Email I've sent - SL
Here's the email letter I've sent to the emails posted for it:
To whom it may concern (BCC to Editors),
To my surprise, when I went to reserve a seat at ...
http://www.taxrelief.org/presidential_forum.htm
... I didn't seen Ron Paul listed as a confirmed candidate. To come
to find out, I found that he wasn't invited!
As a conservative Christian, I'd like to express my upset and ask "why",
the only candidate whom supports the notion that our Rights are given
to us by our Creator, hasn't Congressman Ron Paul been invited to
your organizations' Presidential Candidates Forum on June 30th.
Dr. Paul has been called a "Taxpayer's Friend" by the National Taxpayers
Union every year in Congress in since 1996, scoring 100%, indicating a fiscal
conservative voting record on spending of taxpayer dollars.
I'm sure you must be aware that Dr. Ron Paul is running for President of the
United States also. He advocates tax relief for all Americans. He's NEVER
voted to raise taxes in his 10 terms in Congress. I don't think we can say the same
about some of the other invitees in the various public offices in which they've served.
So it seems ironic that a group called "Iowans for Tax Relief"
have not invited, perhaps, the most anti-tax candidate there is!
This makes me curious as to WHY Iowan’s for Tax Relief, and the
Iowan Christian Alliance would NOT invite Dr. Ron Paul to the upcoming
Presidential GOP Forum on Saturday, June 30th?
Word is rapidly spreading across the Internet that maybe the
organizations are not as sincere as first believed.
Here's just one recent article which exposes a lie and also
contradictory interests as Edward Failor is found to be a supporter
of John McCain and donated $1,250 to his campaign.
http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/woods72.html
Is there a conflict of interest that's preventing Ron Paul from being invited?
This story is looking stranger and stranger as time goes. I quote from the article:
"Excluding Ron Paul from a "tax relief" candidates’ forum is like excluding Batman from an Anti-Riddler Convention. Even funnier is that these two organizations, in blacklisting Paul, reveal themselves to be even worse than the mainstream media they always criticize: the very day the Paul campaign discovered it had been barred from this Iowa event, they got a call from ABC News confirming Ron Paul’s participation in the August 5 debate in Des Moines, Iowa."
Don't you think this is strange? What is going on here?
Again, Dr. Paul’s impeccable voting record has always
strictly been “Lower Taxes” and “Pro Life”.
Why would your organizations limit your constituents exposure to
a man whom many believe can right the wrongs of this country.
An organization having a political event, but excluding a completely valid candidate
without giving a statement of credible reason is completely unreasonable and unacceptable.
Why would candidates, whom poll lower than Ron Paul, and who've raised less
money be invited, but not Ron Paul? This doesn't make any sense to me!
Ron Paul's views more closely align with both lower-taxes type organizations
and Christian organizations. To keep him out is the absolute definition of irony.
So this is obviously wrong, and doesn't seem very Christian to me.
Ron Paul should be given a chance to voice his opinion (whether one agrees
with him or not) and let his ideas stand or fail by their own merit in open forum.
We know political censorship is wrong. I'm sure this isn't the legacy your organization wants.
Do you see how this could be construed that your organization fears
Ron Paul against some special interests that may be involved?
Are you aware what kind of media stir and grief this will likely cause,
and the potentially very negative blowback of support for your organization?
Even though some people may not be Iowans, all of America knows Iowans
play a major role in the election of America's President. Now, Americans look up
to and respect Iowa. It would be such a shame if Iowa got a reputation for censorship.
You, sponsoring this forum, are representing the proud People of Iowa.
Your organization would generate a HUGE amount of Internet exposure
with Ron Paul's presence. It'd be more publicity than you'd ever get otherwise.
So I ask you to please reconsider your position to not invite Congressman Paul
to this forum, if even it's just to save the credibility of your organization or
generate more public exposure for it. His presence at the forum would only better
serve your goal to provide tax relief and true Christian agenda for the people of Iowa.
(Right now your organizations are getting all kinds of negative exposure. But
it's possible to turn this around for your benefit by doing the right thing.)
Across ALL of America (even some parts of the world), along with the great towns
and cities of Iowa such as Cedar Falls, Ames, Mason City, Bettendorf, Urbandale,
Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Fort Dodge, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Dubuque, Waterloo,
Marion, Burlington, Ankeny, Marshalltown, Sioux City, Des Moines, and
Iowa City, will be closely watching this story develop with a very critical eye.
Knowing how many Iowans have gotten to know and respect Ron Paul, if Ron Paul
doesn't attend, many Iowans will likely be in an uproar at your organization when
they find out that he didn't attend ... only because he wasn't invited by your group.
Then when they hear the rest of the story, they could be outraged just like me.
I sincerely hope you re-think this course of action and extend an invitation to
Congressman Ron Paul, whom is a true fiscal conservative. It can only serve
the purposes of Iowans and the American people to do so.
I'd appreciate and await a reply.
Thank you,
(Signature)
Reference:
Ron Paul Excluded in Iowa
June 19, 2007
http://blog.ronpaul2008.com/ron_paul...ul_exclud.html
Iowans for Tax Relief and Iowa Christian Alliance will host a presidential candidates forum on Saturday, June 30th in Des Moines. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, Tommy Thompson, and Tom Tancredo will participate."
