An Open Letter To Jim Matheson

Jim, it's time to go.  I think you have been in Congress long enough.  And I truly believe that in the beginning, you went to serve in Congress for all the right reasons.  You really felt like you could help Utah.  But somewhere, along the line your motive changed.

It became all about keeping Jim Matheson in Congress, what his constituents really wanted be damned.

You never would put, "DEMOCRAT" on your campaign signs or literature.  And lately, you've gone out of your way to make sure everyone knows you don't support, Obama Care for your poor constituents.  That you didn't support the Presidents stimulus package to bring more jobs to the working poor.  You vote like a Republican most of the time.

For a while, you could cajole your Democratic supporters by reminding them that you were still really with them at heart.  But you had to vote this way to stay in Congress.  And wasn't it better to have a Democrat who voted with you SOME of the time, instead of a Republican who would vote against you ALL the time.  But now?  Not so much.

As the Prophet, Jerry Garcia once said, "Choosing the lesser of two evils, is still choosing evil."

I'm tired of there being no one there to look out after MY interests at all!  The things your Democratic supporters care strongest about?  You vote against us on all of them, and with the Republicans.

And this last election was about as bad as it could get.  You allowed the regurgitation of Republican talking points by Mia Love to make her look pretty polished compared to you.  After all, you spent all your time trying not to say ANY thing that would offend ANY one!

I can't take it any more.  After all, what's the difference if every congressional districts in Utah belongs to Republicans?  The way you vote?  They already do.  So, instead of giving you money, which would be a waste of it, I'll send a check to Al Franken, or Elizabeth Warren, or someone who thinks like I do.  And hope they can beat back the wall of dumb that is the entire delegation from Utah.

And this time, you are in for a much tougher fight.  She's going to run again, she'll have a lot more experience, and more money.  And your name won't even have to come up.  She can just rare back, T-Off on President Obama, remind people that her opponent is in HIS Party, and she will drive you all the way down the fairway and into private law practice.

And I don't want to spend time listening to hours and hours of campaign bullshit.

So, I figure you have three choices.  Drop out.  You have no support left from rank and file Democrats.  At this point, most of us will vote for any one but you.  Yes, I'm talking about a YELLOW dog, but NOT a BLUE one.  This would be the honorable thing to do.  You would give a new, fresh face in the Democratic Party a shot to gain some experience, and when Love explodes in a giant puff of stupid, and has to spend a lot of time defending her parents immigration status during her one and only term.  That Democrat might be in a position to pull off an upset in the next election.

Run again.  I don't think you have a chance to get out of convention this time.  If you do, I'll be a delegate, and so will a bunch of my friends who are so fed up with your BS that it will be worth getting up early on a Saturday to see you sent packing.

Third, and this is probably your best option, and will show your true colors.  Switch Parties!  You would be doing us both a favor.  Democrats and Republicans, I mean.  The R's get an experienced contender, and they wouldn't have to run the embarrassment that is Mia Love, the Anchor Baby From Haiti who's parents can't explain how they got here.  And the D's can run ANY ONE BUT YOU!

This would be a win win for us all.  And, you would get what you really want.  Not to be a good representative for the people of Utah.  But to make sure Jim Matheson keeps his cushy job as a Congressman!

And the minute you make the announcement you're going to do that, cries of, "Oh, that's awful!" will ring out from NO ONE I know.

Good luck, Jim.  Finding a law office, I mean.