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Letter to Bill Richardson: SuperBowl with Bill Clinton

By Alexandra - Feb 3rd, 2008 at 5:17 pm EST

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I would like to state that, after supporting Richardson, I have moved to a position of strongly endorsing Barak Obama. This letter reflects my great concern about what the Clintons are doing to undermine his campaign, manipulate the voters, and to shamelessly play on racial divisions once again.

Alexandra

Dear Governor Richardson,

As your records will show, I contributed to your campaign early and on more than one occasion. I was a supporter of yours when few of my friends in New York barely were registering your candidacy.

I supported you because of your integrity,your great record as Governor, and your understanding of what I call "people issues": what it costs to live, what's happening in schools, what's happening to jobs in this country. I supported you because you are a Hispanic man, and I believed your voice was sorely needed. And I thought you were a pretty strong environmentalist, and coming from the South West, would get stronger.

But mostly I supported your principled, deeply felt, and brilliantly articulated rejection of the war in Iraq from the beginning.

Today I hear that Bill is watching the Super Bowl with you, and is gunning for your endorsement.

I have no power to influence you, no massive charisma, no promises to dangle before you (V.P?), no threats (I am sure those are there too from Bill. We know him.)

But what I will say, as one citizen, is that if you do endorse the Clintons, and Hillary who made the wrong vote on the war, and has been equivocal ever since, if your support the Clintons who have also played the race card on several occasions, I will feel deeply, deeply disappointed.

Voters are passionate, hopeful and knowledgeable, as never before. We are desperate for change, for openness, and for leadership with integrity. Please do not disappoint us.

I do believe that if you decide to let the voters make their own choices, instead of being manipulated into extremely difficult positions, that again pit groups of people against each other, you will find that your great abilities will find the expression that they deserve.

Sincerely,

Alexandra Woods

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