Step up and lead now, Mr. President

Dear Mr. President:

In light of your recent comments about the last two years in office, I am deeply concerned about your motivation to lead. In your comments you stated the American people want a president with that new car smell. I respectfully disagree. The American people don't care about how the car looks and smells, they want a car that will work and get them from A to B as the used car salesmen promised.

My very problem with your entire presidency is that you have focused far too much on your presidential image and not about making our government work. During your first political campaign you are famously quoted for saying, "There is not a liberal America or conservative America - there is the United States of America." Yet in the past six years you have continued to drive a wedge between our country's two parties and made it more difficult for any compromise to occur.

Former Gov. Mitt Romney warned of the dysfunction for which you are equally to blame, and you shrugged him off like a kindergartner asking a question. So my question is, Mr. President, do you only care about your image and what opportunities are next, or do you care about leading the American people and American military whose lives lay in your hands?

Most athletes or coaches or leaders I hear speak about the task at hand. We need you to lead now, we want you to lead now, we want the used car we have now to work and build a more perfect union like you promised. Do that, Mr. President, or kindly step aside so others may lead.

Bob Muchow

Palatine