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Memo to White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer copied from pantsuit nation, written by a fellow in Ohio
(from Facebook:)
"Yesterday, during a press briefing regarding the Muslim travel ban and halt of the Syrian refugee program, you said:
“The American people support what the President’s doing. Everyone in here needs to get out of Washington once in a while and go talk to people throughout America that are pleased that this president is taking the steps necessary to protect this country.”
I have news for you Sean.
I don't live in Washington. Or New York. Or on either of the two left coasts.
Nope, I live in Ohio. In a log cabin on a hill. On a wooded plot, with a stream running through it.
There are 17 acres of forest behind my house, and another 500 across the street.
It takes 10 miles and 16 minutes to drive around my block.
I wake up to roosters crowing, horses neighing, and wind rustling through the trees — cherry, tulip, maple, and pine.
And once sunlight streams out of the eastern sky, birdsong fills the forest.
At night, when it snows, it's silent. No city sounds, no city lights.
And when there are no clouds, stars sparkle, splashed across the dark black sky.
They grow corn on my block.
Dairy cows graze the next block over, and lambs a mile east.
Deer and fox, squirrel, opossum, raccoons, and wild turkey share this wooded spot with me.
Heck, the Amish ride their buggies just 8 miles down the road.
Clip-clop. Clip-clop.
So I don't live in the DC bubble.
And despite what you may say or think, I am not pleased.
Not pleased by the steps your boss is taking.
In fact, I'm saddened by how un-American they seem to me.
How much they defile my basic beliefs, concept of justice, and vision of America.
Many of my Midwestern friends agree.
And we are not an insignificant minority.
"Believe me."
So stop intimating that Middle America stands as one with you and the President.
Because many of us do not.
I don't feel protected by recent executive orders.
I feel less safe.
And can I make a suggestion, Sean?
Maybe you should take your own advice.
Maybe you should get out of the DC bubble.
Maybe then, you might just realize, most of America is not with you.
That we want to see the President's tax returns.
That we are concerned by his praise of Putin, his assault on NATO, his belief in torture.
His war on Mexico, his trust in Bannon, and his $25 billion wall.
By how he treats the press, his opponents, and our friends abroad.
That we are frightened by his assault on American values.
In fact, Sean, if you got out of Washington once in a while, and talked to the people ...
You might just realize that most of us are ...
Fired Up, Ready To Go!
Charlie Lafave
31 January 2017
The Log Cabin
Novelty, OH 44072
(from Facebook:)
"Yesterday, during a press briefing regarding the Muslim travel ban and halt of the Syrian refugee program, you said:
“The American people support what the President’s doing. Everyone in here needs to get out of Washington once in a while and go talk to people throughout America that are pleased that this president is taking the steps necessary to protect this country.”
I have news for you Sean.
I don't live in Washington. Or New York. Or on either of the two left coasts.
Nope, I live in Ohio. In a log cabin on a hill. On a wooded plot, with a stream running through it.
There are 17 acres of forest behind my house, and another 500 across the street.
It takes 10 miles and 16 minutes to drive around my block.
I wake up to roosters crowing, horses neighing, and wind rustling through the trees — cherry, tulip, maple, and pine.
And once sunlight streams out of the eastern sky, birdsong fills the forest.
At night, when it snows, it's silent. No city sounds, no city lights.
And when there are no clouds, stars sparkle, splashed across the dark black sky.
They grow corn on my block.
Dairy cows graze the next block over, and lambs a mile east.
Deer and fox, squirrel, opossum, raccoons, and wild turkey share this wooded spot with me.
Heck, the Amish ride their buggies just 8 miles down the road.
Clip-clop. Clip-clop.
So I don't live in the DC bubble.
And despite what you may say or think, I am not pleased.
Not pleased by the steps your boss is taking.
In fact, I'm saddened by how un-American they seem to me.
How much they defile my basic beliefs, concept of justice, and vision of America.
Many of my Midwestern friends agree.
And we are not an insignificant minority.
"Believe me."
So stop intimating that Middle America stands as one with you and the President.
Because many of us do not.
I don't feel protected by recent executive orders.
I feel less safe.
And can I make a suggestion, Sean?
Maybe you should take your own advice.
Maybe you should get out of the DC bubble.
Maybe then, you might just realize, most of America is not with you.
That we want to see the President's tax returns.
That we are concerned by his praise of Putin, his assault on NATO, his belief in torture.
His war on Mexico, his trust in Bannon, and his $25 billion wall.
By how he treats the press, his opponents, and our friends abroad.
That we are frightened by his assault on American values.
In fact, Sean, if you got out of Washington once in a while, and talked to the people ...
You might just realize that most of us are ...
Fired Up, Ready To Go!
Charlie Lafave
31 January 2017
The Log Cabin
Novelty, OH 44072