tax loopholes. Mr. McCain, Senator, John, Shipmate please can you say moral turpitude?

The biggest two issues that leads me to write both of you this letter are these: The latter being the most important reason I CANNOT vote for either of you and will for the first time in 30 years as an adult will not fill what I see as my civic responsibility.

Each time I hear either of you talk I hear playing over and over in my head the song Charles Durning (WW II veteran I might add) sings in the movie “Best little Whore house in Texas” OOOOHHH I like to do a little side step, now you see me now you don’t I’ve come a gone.

The most arrogant and miscreant thing that just makes my insides darn near reverse gears is both of you time and time again state you are running for the highest office in the land. WOW I would think as senators, one civil right’s attorney and one veteran you would know. In this country under our system of government the highest office in the land is that of CITIZEN.
I have no doubt if the main stream media has/ had the chutzpa to print this you have prepackaged answers but the story will remain the same that of a oncoming tragedy from either side.