OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR JOHN KERRY
Dear Senator Kerry:
I've been active in grassroots Democratic politics for several years now, and it seems to me that this year could prove to be a turning point for the Party. While we, the rank-and-file Party members, are fired up about getting rid of the Texas Terror, there seems to be somewhat tepid support for you personally. And this has me concerned.
While the 'anybody but Bush' movement will guarantee you the votes of the Party faithful, what about the 35% of the electorate that consider themselves independents? What about the 50% of the electorate who didn't even bother to show up at the polls four years ago? Earning their trust and support is going to take more than months of simple ad-nauseam Bush-bashing. In my experience, you're going to have to give them a vision, a plan...something to believe in! Only by running 'big' can you hope to earn their attention and their support. Only THEN can we ensure we won't all have to endure four more years of Bush.
Listen, we all want to send George Bush home to Crawford, Texas, in November. He seems convinced that the way to win is by playing on our fears. You can prove that the answer lies in appealing to the "better angels of our nature."
Let Bush own September 11th and the politics of fear. You should own September 12th -- the spirit of generosity and community that poured forth in the aftermath of the attacks -- and the politics of hope.
Offer voters a bold moral vision of what America can be. A vision that is bigger than the things that divide us. A vision that brings hope and soul back to our politics and appeals to more than voters' narrow self-interests. A vision that makes America once again a respected force for good in the world.
Don't be tempted to adopt the familiar -- and failed -- Republican-lite swing voter strategy. You can reach out to and inspire the fifty percent of eligible voters who have given up on voting. If you do, you will win not in a toss-up but a landslide.
Senator Kerry, I'm ready to vote my hopes and not my fears. So please: Go Big, Ask More!
Respectfully,
Harold Geddings, III
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I'm kicking myself about the smiling thing too....I know I should have smiled, I was just never sure when he would be taking pictures so I just kind of kept the same face for most of it.....they would have looked much better if I had smiled though.....
definitely let me know which ones are your favorites (doesn't have to be three - a top ten list would be super duper)....cause I definitely have some favorites (those ones where I look at them and go "now THAT is pretty darn awesome") but I'm hesitant to send them until I can get another opinion
well, I'm gonna head to bed now....been a long day/week and my body is going to beat me up for days afterward! thank you again so very very much for going through all 241 of my pictures!!! I just hope they are good enough to get me past the first stage....
night