Did you know that, after the front page, the most read part of any newspaper is the Letters to the Editor? Yep! It's the largest forum most everyday citizens can hope to address, and with email, it doesn't even cost a stamp!
I just love the tool on our my.barackobama home page that allows us to write letters to the editors of local and national papers. In case you don't have time for compositions, but would like to try it out, here's a nifty 200 wd letter:
Making jokes about bombs in airports gets you arrested for good reason: joking about an actual threat can get people killed. Sarah Palin, and the GOP, use abysmal judgment when they make use of Ayers' history with the Weather Underground for political purposes. If Ayers were still an outlaw, underground, bombing things, it would be VERY appropriate to disclose a connection with a presidential candidate. But the guy's an English professor at an excellent university, for pity's sake. While Ayers was bombing things, Barack Obama was in grade school. Obama doesn't know the man well, and has condemned the actions that Ayers has done his time for. Everyone knows this already. Including Palin.So if Palin and the GOP raise the spectre of terrorist connections when you and she and we all know it's a specious pile o' poo, what happens if they get into office and there’s a true impending threat? Who will believe them?? The same 10% who still believe Bush?It's crucial that a leader in this time of uncertainty, anxiety, and insecurity think twice before stampeding the cattle. But now the terrorist threat is something the McCain campaign can play politics with. Bad idea. Very bad.
Feel free to cut and paste that letter into an email or into a webform for submission to your local paper, or fwd it to your undecided friends. Another great place to look for material is at the Ghost Writer Guild site, which has been set up specifically for the purpose of providing opinion pieces to Obama supporters who feel less confident putting thoughts on paper.
Now's the time when many Americans begin paying attention to campaigns and are looking for reasons to vote one way or another. Your letter might just persuade them, but you'll never know if you don't try... YES YOU CAN!!!
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