Open letter to Congressman Peter Roskam on the shutdown

Dear Congressman Roskam, Your October 9th constituent video email entitled "Let's solve this" was deeply offensive. Understand this, Congressman: we folks suffering under a radical Tea Party controlled Republican House leadership did not shut down the government. You, as one of those leaders did. You and your cohorts in this despicable ex...ercise in destructive governance need to end this shutdown forthwith. You need to stop for the 44th or 444th time to roll back the benefits of the Affortable Care Act to the 40 million Americans finally getting help with health insurance, no thanks to anyone in your party. You need to pull back from taking the American and possibly the world economy to a new recession with constant threats to default by not increasing the debt ceiling. You've lost three straight Senate elections and two straight presidential elections because you're offering bad policy the electorate isn't buying. You lost the vote in both Houses on the Affordable Care Act and you lost the vote in the Supreme Court declaring it constitutional. Most importantly, you've lost the vote in the court of public opinion. Get over it. Get the government running again and conduct yourself like a patriotic loyal opposition instead of infantile babies who cannot control their bodily functions. You can pretend the shutdown occurred as naturally as the sun coming up till, like an infant, you're blue in the face. We who are horrified by your reckless radicalism will continue to hold up a mirror to your antics till you grow up and respect the hallowed institutions of government you desecrate with every vote in Congress...and with every constituent video email. We might negotiate with terrorists...but we don't negotiate with babies. Respectfully, Walt Zlotow IL 6th District resident