To the Editor

Typical of much mindless partisan rhetoric, generating more heat than light, today's Voice of the People contributor insists "We don't want what Obama's selling." Firstly, he means "I," not "We"--this naysayer certainly does not speak for me! Secondly, what is it, exactly, that he does not want? Does he not want health care made available to the 40 million Americans who currently have no insurance coverage and often go without? Does he not want to reduce skyrocketing medical costs and make health care more affordable for all Americans, so no one is driven into bankruptcy because of unexpected illness, and so American employers can compete on a level playing field in the global marketplace? Does he not want the degraded American public education system to once again excel among industrialized nations? Does he not want gay Americans to be regarded as equal and dignified human beings? Does he not want rational regulation of America's financial institutions to forestall a cataclysmic economic collapse? Does he not want to restore America's reputation as a nation of Laws that once was the envy of the civilized world?
The writer employs distraction as a debating technique, by criticizing "bobblehead" Biden's and "pop-up" Pelosi's behavior at the State of the Union address; yes, their antics were annoying, but totally irrelevant to President Obama's agenda or the letter writer's critique. I remind him that trying to be clever is like trying to look beautiful--a failed attempt can render one less attractive.