Barack Obama

"The news was full of sound bytes from outraged politicos who were loudly rebuking the President for the episode and pretty much blaming him for everything under the sun. So, I began my letter by introducing myself as a Republican who had not voted for him (true at that time). Then I told him how disgusted I was by all those politicians who were using the tragedy of the failed rescue as an excuse to berate him.."

And, thank you for writing Pres Carter all those years ago. You were always an activist!