Dear Mr. Issa:
I am an Independent.
I met you and shook your hand in 1995 at a meeting of the Rotary Club in Fallbrook at the Grand Tradition Estate. Today you sent me this envelope containing a letter and this form:
In your form you ask for my advice. I needed more than the three lines your form gave me. Here it is:
I am not reprinting the letter you included, since it does not deserve the column space it would take up. All you seem to have left to talk about is the terrible socialists that are taking over our country and the healthcare costs that will kill America if the ACA stays. Well, it hasn’t killed America in the 10 years it’s been active, and I don’t think it’s going to start now.
And what is the picture of Senator Sanders doing on the envelope along with the picture of your opponent? What does Sanders have to do with the current election?
You have reduced yourself to scaring people about invisible demons, “socialism” that will destroy us all, and healthcare costs that will bankrupt us. Huh? Have you and the GOP forgotten that Trump has added $6 trillion to the debt? What happened to the fiscal conservative party that you and Paul Ryan represented years ago? Do you remember the years when you continued to whine in Congress about raising the debt ceiling, over and over again, under Obama? That does not seem to be a concern now.
You say:
I stand with you against a government takeover of healthcare, against Socialism, and with our President!
Seriously?
That is all you have? You think we are worried about socialism out here right now? You think that’s what’s keeping me up at night?
You say not one word about Covid in your letter. Not one word about 223,914 American dead since March 2020. Not one word about the flagrant corruption in the Trump Administration. Not one word about the nepotism and employment of dilettantes all through our government. You support a kleptocratic White House and a dismal failure of a president. You and the enablers in Congress turned our country into an oligarchy. You are a tech tycoon. Why are you not promoting solar and wind power, electric vehicles, and transition to emission-free energy? I believe you understand these issues are important, but I also believe you’re not being truthful to us.
Campa-Najjar may not be the perfect candidate to oppose you. But heck, pretty much any candidate would be better than you right now back in Washington. He is out-fundraising you because he has motivated thousands of independents like me to send him money to keep you out of Congress.
If I were back at the Grand Tradition standing with you at the Rotary Club meeting, I would look you in the eye (above my mask) and ask you:
Seriously, Mr. Issa, you support Donald Trump? Can you explain to me how that is possible? What happened?
Obviously, you do not have my vote.