Dear Michelle Obama,

Hello Mrs. Obama. How are you doing this fine day? I am sure all is well so I’ll get to the point.

I happened to catch parts of your speech at the DNC. Very well spoken. I am not a fan of you, or your husband, but both of you are definitely talented orators. As a writer I can give no higher praise. That being said I have some questions about your speech.

In the interest of clarity I am quoting from the speech transcript you have on your own website:

First question: This statement ”Yeah. But, to be honest, I am realizing that, until recently, I have mourned the dimming of that hope. And maybe you’ve experienced the same feelings, that deep pit in my stomach, a palpable sense of dread about the future.”

I, too, have mourned the dimming of hope after having to live the last three some odd years. I have watched my income diminish when compared to the amount that everyday prices rose. I have watched over and over as my monthly bills increased while my income barely changed. I have watched as I needed to go to food pantries to get groceries since I could no longer afford to buy them. I have watched as the same amount of money in fuel I put in my truck went less and less miles.

There have been days where I have been stuck at home because I could not afford to go anywhere. Try being stuck in a small place when you have PTSD. It’s not fun. Oh, I realize you were trying to implicate something else but the reality is that the last 3 and a half years saw your party firmly in control. Your party controlled the inflation, the border and everything else that seems to have gone wrong or outright failed to cause that dimming of hope.

Did you really mean to insinuate that your party wasn’t in control?

Second question: This statement “You see, my mom, in her steady, quiet way, lived out that striving sense of hope every single day of her life. She believed that all children, all — all people have value. That anyone can succeed if given the opportunity. She and my father did not aspire to be wealthy. In fact, they were suspicious of folks who took more than they needed. They understood that it wasn’t enough for their kids to thrive if everyone else around us was drowning.”

So…… Personal question. Was your mother disappointed in you? According to Business Insider your family net worth is at least $70 million, with other sources claiming it is actually over $100 million.

According to Homes and Gardens you own at least 3 separate properties, including a vast estate in the crème de la crème zip code of Martha’s Vineyard. An area well known as the playground of those who have too much money and want to impress with an address, instead of substance. Was that “more than needed”?

At least to a normal, everyday person’s eyes one would think so. The people you claim to represent are struggling to afford apartments that would fit in your great room. They are struggling to feed themselves. Lord help the ones who have small kids living at home.

My own children are grown and on their own. That would seem a blessing, since I no longer have to struggle to feed them. Now I just have to watch them struggle to pay their bills and I can barely help while I struggle myself. My oldest daughter has a birthday here soon. It will be another birthday that I cannot afford a present for my children while you sit in a mansion, judging me for not believing in your “truth”. I think I will stick to reality.

Also. In what way does someone else’s success affect my success? I see no problem with someone becoming wealthy. In fact I believe it is everyone’s right to be as successful as they can be. I have worked for people who had great personal wealth. In fact one of them had a net worth larger than some countries. In no way did their accrued wealth harm my chances to succeed. In fact it did the opposite by allowing them the ability to pay me for my services and pay well. That added to my wealth, which is how a market society functions. And, at the end of the day, who determines what is too successful? Just making a remark like that seems to say that you would judge people by their wealth, not by their life lived. Is that the way you want to be judged?

So, in recap, your speech seemed pretty hypocritical. I heard very little of substance. I heard a lot of complaining about the direction the country is taking, ironically the direction your party is taking it. I heard a lot of fluff for someone who has yet to actually do anything substantial in a job she holds now. I heard a lot of trash talking about one of your political opponents, after you yourself claimed that it was your opponent who trashed others.

I heard a lot of claims of how this country will start going in a better direction if your candidate is elected, while ignoring the fact that same candidate has been in power this entire time. And I heard no policy or ideas of how to move in a better direction, just claims that it will be so. You repeated the phrase “going small” multiple times. While you yourself went pretty small in your current and past attacks on others.

It was a pretty speech and you delivered it well. Too bad it lacked substance and, more importantly, honesty.

Sincerely,

Wolf