George A. Polisner

March 1, 2003

Mr. George W. Bush

Mr. Dick Cheney

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, US 20500

I request your resignation from the office of President, and Vice-President of the United States.

In just over two years since your occupation of the White House, our economy has weakened and is stagnating. Our deficit is growing daily. Our public education system is seriously under-funded. To address the issue of public education, your support of the private school voucher system will only cause further and more rapid decay of the public school system and will widen the abyss in this country between people that have, and people that do not. Despite a remarkable group of Nobel Laureates opposing your tax cut plan, you forge ahead with a program that is certain to cause additional widening of the gap that exists between the very affluent and the average American trying to provide for his or her family.

Your concept of managing forest fires is curious. While I cannot refute the logic that if there are no trees there will be no forest fires, if there are no trees then there are also no forests.

Our oil reserves are at their lowest level in decades. Your plan to address this is to drill for oil and produce a very small percentage increase in oil production. In the meantime you created a huge tax incentive to consumers of fuel-inefficient SUV’s, which creates for America a renewed dependence upon oil imports.

You are on the brink of invading a country that has not attacked or threatened to attack America or its allies. In fact, as opposed to effectively gathering global support for an attack on Iraq, your unilateral foreign policies have caused a divide among America, the United Nations and NATO. This war does not have the support of America, or the world. It will be costly in human life both here and abroad. While we fully support the American military, they deserve a courageous Commander-in-Chief that will use them judiciously and after all diplomatic measures have failed. The brave military men and women deserve far better than to be used by you as a distraction for your administration’s mishandling of critical domestic issues such as the economy, the environment, energy policy and education. Committing such brave men and women to war for personal or political motives are an affront to the intelligence of the American people, and deplorable for a leader of the foremost democracy in the world.

Your policies have eroded a fundamental American protection of a separation of church and state. While I wholeheartedly support and commend the work of people regardless of their faith that give of themselves for the betterment of their communities, the government embracing such programs formally and financially is an act of disregard for the Constitution of the United States.

Your administration has blurred a vital line in this democracy which exists between the three branches of government, Executive, Legislative and Judicial. A clear example of this attack on the separation of branches of government is the ruling Cheney received from John D. Bates, a Bush-appointed judge, who earlier served as an underling of Kenneth Starr during the Whitewater investigation, who should have recused himself due to a conflict of interest.

This is a difficult time for America. We require senior, experienced leadership with integrity to rebuild the American dream of greatness. This greatness is not cultivated by bombing or war, covert action at home and abroad. It is the result of generations of Americans afforded quality public schools, access to healthcare and justice, government respect of civil rights and liberties, respect for the environment, and conducting foreign affairs and policies that are strong, compassionate and balanced.

By a courageous decision to leave office now, you are likely to prevent a wave of voter backlash that is certain to add many of your Republican congressmen and women to the growing list of jobless in 2004.

Sincerely,

George A. Polisner

The 100 Year March

San Mateo, CA 94403