Meddling Foreigners

September 22, 2016

Mr. Bret Baier

Chief Political Anchor

Fox News Channel

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY  10036

Dear Bret:

I am dismayed with your decision to give an alien the opportunity to comment on our election process, and to endorse one candidate over the other.  Foreigners think they know and understand our culture but they do not -- especially a foreigner who lives the life of the rich and the famous.

What Bono doesn't get is that the 50% of Americans who support this country, and its wards, are fearful of our future.  We are fearful of burgeoning, bloated, incompetent and corrupt bureaucracies failing to do their jobs, and encroaching on every aspect of our lives, using their powers to intimidate and further their own agendas; and we fear our political leaders’ increasing reliance on government as the sole remedy for our problems.  We are fearful of a government that picks and chooses which laws to enforce, and we are fearful of those they allow to illegally enter this country.  We are fearful of a government that exports our jobs and then obfuscates our understanding of "full employment".  We are fearful of a government that puts the needs of the world before the needs of our own people.  We are fearful that we are intentionally abdicating our role as a world power and a stabilizing influence throughout the globe.  And we are fearful of our government's fiscal irresponsibility and lack of urgency to put our financial house in order.

No other citizen of the world can pretend to know what it's like to be an American who has played by the rules, has worked hard, and has willingly paid their fair share of taxes.  It is absolutely beyond my imagination to understand your motive to give an alien the privilege of interfering in the politics of our country.

And one more thing.  Bono stated it would be a mistake to elect Donald Trump as our next president.  Let me be clear -- the word "mistake" has no place as a noun or an adjective in our political system.  Mistake suggests there is a person, or persons, who unequivocally know what is best for the people better than the people themselves.  There is no mistake when the majority decides what is best, as is set forth in our constitution.  To disagree with the ideology of another is a right of our democracy, but to call it a mistake is the epitome of arrogance and elitism.

You would serve yourself well to challenge your producers’ selection of your guests.

Respectfully,

Bill Monroe