I'm writing to congratulate you on an accomplishment that I'm sure will elicit one of your evil grins. I'm on day two of the anti-anxiety medication my doctor prescribed to help me deal with the violence you and your party have incited against people who dare to stand up to your fascist party. Unlike you, I actually care about my daughters, and my granddaughters, and the many women (and men) who are and will continue to suffer the consequences of your actions.
Dr. Ford's testimony triggered what I thought was a decades-behind-me case of PTSD following an assault. The man who attacked me also smiled as he thought he was choking me to death. The saddest part about typing this is that I believe, should you happen to read it, my pain would bring you pleasure. But, I will type it anyway, in case sane people are reading, to show that no matter how much you, and people like you, try, you will not silence us. For me, that trigger was easily diverted and used constructively. My emotional pain lasted seconds and then I was able to turn it immediately into sorrow for the woman who was strong enough to ruin her own life for the sake of many. I hope you'll compare her to yourself - SHE was willing to ruin her life to HELP others. You are the opposite. You devote all of yourself to destroying others. That's not sane, Senator. And it's NOT OKAY.
I spent much of the ten hours following that hearing comforting friends and family whose emotions were totally shredded as a result of the wrong they had seen. It was such a mixed bag of wrong that it was and remains almost impossible to comprehend. We watched, on national television, a woman whose credibility no sane person could question, pour out her heart. And we watched the man who caused her that pain lie, prove to the world that he was lying, that he had no self-control, that he was unfit in every possible way to be seated on any court, much less the Supreme Court. We watched your party make a total mockery of the system. You caused extreme emotional damage to many people. You caused permanent damage to the system. You built HATE in people who thought they couldn't hate anyone.
None of this is okay. What happened after is even worse. In a time when millions of people were feeling hurt, vulnerable, fearful, anxious, and angry - feelings that won't subside soon, you and your party decided to incite violence toward those people.
I hold you and your party responsible. And I am calling on reasonable people to take action. I know you don't care how many people march, protest, sign petitions, call . . . You are heartless and care nothing about doing the right thing. So, I am going to encourage people to think outside the box and find ways to hold you responsible.
Kavanaugh's wife told us what we needed to know about him during his testimony. Although she sat there like an obedient, well-coached mannequin, her eyes darkened when he said he had never abused any woman. Women who have lived through abusive relationships saw in her eyes that he was lying. I'm sure you saw it, too. If you didn't watch, or didn't see it there, you surely saw it here. Unless, you aren't human enough to see what normal people see. I'm allowing for that to be your truth but that means you are not qualified for your job.
McConnell family blasts Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh Even after I have watched you and your party proudly strut your depravity and lack of concern for people, I still can't imagine any father hating his own daughters enough to disregard their opinions and safety the way you do. It's unnatural. It's unacceptable. It's NOT OKAY.
McConnell 'will not be intimidated' after protests over Kavanaugh vote has to be one of the most ignorant, dishonest headlines ever written. You, Senator McConnell, have made it your purpose in life to intimidate people through lies, policies, fear tactics, blackmailing, and obstruction. Media that elects to sugar-coat, misrepresent, mislead by framing things the way this headline does are irresponsible and not trustworthy. They know as well as I do that, unfortunately, due to the consistent dumbing-down of our society by people like you, who know intelligent, educated, informed people will never allow you to be in power, many people read nothing but headlines and don't have the critical thinking or political savvy to see what they are doing.
The carnage left in the wake of our so-called foreign policy with respect to Saudi Arabia is unacceptable.
SA bombs Yemeni children and Pompeo certifies that they are improving their record. They are not improving their record, but not doing the certification endangers arms sales. So he overrides the objections of State Department subordinates.
The Crown Prince orders a team of assassins to lure Jamal Khashoggi to a consulate. There he is tortured, murdered and his corpse is cut up with a bone saw. Now POTUS says "I will never cut off arms sales because that hurts our commerce."
Jared Kushner is so thick with the Crown Prince that Saudi agents crow that they own him. The Trump family itself has so many conflicts of interest in this it is difficult to detail them all. Yesterday POTUS described relations with Saudi Arabia as being "very good". First degree murder of a U.S. based journalist seems to be only a minor matter where these relations are concerned.
Trump is complicit in this crime. You will be complicit in this too, if you don't quickly stake out an honorable position on this.
I didn't think it would ever be necessary for me to write again. You've encouraged me/us to keep in touch through your social media accounts, which I've done. And, people with much larger audiences than I have are writing about you which, since you don't seem to care when we write to you, seemed to be the better way to go.
