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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHave you ever written (contacted) a POTUS?
I have written to Reagun (twice) and Obama and this current ass at least a dozen times.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)when you contacted the three did you get replies?
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)wishstar
(5,267 posts)and got nice letter back from Betty Ford (or her secretary)
RainCaster
(10,673 posts)It wasn't nice
Eugene
(61,592 posts)in support of his Secretary of the Interior. The right was screaming for his head at the time.
llmart
(15,499 posts)I believe my son was in high school when he did. Never got a reply.
Stuart G
(38,359 posts)got a response
She was swamped too!
Stuart G
(38,359 posts)I still got it. It was a small card just thanking me. I am sure the card was sent to tens of thousands of others who sent condolences. Still, I thought and still think, that it was kind to send out cards to all who expressed sympathy to her..
monmouth4
(9,663 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,197 posts)He was later forced to resign.
Croney
(4,646 posts)Got an engraved "signed" card back in a White House envelope. Still have them.
UTUSN
(70,494 posts)Not a plus for me here: I wrote to Candidate McGOVERN and said I respected him immensely but that he had *ZERO* chance to win and that he should step down and let somebody who had a CHANCE to beat NIXON take the run, that BEATING NIXON was all that mattered.
Back then, he didn't even play it up that he was a WAR HERO, we/*I* didn't know. He could have used it. I got back a short letter, surely from a staffer with a signature that looked original, saying that he appreciated my view but that he thought he had a good chance to win and that he hoped I would support him. BIG LOSS: I have no idea what happened to the letter. Of course, I voted for him as with all other Dem nominees in my voting life.
And when I posted this the first time here, years ago, I was told, "You should be proud you voted for him." No. All that counted was BEATING NIXON.
SWBTATTReg
(21,856 posts)other stuff that I don't feel like digging through. Either Nixon's or before...I forget...
madinmaryland
(64,920 posts)I was a bit surprised because I didn't think she was a supporter, but was an FDR Democrat. I don't think I'll ever know.
She was 91 when she got it.
LeftInTX
(24,541 posts)Your grandma somehow was still on a mailing list.
She probably was supporter. Maybe she supported other Dems.
question everything
(47,263 posts)Before emails and the other easy means of communications, when one had to sit and write and address a stamped envelope, I wrote to my two senators, and others who were running in the 1988 primary about voting NO on Bork. And I did get replies.
Same with Boxer and Feinstein.
I did not get an acknowledgement from Bill Clinton the only POTUS attempt.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)I wrote to him because the economy sucked and I couldn't find a summer job while in college. The other time I wrote to him was about the POWs and MIAs still missing from the Vietnam War. He didn't write anything back, he just sent the typical and generic form letters. I expected as much from him. That was before the internet.
I wrote an email to Obama in 2016 and wanted to know what he was going to do about Russia since I thought the punishment should have been really harsh and Putin wouldn't give up. I also wrote that I was worried about losing my ACA coverage since I am sick. He was very nice and was more concerned with my health than Russia, while I was more concerned with Putin than my illnesses.
When I write to the fucking moron I tell him what a horrible president and insane person he is and suggest he resign, go swimming in a shark infested pool (he hates sharks), go visit Putin and stay there forever, etc.
After the first one I got a lovely reply and thank you for supporting him...REALLY! I guess that wasn't mean enough. After that I have let everything I really think about him flow since they obviously aren't read by anyone. And I request NO REPLY (it just allows me to blow off steam).
akraven
(1,975 posts)Ronny Rayguns got a lot of them.
herding cats
(19,549 posts)Obama, supportive. Topic: Obamacare/the ACA Which changed my life.
I thanked him every year, and I'm going to thank him again this year. Except same as last, I'll just tweet it to him. I'm deeply grateful still I'm covered and treated.
He always sent me an appreciation letter that mentioned my reasons for thanking him. I know it wasn't from him, really. It still made me smile.
NotAPuppet
(326 posts)and received a response. My letter pretty much said, Trump is a Russian asset, were screwed, SOS, Mayday, and how can you just ride off into the sunset and leave us with this mess?
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)I also worried about losing my ACA. He was sweet and wrote that he was more concerned with my health and ACA than he was with Putin (the opposite was/is true with me).
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secondwind
(16,903 posts)It was a very fancy printed card embossed with gold, we still have it.
katmondoo
(6,454 posts)He helped I think directly as the IRS called me angry that I did not have to pay the $900.00 they wanted. I do not remember getting a reply but I have a faint memory that I did. The agent from the IRS was a women who called me at work. I told her never to call my office again, strange times, wouldn't happen today.
TJKatd
(73 posts)Last edited Sat Dec 22, 2018, 06:34 PM - Edit history (2)
As a yongster, I wrote Carter, Reagan, and Bush I. Reagan and Bush sent mass-produced signed photos. In Carter's defense, I didnt write him until after his ass whuppin'. He probably was done responding to mail by then.
Growing up in Arkansas, I didnt see many presidential visits, but when they happened, I almost always went. I was able to shake Clinton's hand at a Razorback basketball game once. They were really good then (natl champs in 1994, runners up in 1995), so he was coming to alot of games. I waited on the rope line for Bush II the night before he beat Gore. He made his way toward me, and we chatted about 20 seconda. I know complimenting him here is verboten, but he was quite friendly, teased me a little about the wisdom of standing in the light rain to see him. It would have lasted longer but a campaign aide made him move on. He seemed genuinely kind. I voted for Gore the next day.
These days, no way in hell I'd go see a Republican preisdent. Hell, I wouldnt go see half the supposed 2020 Dem candidates. I'm more choosy these days!
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)I am not surprised by Bush 2 being friendly and chatty. Even when he had two shoes thrown at him he was able to laugh at it. This current moron would have had him shot on the spot since he is too slow to duck and would have been hit, twice. He is too stupid to see the second one was probably coming his way too.
Raine
(30,540 posts)asked if they would sent a congratulations to my parents for their 50th anniversary. I was told it was too late, not enough time to do it but they would try. It got there though, I'll never forget it, my father was so touched he cried..
Once I wrote to W complaining about something and he sent me a thank-you for my support!
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)The GOP residents send me the same type of responses you get. I expected as much from them.
Zoonart
(11,747 posts)Jarqui
(10,110 posts)after he left office.
My sister sent him a condolences card for his grandmother that she made for President Obama towards the end of his campaign. She got a really nice note back from President Obama's sister, Maya.
agingdem
(7,754 posts)I was a senior in high school...the Warren Commission Report on the Kennedy assassination had come out and I want President Lyndon Johnson's opinion...I remember the day the mail came...my mother greeted me at the door holding an envelope with the presidential seal stamped on it..her question: "Oh my g-d, what did you do now?" He also sent me a signed copy of the commission report...I still have it
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)under President Clinton administration to set up whitehouse.gov for disabled people.
Got several letters, met him but the coolest thing was a turkey at thanksgiving.
Butterflylady
(3,523 posts)You have written to two presidents at least 3 x's. This one isn't by rights, a legitimate president.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,133 posts)Included profuse love words. 😍 Got greetings back how much they appreciated my moush. 😘
Miss them beyond expression.
BigmanPigman
(51,430 posts)Every day of this nightmare admin. seems like a month.
sprinkleeninow
(20,133 posts)denbot
(9,894 posts)About starting the air war in Bosnia.