Bush Tax Cuts and Leadership

Dear Friends,

The following is an email that I just sent to President Obama.

I was a big supporter of yours and gave you more money than I have ever given any candidate.  I also make over $250,000.
You have failed to keep your campaign promises and you have failed to fight for what you told me you believed in. There is still time for you to redeem yourself but you must begin to be a leader, you must take a stand and you must fight for what you believe in even if you make some people angry and even if you lose some times.
The House passed the bill that you said you supported for extending the Bush tax cuts for incomes up to $250,000.  Now you need to go public and throw your full support behind that bill.  You need to push the Senate to call the Republicans' bluff.  Make them vote against a tax cut for income up to $250,000 or else actually filibuster on the floor of the Senate. You also need to campaign before the American people so that they understand that it is the Republicans that voted against a tax cut on income under $250,000 because they wanted to give the really rich a bonus tax cut that will cost us $700 billion.  You need to take a stand here.  Your lack of leadership is hurting America.

I also just sent emails to my two Senators, urging them to call the Republicans' bluff. The Senate Democrats are meeting tonight apparently to decide on a strategy and some test votes.  We all need to put pressure on our Senators to fight for what is right. 

Please write President Obama (here), and please write to your Senators.

Thanks for reading and please comment,
The Unabashed Liberal