But, I refuse to remain silent while you, Rand Paul, Donald Trump, and your minions purposely incite your violent base to cause harm to Democrats. Your attempts to mask what you are doing behind 'remember to vote', or other CYA messages, aren't fooling anyone. You know, and we know, what the purpose of your lies about angry Democratic mobs are designed to do. You aren't too stupid to know exactly how your base reacts so we can only believe that you are purposely trying to silence Democratic activists and incite violence against them if they don't remain silent. And we see you succeeding with tweets like this:
17 days after this tweet, someone placed an explosive device in George Soros's mailbox.
I am on record already for reporting that I believe I have been threatened and have good reason to fear those threats are real. I am writing this letter to let you know, without doubt, that I believe the remarks you've made and the actions you've taken have purposely endangered my safety and the safety of all Democratic activists. THIS IS NOT OKAY.
I will explore every legal remedy for all damage these tactics cause me/us, and to stop you from continuing to endanger me and others. And I hope all Democratic activists will do the same.
** Since McConnell and his party have made it clear they do not respect dissenting opinions, I will respond in kind by not publishing any comments that disagree with mine.
If you would like to see your letters to McConnell published on the blog, please send them to me at: mcconnellletters@gmail.com
You are a craven twit.
The JCPOA was not designed to limit to do the things you fault it for.
The JCPOA limits Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons.
Complaining that a sports car does not get mileage like a Prius
is a an assault upon common sense.
The actions of you and POTUS have undermined the very basis for achieving a deal with North Korea. Why would North Korea denuclearize when the word of the U.S. is worth nothing.
The United States has stomped on the desires and wishes of our allies
who negotiated the agreement with us and is setting back U.S. relations
with France, Britain and Germany. Why should they cooperate with us in
future diplomatic efforts, when their wishes count for nothing?
If you have problems with Iran, then you expand upon what you already have, you don't shred the first step of cooperation, because the first step was not sufficient for you. First steps are first steps.
I've checked in recently and discovered that people are still reading this blog even though I seldom post anything new. Those readers probably feel like they've wasted their time so I am going to try to do better.
In case you are interested, here's a breakdown of the countries from which people are most often seeking information about you, and end up on my blog. I would love to know what, specifically, they hope to find, but will settle for believing you are considered a leader around the world. Famous leaders will be the focus of this letter.
South Korea and Russia, right up there with the United States
It irked me for a long time but I am finally ready to embrace your new title. Leader. You seem quite proud of it. And it's obvious that Trump is nothing more than your puppet, barely capable, mentally or emotionally, of doing much more than signing his name to what you and Ryan have wanted for years, so you have earned it.
Which means you will earn your leadership place in history:
Hitler
Stalin
Mao Zedong
Pol Pot
Kim Il Sung
Josip Tito
Menghistu
Suharto
Brzhnev
Kambanda
McConnell
Your authoritarian regime will lead to domicide and every word you speak these days tells us you are giddy at the prospect. I've even seen pictures of you smiling for a change - always after you have done something that will hurt many. What a guy!
For those who think McConnell never visits Kentucky, here's proof he at least plans to visit. I know he lives here and does come home but have never seen him out, even when I lived in his neighborhood. And I know he does speak here occasionally, usually at closed events or in elementary schools or hospitals in areas where he knows he has support.
Anyway, here's a chance if anyone would like to see or hear him.
McConnell, Ofbannon, or whatever you prefer these days:
Once again, you embarrassed sane Kentuckians. Actually, that's just a permanent condition for us now. We know we can count on our Senators and Governor to embarrass us every time you speak. The fact that no Republican can be even the slightest bit original should be embarrassing to your party but that would require pride, so I won't hope for change.
Aaron Yarmuth is my favorite guy today for turning around some of my stinkin' thinkin'. I was prepared to spend the day hating all over you for trying to silence Senator Warren's contribution to the Sessions debate - until Aaron thanked you and made me decide I should maybe be grateful, too. In case you missed it, here's a repeat:
Thank you Senator Mitch McConnell for bringing even more attention to Jeff Sessions and his racist past that should disqualify him from becoming the U.S. Attorney General.
You have done a great public service (as a spiteful gesture toward Elizabeth Warren) ... now Coretta Scott King's letter will be read by more Americans than ever.
And I thought I was going to have to get over my aversion to cameras and microphones and make a video of myself reading the letter you didn't want to hear. But, again, Aaron saved me. He did such a fantastic job that I decided to share his instead of making my own. You're welcome - he looks and sounds better than I would have. In case you missed the tag (while checking in to read all of the messages you ask your constituents to leave for you on Facebook) here's a link to Aaron's video.
And, in case you just can't bring yourself to click on a Yarmuth page, I will post the letter for you to read.
It's really hard to believe that you didn't want something as pertinent as this to be read on the floor of the Senate. That should make everyone wonder if you aren't as racist as Sessions, or political as you accuse others of being. Persistently yours, Sandy
Thanks to Charm for telling me about the error in the title.
