A response to a Personal Attack

As a frequent contributor to my local paper I often get responses from people who don't agree with me.  Since people are entitled to their opinions, I never bother to reply. However, a letter from a particular critic went too far, and I couldn't let it stand.

 

Dear Editor:

          In a recent letter to the editor I was accused by Catherine Poropatic of writing as if I have never listened to anything President Obama has said since he first entered the White House.  In one sense she is correct:  I have never been taken in by Obama’s masterful oratory or his elegant reading of a teleprompter script.  But I have taken notice of the repeated lies, the empty promises, and the embarrassing pronouncements on the international stage.  Normally, I wouldn’t bother with such an unfounded accusation.  But Ms. Poropatic went on to say that perhaps I don’t like Obama because “he wasn’t experienced or smart enough to understand that White House really means ‘white house.’”  This is nothing less than a scurrilous insinuation of racism on my part, and it must not stand.  The use of the race card by anyone is shameful and dishonest, and doesn’t belong in any debate on issues that affect all races.
          Typical of the Left, Ms. Poropatic prefers to launch personal attacks on those she disagrees with rather than making a case for her point of view.  In this letter she not only implies that I am a racist, she also accuses Calvin Lacy and Warren Boiselle of being haters and sanctimoniously recommends they do some soul searching before facing divine judgment.  While she was at it, she also included State Senator Bill Cook and the Perquimans Board of Elections in her broadside.  Ms. Poropatic is an intelligent and articulate person who should know better.
          By the way, Cathy, I did hear part of President Obama’s Labor Day speech in Milwaukee in which he said, “…by almost every measure, the American economy, the American workers are better off than when I took office.”  In my opinion, that was a grotesque falsehood: poverty is up, household income is down, welfare payments are up, participation in the workforce is down, healthcare costs are up, full-time employment is down.  If you think the President was telling the truth, would you care to debate me on this issue?