President Obama won reelection and decided to increase the number of signatures a petition requires before it merits a response.
Congratulations on your victory, Mr. President. But that doesn't mean you can ignore your people. You raised the required signatures from 25,000 to 100,000. We want it back down to 25,000.
Ignoring constituents is not the right way to run a democracy. In the America we know, responding to those passionate enough to mobilize themselves is the backbone of a healthy citizen-government relationship.
We'll do it this time, President Obama. But if we collect 100,000 signatures, we want those with a softer voice to be heard.
Also, the Death Star that other petition requested would be awesome. With all this extra money in our federal budget, we can totally afford it.