Meet Jackson Ripley. He’s 12 years old and angry with Mitt Romney.
He wrote Romney a letter that details his frustrations, many of which echo the feelings of other Americans. (We’ve left the quotes from his letter unedited for grammar, spelling, etc.)
He starts his letter with: “I’d like to say congratulations on winning the republican nomination. But, I wish you stayed in Massachusetts.You’re plan for America isn’t what we need, and would hurt us more than it would help.”
“I live in a middle class family, and two years ago my little sister; Kennedy was denied insurance because of her pre-existing condition,” Jackson wrote. “Once the President was elected he put Obama Care into action, just like he promised and made it so that you could get insurance with pre-existing conditions. This has made a direct impact on my family. My family is with out a doubt better off now, than we were four years ago!”
His letter continues as he tries to explain his confusion with Romney’s exact plan for health care.
“It is to my understanding that you stated that you were going to repeal Obama Care, including the part I have mentioned, which will take away the insurance we have and need for my sister Kennedy,” Jackson said. “Why do you think she doesn’t deserve health care? Also, when you were interviewed on ‘Meet the Press’, you stated that you would NOT repeal this part of Obama Care, but then your campaign backpedalled and on the ‘Tonight show with Jay Leno’, you said that you WOULD repeal this.”
We don’t understand it either, Jackson.
“Also, you’re domestic plans (birth control, gay rights etc.) are horrible!” Jackson said. “Women should get to manage their own health, and if you wonder why you’re not appealing to many women voters, rethink your birth control and women’s’ rights plans.”
Could not have put it better ourselves, dude.
“And people should be able to marry whom they want,” Jackson wrote. “We built this country so people could have freedom, and not have religious beliefs control them to that length. This country was in no way built on any religion, so we should not create laws that repress the American people in a religious way and hurt our most vulnerable.”
Not only does he stand up for marriage, he does it while accidentally using Romney’s own “We Built It” rhetoric against him.
His mom mailed the letter to The Huffington Post and to Romney after Jackson wrote it last week. His strong emotions might be due to his little sister being diagnosed with congestive heart failure at 9 months old. She developed a hemangioma (a tumor of blood vessels) soon after she was born.
We should all be more like Jackson.
No matter who we support in any election, if we feel outraged, then we should speak out to those who make us angry.
Thank you, Jackson, for teaching us all a lesson and reminding us to use our rights.
