A letter you might send non-pol friends

[UnityDem]

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Dear Friend,

Please excuse the fact that you are receiving this as a mass form letter. Since I would like to express the same sentiments to many people (family members, friends, business acquaintances), I decided to just send you all the same letter.
You know that it has always kind of been my “rule” not to discuss politics. However, I have decided that I need to break that rule on this one occasion. I firmly believe that our nation is at a crossroads right now. There are two very distinct directions that we can take. I know that some of you don’t follow politics very much. Some of you don’t vote or don’t vote very often. Some of you that do vote have told me that you generally just vote for the party that your family has always been aligned with. I don’t criticize you for this. However, I am asking a big favor of you this time around. Please find out for yourself what the two campaigns are offering (and, yes, I do say two campaigns because we all know that one of the two major candidates will be elected). The two main web sites are:
www.georgewbush.com & www.johnkerry.com
I ask you to do your own research on these web sites and any others that you choose to go to. Please do not take only the word of the talking heads on television and radio that have their own agendas on who they want to see win the election. See what the issues that most affect your life, your state and nation, and the rest of the world. Both campaigns have claimed that this is the most important election of our lifetime. I strongly agree. On almost every subject: job creation, the national deficit, education, the environment, civil liberties, judicial appointments, and the war on terror, there is a vast difference on the direction that will be taken over the next four years.
Many of you know that I have been volunteering in the John Kerry campaign for the past few months. In fact, I have had to turn down a lot of social invitations that I would normally accept because of the fact that I am devoting all of my spare time working in this campaign until November 2nd.
What I am asking of you, if you respect me and my opinion on other subjects, is to give this campaign some serious thought. I have done so and I truly believe that John Kerry is the right man at the right time for this job.
Even if you come to a different conclusion than I have, I do hope that you will take the time to consider all of the issues and then vote your conscience.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter on a subject that I haven’t wanted to raise with you in person. Your friend, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx