A New Year's Thank-You Duty

Americans have 17 days counting this one to write the Obamas and thank them. Mind you, I am not thanking them for everything they did, because I really believe what we got coming into the White House is partially Obama’s fix for Bush’s boo-boos (the big bank bailout), but from Day 1 Obama was between a rock and a hard place. Congress only exacerbated the situation. So sensitive, intelligent people have a special obligation to acknowledge the truth here.

Dear President and Mrs. Obama,

I am writing to express my appreciation for your eloquent and elegant leadership in the past 8 years. As well, to articulate my personal shame at how badly you were treated by so many members of Congress. It is truly hard to believe that people in such high places could be so low. All Americans should be mortified.

Not that I agreed with you 100% (or believe that Trump can fix any of it.) The American Middle Class is on the skids; we shouldn’t have bailed out the banks, and the TPP is trash.

But you two at least know how to behave in public. Thanks, I am already missing you.
S. Keyron McDermott, the Critical IQ