IRVING TEXAS - In a hand-written response to a fifth-grade teacher from Texas, President Barack Obama admits Obamacare wasn't "politically smart" and argues that he does not ridicule and mock "teabaggers."
Thomas Ritter, a fifth-grade teacher at Sally B. Elliott Elementary in Irving, Texas, wrote to president:
This bill has caused such a divisive, derisive and toxic environment . . . The reality is that any citizen that disagrees with your administration is targeted and ridiculed.
I hesitated to write for fear of some kind of retribution . . . I watched you make fun of tea baggers and your press secretary make fun of Ms. [Sarah] Palin which was especially beneath the dignity of the White House . . . Do the right thing not the political thing. Suggest a bill that Americans can support.”
Here's the President's hand-written reply:
Ritter says he is putting the letter up for auction through the Web site momentsintime.com for a reserve price of $24,000.
Ritter said, “I am selling the letter because I am just so disappointed, and this ObamaCare bill is wrong. The president told me what he thought I wanted to hear. The letter is just words on a paper. It doesn’t mean anything to me because Obama doesn’t mean any of it.”
