To whom it may concern,

I am terribly conflicted and terribly upset, and here’s why. This morning Donald Trump insinuated live on your network that Ted Cruz’s father was somehow connected to Lee Harvey Oswald and the assassination of President Kennedy. The suggestion is so outrageous it deserves to be exposed and repudiated – strongly!   This deliberate, slanderous and unfounded accusation in and of itself demonstrates that Mr. Trump is wholly unsuited for the highest office. Even if this was the first time Mr. Trump amplified something from the dark corners of the internet, it alone would be disqualifying.   But isn’t the first time. He doesn’t even have enough sense to leverage a surrogate for plausible deniability, which lends credence to the argument that he himself believes this stuff. If he doesn’t believe what he is saying, it shows he has no conscience and is willing to spread vicious unsubstantiated lies for political gain.

My conflict arises from one side of me that strongly believes he does not deserve the unfettered access to cable news networks that allows him to spew this garbage (Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii, General Pershing killed Muslim POWs with bullets dipped in pigs blood, he saw thousands of Muslims cheering the WTC crumble, etc.). Yes it is entertaining like a freak show at the circus. And yes I’m sure it drives up ratings.   But this is the lowest form of politics from someone who continues to insist he isn’t a politician. On the other hand I think that this open display of complete recklessness should expose him for what he really is and it is good for the public to see.   One would think this behavior on full display for millions of viewers would elicit an appropriate response – to repudiate him and his candidacy!

 Not that anyone over there cares, but after being a regular viewer of Fox News for well over a decade, I have dialed my intake way way back to only Special Report with Bret Baier. It is time for your news organization to repudiate this vile behavior and call him out on these disgusting and disgraceful episodes. That would be fair and balanced.