Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am a life-long Republican who has decided that the party has left me and those like me behind in its journey toward becoming the other Democrat party.  Now, the usual gang of idiots, whose support gave us Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney, is lining up to support New Jersey governor Chris Christie in his quest to become the next Republican to lose to a Democrat half-wit.

I’ve walked away from the Republican party rank and file, and put myself into the “Independent” column, but I still tend to lean toward your side of the argument on most elected officials.  That being said, let me make myself perfectly clear:

If you nominate Chris Christie or any of his ilk for the presidency in 2016, you will lose, and I will do everything in my power to help that along.

Now, let me be brutally honest:

I will vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton before I will vote for Chris Christie. I will vote for Nancy Pelosi before I will vote for Chris Christie. I will vote for Deval Patrick before I will vote for Chris Christie.  I will vote for just about anyone else on the face of the planet before I will vote for Chris Christie.

And I will shout from the rooftops to anyone who will listen as to why and I will take as many Republican voters with me as I can.

Chris Christie is political kryptonite to me and those like me.  He has cozied up to Barack Obama as often as he can.  He opposes gun rights at every turn, and supported anti-rights legislation in New Jersey at the same time that a groundswell of support for pro-gun legislators in Congress was at its peak.  His ilk should not be the future of the party, and if he is, you will throw away the support of that all-important “None of the above” political demographic.

Am I getting through to you?

The best case scenario for you if Governor Christie is on the Republican ticket in 2016 is that we stay home on election day.  The worst case is that we decide to vote for someone other than the person y’all decided deserved a turn at losing an election.

If you want my support and the support of those like me, you need to break your habit of putting up a milquetoast, get-along-to-get-along candidate.  You need to support people who want to roll back the abuses of the last two presidencies, both in the area of individual rights and in the overreach and intrusion of the federal government.  Anything less will reinforce your status as the also-ran, permanent loyal opposition.

Sincerely yours,

Daddy J. Bear
Louisville, KY

(Yes, I did put this in an envelope and mailed it.  No, I don’t expect they’ll respond)