Congressperson Debbie Wasserman-Schultz

February 10, 2009

Congressperson Debbie Wasserman-Schultz
10100 Pembroke Pines Boulevard
Pembroke Pines, Florida 33026

RE: I used to think you were bright

My dear Congressperson,

I just saw you on TV. The host was the man with the funny vests.

He asked you about the fence on the Mexican border. You said you were opposed to it. Further, you said there were better ways to protect the country. You and the host agreed on the inadequacy of walls with the best example being the one in Berlin, it being built in 1961 and unbuilt in 1989.

Your official resume says that you have a Masters degree in Political Science. Too bad you never took any History courses.

The Berlin Wall was built to keep people in. In that limited context it worked very well. It was torn down by the people it was built to keep in.

Could even you, the poster girl for modern American Liberalism, imagine Jimmy Carter or Walter Mondale standing in front of it and saying, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”?

I can’t either.

Just one more reason for putting Reagan on Mount Rushmore.

Since you have no background in History I’ll be gentle. I’ll even type slowly.

One of the marks of a sovereign nation is the ability to control its borders. Two walls stand out. The Great Wall of China and Hadrian’s Wall were hugely successful in keeping people out. I won’t tell you any more. You may want to read about them. Unlike Toad Wexler at least you still live in Florida. It may be something for you to do on those long plane rides. Talking to Momma’s Boy Congressman Kendrick Meek on a long plane ride must be like never ending root canal.



I heard you say something about how spending less money in Iraq will enable us to spend more on border and airport security. Apparently you never had any courses in Logic either. You may wish to become familiar with the Trivium.

You also said that some “adjustments” had to be made in Afghanistan.

If by “adjustments” you mean a “surge” all I can say is “You go, girl!”

“Surges” work.

Sherman’s worked. It shortened the Civil War by at least a year. Think how many slaves were freed because of it.

Patton’s could have worked. We didn’t have enough gas or he would have gotten to Berlin in 1944. Think how many fewer people would have gone into the ovens.

Maybe you hadn’t noticed or maybe you forgot but the “surge” in Iraq worked also.

You may wish to become more familiar with Kipling if you think all it will take in Afghanistan is an “adjustment”. Queen Victoria was not in the habit of making Generals into Field Marshalls for losing wars. Lord Roberts’s book “From Kabul to Kandahar” details how he earned his baton.

I should watch more TV in the afternoon.




PS – “Curley” Biden – named in honor of the smartest Stooge – is a hoot, isn’t he?