My new letter. I think this is my best one yet. With the slim jims included for Ron to sell himself, I'm free to explain more about WHY I'm writing. Italics get written by hand.
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Hello /Iowan/
I'm a volunteer in Charlotte NC, who paid the postage on this letter to tell you about a candidate that I support: RON PAUL. He has a 20 year voting record of keeping his promises, and we urgently need honesty in government again.
Obviously there is a lot of noise in Iowa this time of year, trying to sway people. I know one letter alone doesn’t change anyone’s mind. But Iowans’ votes matter nationally, since the news media declares only a few candidates as “viable” - and I want Ron Paul to be campaigning when my state holds its primaries. So, I am trying.
I’m 39 years old and have been hearing all my voting life about the budget deficit, inflation, illegal immigration, and an ever-increasingly-complex tax code. Are you also tired of these problems?
Most of the Republican presidential candidates, are not offering much in the shape of change. They are common politicians, just telling us what they think we’ll like hearing.
However, Ron Paul is different.
He embrances individual liberty and small government, and has preached this message all his life. His support comes from many quarters. From folks soured on politics who haven’t voted for years, looking for honesty and integrity in a candidate. From anti-war Democrats that feel their party is not doing enough to stop the loss of lives in Iraq. From constitutionalists and arch-conservatives, that feel that the Republicans have never delivered on their promises to be responsible with tax revenue.
If elected, Ron Paul would press for these reforms:
• Repeal the Patriot Acts and the Military Commissions Acts, to affirm our freedoms and privacy
• Stop endangering our soldiers in Iraq’s civil war, or for United Nations mandates
• Cut government spending, (for real this time)
• Enforce immigration law, and protect American sovereignty
• Let states set their own education, environment, and regulatory laws.
The party establishment has tried repeatedly to marginalize his voice. His message, that the mainstream party has strayed from it’s core principles, is not comfortable to them. But the people are listening, and attending his speeches by the hundreds. I saw this for myself in Greenville, SC where he spoke!
Please research Ron Paul, as a choice for this country. Consider going to the Ames straw poll this August 11th and voting for him, to show the county that WE WANT CHANGE!
I am not a computer. I really wrote this letter, and I hope you will see how important it is that we alter the business-as-usual attitude in Washington. For too long they have been using tax code gimmicks and deficit spending, to purchase re-election. We need leadership, and someone that can articulate why burdening our children with debts, and squeezing our freedoms away bit-by-bit, is no way to run a country!
Thank You for listening today
Sincerely,
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