March 19, 2020

We need a Leader in DC

Open letter to: Congress

I am mad.  Mad.  

Please, please find a better spokespersons for the Covid-19 daily news briefings from the White House (health experts exempted).  This is not a time to beat around the bush.  The President inspires no confidence at all. Today he talked about an entirely different topic, which ,while notable, was out of place.  He calls the virus the "Chinese Virus" as if he has to blame someone for his lot in the world right now.  He touts his greatness at every turn.  He seems bored by the whole ordeal and is more concerned about the stock market and his economic legacy than the people who are facing long term, traumatic deprivation.

He tells states to figure out their own problems and talks in phrases like the whatever it is. . . ". . .  is good, very good."  Or he denies the possibility of an unemployment rate of 20%...making note that "we're not looking into that".

Vice President Pence's every other sentence is followed by praise of the President.  He too offers no guidance or leadership.  

If you study the Second World War, Roosevelt and Churchill retrofitted daily production operations, turning them into planes, bombs, bullets, ships and every other necessity to defeat Hitler.  And by a magnitude that was a miracle.  In March 2020 all we can talk about is how we don't want to "over stock masks and ventilators...because..."what if you buy them and don't use the."  Also, "the tests are coming. The tests are coming."  Where are they?  Money rules our world.  And by that very fact people will die by default.

Is there no one in DC who can truly lead us now?  If not.  Find somebody!  America will survive.  But at what cost.  Governors are stepping up.  Taking charge.  Where are you and your colleagues?