A Letter to a President

Dear Mr President,

I must start by saying that I am a fan of yours, not of your policies though but I love to listen to you and your lovely wife whenever you speak. Very eloquent speakers you are! You two speak with so much conviction and have a way of gluing both supporters and opponents alike to their seats to listen.

However, I am becoming troubled by the constant what I’d call “presidential marketing” such as the dinners with regular families, the perfect family image, contributing to the going-ons in the world of celebrities, appearing in reality shows and all that. Yes, we get it; you are as human as the person who lives downtown.  I have never seen any president do so much “presidential marketing” or a president that can become whatever he wants to be when he needs to be or even one that can talk the talk and probably walk the walk.

I have often asked my friends of your ethnicity why they voted for you and they all shock me by not knowing why.  Maybe, it’s the skin colour. Then I ask my friends of other ethnicities why they voted for you and still the same thing. Then, why the hell did they vote for you!!!!

In this day and age, the people who practice religion are sadly looked at as the weird ones. I happen to practice religion and take it seriously. Times and times again, I have been told that it’s ok (so I’m not weird) by my non-religious friends for me to believe in God because of my ethnicity.  Therefore, my president, I must commend you for staying religious although I am quite confused as to what exact religion you practice; Christianity or Islam or maybe another but please stick to one and come out of the closet!

The president of a particular country has been called the “most hated president alive”. People have taken to social media to insult him whenever they feel like it. You might wonder why. People voted for him because he knew how to talk the talk (when he did talk after carefully choosing his audience). His wife made him even more memorable with her peculiar and special grammar. He had no policies laid down or even any plans. In his case, he appealed to the poor and “rapidly diminishing middle-class” of how he went to school with no shoes. Now, he appears to want all kids to go to school shoeless, not because they choose to but because they have no other option.

This time, please, do not appeal to certain groups of people. We see you speaking to the middle and lower class. We need to see you speak to the high class too. Speak to people who can see through your policies and who can point out the holes in them. Dish out your policies for all to see so that they can decide if you are truly their man or not and last but not the least, please cut down on the marketing tactics. It is getting tiring and not-so-cute anymore. 

Yours faithfully,

Meee.