Youth will be served

No, that's not Ferris Bueller's buddy Cameron Frye, though the resemblance is quite uncanny.

That's Todd Young, the young senator from Indiana.

He's the topic of today's Thursday Thrashing letter.

Hi Taaaahhhhd.

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2.28.19

Senator Todd Young

400 Russell Senate Office Building

Washington, DC 20510

Dear Todd,

I probably should be addressing you as 'Dear Senator', but 'Dear Todd' has such a nice pedantic and dismissive ring to it, I just couldn't resist.

As a point of background, I have been handwriting letters (none of that form letter shit you uncaring politicians regularly spew out) to each of our Republican US Senators. I may be mistaken, after doing this for 6 or 7 months, but I do believe that as your name indicates, you are the most junior member in the Senate.

I'm 44. I hope when I'm 46 I can look back at such a distinguished career.

Let's start where every look back on Todd Young starts, 2007. This is when Indiana's Young Republicans -- who now carry the tiki torch for the original Klansman who started in Indiana -- named you "Southern Man of the Year."

There's so much irony in that last statement I barely know how to unpack it. If Neil Young  (I'm sure no relation) were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave, in his long matted hair. 

Let me ask you, as Southern Man of the Year, did you receive special amenities?

* Free Robe Dry Cleaning

* Lighting the Cross privileges

* Grand Wizard for A Day (Get to wear the green sheets)

"Whoa, whoa, slow down there camper", I can hear you saying. These charges and innuendo are completely unfounded. 

I can even hear you pointing out your membership in the Republican Main Street Partnership, an association of moderate Republicans who advocate a more liberal position on social issues.

Moreover, GovTrack noted that you joined more bipartisan bills than any other Senator.

Good for you, Taaaaahdd.

Here's what you didn't do:

When Precedent Shitgibbon summarized the racial hatred and violence in Charlottesville and said there were "very fine people on both sides," you did nothing.

When Captain Fuckknuckle called the entire continent of Africa "a bunch of shithole countries," you did nothing again.

When our Commander in Spunk gleefully tweeted about Jussie Smollett but failed to mention the Coast Guard terrorist who was planning a mass attack on the press and Democratic congressional representatives (your colleagues), you followed suit, and again did nothing.

We are currently governed by an administration that is driven by hate and political divisiveness. And you and the GOP have failed to demonstrate any type of moral leadership. 

By doing nothing, you are encouraging everything.

Fuck You Taaaahhhhhd.

You're the worst kind of Moderate Republican. 

The silent kind.

Best regards,

Rich Siegel

siegelrich@mac.com

Culver City, CA 90232