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Last night was my wife's birthday so we went to a broadway play, "Fella". It's the story
of a person challenging the ruling powers of Nigeria, and trying to bring change to
that country. Guess who showed up? Michelle Obama. She got a standing ovation from the
crowd when she came in, and I stood out of respect, but the whole time I was dying to
ask her for real change here in America. Even though she was sitting in the row in front
of us, with about seven secret service guys between us, I never got to deliver the message
that I wanted to deliver to her. Luckily I'm hosting a national television show right now.
So here we go.
Mrs. Obama can you please tell your husband two things. One, we elected him for change
and I'm beginning to think that he doesn't know what we meant by that. Why do you think
so many independents and even republicans voted for him in 2008, but are now leaving
him in droves? Do you think they were expecting him to have more conservative policies? No
of course not, they were expecting him to do the same thing progressives wanted, and
the one thing that we actually all agree on, change the system. I often hear the president
talking about how he couldn't do more, because he couldn't get sixty votes or that he did
the best he could within the realities of Washington. He might actually be right about
that, but we didn't want him to accept Washington. We want him to change Washington. We don't
want the lobbyists to run the place any more. And unfortunately, they still do. That's what
everyone is disillusioned by. Can you please ask your husband if he realizes that? He seems
to be trying so hard to please everyone in Washington, but that's exactly the opposite
of what we want. If he's doing his job right the entrenched powers in DC, whether it's
the politicians or the Washington media, should be livid with him. If they're happy you're
on the wrong path. We want you to turn their apple carts over. All these people got to
where they are within this system. They're motivated to protect it. You should be storming
their castle. You're the President you have the power to do it we don't that's why we
elected you.
Now that leads to my second point, Mrs. Obama please ask him to fight. Don't fight for the
sake of being disagreeable. Or seeming like a tough guy. Fight for us. Fight for the average
guy who's getting screwed over by this system. And those people that are in power in DC,
and here in the banks of New York. Remember you're our representative. We need you to
fight for reform. Fight against the powerful. Fight to protect us. Fight. Fight. FIght.
Mrs. Obama can you please remind your husband that's what we elected him for.
And by the way, that's exactly what the tea party people want out of their people to.
They just told John Boehner you better not get rid of the Office of Ethics Reform. Because
they don't want to go back to the same old stuff. They don't want the lobbyists buying
the politicians. Republicans, Democrats, Liberals, Conservatives, we all agree with it. Mr. Obama
please that's what we elected you for. You've gotta represent us against those guys. If
they're sitting there happy as can be you're on the wrong path. Please. That's the message
we're trying to get across to you. That's why you had conservatives on your side in
the first place. And you gotta do public financing of campaigns, you've gotta say to them, "hey
you know what if you're in government you can not work for lobbyists for ten years."
You know what, that would be incredibly hard, but if you do that and you fight that way
then we'll fight for you and we'll have your back and together maybe we can dare to hope
that we can do this together and change the system together.