Can't blame Obama for nation's woes

I am appalled at the weekly inclusion of an Obama bashing letter in the Fence Post section of this newspaper. The immature, bitter attitude of the right wing is unwarranted and magnifies their short memory.

The current conditions did not manifest themselves overnight. Your President Bush, who at the least should have been impeached and at most should have been tried as a war criminal, and his administration labored intensely for eight long years to put us in this position.

The final tab for the Iraq war will be in the trillions. The infrastructure of this country is in shambles. The economy is in tatters. Correct unemployment figures aren't even available because so many have already exhausted benefits. Millions more are underemployed. Half of our citizens don't have health insurance or are at risk of losing it soon. Retirement plans have evaporated. Our citizens should be ashamed at the progress, or lack of, concerning the rebuilding of New Orleans and other areas hit by hurricanes. The dollar was devaluated world wide. Our reputation world wide was tarnished.

I could go on for pages, but you all know the rest, yet choose to ignore it.

How can you people, with a clear conscience, blame a man and administration that has been in office for a few short months?

The right wing is so desperate, they are trying to create a scandal concerning the heritage of Obama's dog. Wake up and smell the coffee. You all sat in silence for eight years of Bush. Why don't you try a little silence now and see how things develop.

In times like these, all must band together and assist their fellow man in an effort to make things better. Work within the system, whether you voted for or against, and let's try to once again rise from adversity. Turn Rush Limbaugh off, join the real world, and participate.

This constant, unnecessary barrage of attacks on the new administration make you seem petty, bitter losers, and your refusal to cooperate with the new policies seems almost un-American.

I am not a hard-line Republican or Democrat. I am not a staunch conservative nor a ultra-liberal. I am a United States citizen that has voted for the most qualified candidates available since first casting a ballot in 1970.

Once an election has concluded, I support whomever has been elected and do my best to cooperate with any administration for the good of the country. I suggest you all do the same.

Randy Paddock Mundelein