"How disgusting can you get?"

On Monday, I linked to this "letter of the week" at Obama's campaign website on Facebook with the accompanying words, "No shame, absolutely no shame".  The letter reads in part:

Dear President Obama,

Hello! My name is Brittany and I live in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. I am 25 years old (but I will be 26 on October 3rd!). I am a registered Democrat and I have been voting since I was 18. I am one of the 47% of Americans who fall under Mitt Romney's definition of "entitled" and "unable to take responsibility for my life." I have Down syndrome.

I started working part-time in 2004 when I was in high school. I graduated in 2008 and have worked at that job ever since. My employer receives money from the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare so that I can work, and the public transportation people receive money from them to take me back and forth to work. My mother applied for Social Security's Supplemental Security Income program (SSI) for me when I was 19. I really want to make lots of money and have a hot tub someday, but SSI subtracts my paychecks from my SSI benefits, so I don’t have much to put into a savings account.

I am now working for a store, folding clothes and doing returns. I like my job a lot! I make $4.98 an hour and I am allowed to work 25-30 hours a week (I have paid $542.72 in federal, FICA, state, and city taxes this year as of August 31st). I just got my own apartment and share it with another girl like me. I get to pay rent now ($325 a month) and pay for my telephone and cable because I like the Disney Channel. I was not allowed to take my dog with me, but I can hang all of my Hannah Montana posters on my bedroom wall. My mother still has to help me with my medications and handling my money and stuff.

I have also included my picture, not just because I'm cute, but because I wanted to give you a face of one of the 47% to share with Mr. Romney.

My earlier references to shamelessness were aimed not at the young woman but at the Obama campaign for exploiting her.  It disgusted me.

I wasn't alone.

Mark Shea, as only he can, summarized my disgust with these comments:

The King of Life and Death neglects to mention to his human shields little facts like his fanatical support for making sure that 92% of Down’s Syndrome kids are murdered in the womb.

How disgusting can you get?

It would be tough to get more disgusting but something tells me this campaign has it in them to go lower.

Comments

[tim aka The Godless Heathen]

I’m going go full bore brutally honest and say that letter was not written by Brittany.

The shamelessness isn’t limited to the fact pointed out in the post, it’s also the fact that Romney wasn’t referring to people like Brittany but rather to slugs like the Obama phone lady.

[Charles]

I'll second "The Godless Heathen's" comment in that Heather did NOT write that letter; further, I would ask (and I know that I'll be called names for this) does Heather vote?

I'm sure that she is a very sweet girl, means well, etc. But, how can she know who to vote for other than by what others tell her - "Vote for the Democrat or you will loose your job, loose you pay", etc. Seriously, she cannot even handle her own medicine - should she be voting?

Years ago, before she died, my grandmother started her downhill slide; but, still wanted to vote; so, my mother asked for and got her an absentee ballot. Nana filled it out and my mother would post it. This worked well for a few years.

But, Nana started asking my mother to fill it out for her, and not because she couldn't write any more, she just didn't know who to vote for.

Yep, her mind was now going as she would often confuse the mayor of our town with the president. Well, mother still asked for the absentee ballot only she stopped mailing them back. Was this wrong? Or should mother have filled out the ballot and, in one sense, voted twice!

[Zoe]

Lets be brutally honest here and say that yes, politics are a big scam all around.