Could I run this by you all? (Too shy to post a vanity).
I am going to hand-deliver this letter to Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson’s office Saturday.
Would welcome any suggestions!
Senator Hutchinson;
(I identify myself).I am very hesitant to write a letter to any politician but the immigration bill currently before the Senate, S-1639, is an utter betrayal of our sovereignty and in defiance of common sense. I urge you to abandon all support for this terrible mistake of a bill. There is no need for a new bill. I have yet to hear why enforcement of our present laws is not an option. No political figure has ever once explained to the American people why our present laws cannot be enforced, why they have never been enforced. It is as if all those words on paper were some sort of Scrabble or lines on a Bingo card, meaningless.
There are so many things wrong with this bill I won’t bore you with listing them; not the least of which will be massive document fraud if it is passed. But what is more serious is loss of faith in our elected representatives, the contempt and dismissal of United States sovereignty by those streaming across the border, the appearance – and the substance – of weakness, helplessness and irresolution of America’s politicians and bureaucrats. We seem to have become a country that passes laws and then cannot enforce them. A law is passed to build a fence and yet Chernoff, head of Homeland Security, complains that there are ‘engineering problems’ that cannot be overcome. It makes him sound faltering, doddering, enfeebled.
Meanwhile criminals and would-be terrorists continue to come across the border. We live with this threat. Members of Congress, the media, and the lobbyists do not.
Why should we believe recycled promises? Senator Hutchinson, the more new promises and new laws that are passed to cover up for twenty years of non-enforcement of perfectly adequate laws, the worse it gets; the more our Congress and country garner contempt and derision, from citizens and non-citizens alike. Senator, we have become laughable.
Make a stand against this bill, and for American honor, probity, trustworthiness. Enforce the present laws, close the border, stop identity theft by cancelling section 6103 of the Internal Revenue code, get serious. Language means something. It is not just noise. Our word must be our bond, there is no other way.
Yours,
Your letter is very good, however she won’t get past the 3rd line of your letter. So a letter more directly to the point will get her attention alot better. “Dear Mrs Hutchinson, this bill sucks & you suck if you vote for it. We can’t wait to vote you out of office if you vote for it.” Now that’s to the point where even a Politician can understand it.
I think it’s a great letter. (I’d correct the typo on the spelling of Chertoff’s name though)
I’ve emailed Kay a few times myself because I think she’s going wobbly on this issue. If she does, I won’t vote for her again and I still think she has ambitions to be governor.
Good letter. Make sure she knows you are from Texas, and where in Texas you live. I’d imail to her, as well as hand deliver.