My letter to the editor. Lets hit them this week

[stray cat]

http://volunteer.johnkerry.com/speakout/ Has contact information for media in your area.

"This year will be the first time I vote for someone other than an independent candidate because the issues are too important to use my vote only as a protest against the system.

I believe that America must be strong but I think we need to be smart and use that strength wisely.

I believe America must always be prepared to act unilaterally but that there is also strengh in unity.

I believe we need government to protect people from corporate abuse like Enron rather than a government run by corporations.

I believe labor by working Americans should be valued instead of rewarding only estate owners and large investors.

I believe Americans can be trusted with the truth and should not be misled for political purposes.

I believe Americans are willing to sacrifice to win this war and support our soldiers in ways other than going shopping.

I believe in fiscal responsibility and not accumulating debt that future generations will have to pay.

I believe Americans can unite to make a better day for all Americans and I will vote my values on Nov. 2 for John Kerry."

[oscar111]

1. Zingers for your LTTE's Thirty of them. Kerry bled, Bush fled etc

{Got this email forward twice. I think it's good.. I added one of my points to it}
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  1. Hit bush's strengths:
-war leader
-racism {not mentioned in polls, but his biggest strength}
---WAR LEADER
- On 9/11, Bush was told "we are under attack."   He just sat in fear for 7 minutes. { While second-graders read My Pet Goat out loud.}.
- Bush can't even protect us from the flu - how's he going to stop terrorists? { fails as a manager}.
- {Bush attacks Kerry->}Deserter attacks wounded vet.
- Kerry bled, Bush fled
- Bush will draft
---RACISM - {racists fear competition for jobs from ethnics, so more jobs = less racism. So say this ->}
- "Bush lost a million jobs: Clinton added 22 million".
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2. Next, our strong points -
- economy
- healthcare
ECONOMY
- Wages lower than when Reaganomics began {adjusted for inflation}
- Wages fell $1,500 under Bush
- Bush lost a million jobs: Clinton added 22 million.
- Bush gives tax breaks for outsourcing {jobs to India}
- YOUR job can be sent to India.
- Job shortage is 13 million
- Education won't help, because not enough jobs exist.
- Bush cut cops, firefighters, vets - to give the rich $ 300 Billion.
- Bush cut cops, so high crime
- Bush cancelled overtime
- Kerry will lower middle class tax, raise tax on the over-$200,000 crowd. Shifts it off us.
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Hit " 9/11 to blame for the economy"
- Most jobs lost BEFORE   9/11.
- Stocks recovered from 9/11, then taxcuts-for-the-rich crippled the economy.
- Bush threw the economy in a hole, and we haven't climbed out YET ! Clinton, it grew from day 1. ================
Hit "Reaganomics taxcuts will spark the economy" {The Reaganomics lie is their greatest strength. "WORK HARD" to end it.}. - Wages lower than when Reaganomics began. {1980}
- Wages fell $ 1,500 under Bush.
- Bush lost a million jobs
- Reaganomics cripples the economy
- Housewives must now work, because of Reaganomics. { 1980 ended most housewives}
- Bush cut cops, firefighters, vets - to give $300 Billion to the rich.
- Reaganomics cut asylums in half, now crime is everywhere.
- 1/3 bridges need repair, potholes are everywhere.
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WHY REAGANOMICS FAILED:
- GDP rise never trickles down to you - why would the rich ever want to give you free money? They spend $2 million on birthday parties. {Kozlowski}.
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Our way to spark the economy is to spark the PRODUCERS - the middle class:
- by cheaper doctors, cheaper college, end ripoffs by ending deregulation, by adding more jobs, by shifting taxes to the over-$200,000 crowd.
- sparking the middle class by making it healthy, educated, free of ripoffs, always employed, and shifting taxes off of it.
- 1952 was the year with a tax structure the most free of Reaganomics. It was a time of prosperity.
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HEALTHCARE - 20 nations outlive us: all have nationalized healthcare: all cheaper.
- The US has rationing. Ration cards are green. Green dollar bills.
- World Health Organization rated our health system quality at # 37.
- Our population's health is # 72. {yes, seventy second !} THE WORLD
HEALTH REPORT - 2000.
-We pay more/person than anyone on earth.
- Bush ignored August warnings on flushots, but England acted - got 7 sources.
- Bush wants to destroy Medicare and social security.
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GOOD WEBSITES:
http://www.democrats.org
http://www.airamericaradio.com
http://www.democraticunderground.com great forums
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Copy freely, no copywrite. "California" Mary arrdvark sorority 82 chi'go
 M  #0    Wages up $7,000 under Clinton- down $1,500 Bush oscar111  Oct-23-04 05:44 PM  #1       Summary of ZINGERS for debaters, phone bankers oscar111  Oct-23-04 06:01 PM  #2          "stocks lost a thousand, wages down fifteen hundred, a million jobs lost" oscar111  Oct-23-04

[Lorien]

2. Right on! Every DUer should submit a letter by Monday

especially to those papers endorsing *!

Calimary has a full contact list in "activism and events".

[stray cat]

3. Move on has another nice site for letters

http://www.moveon.org/lte/index.html