You can let the editor, Emily Bell know how you feel about his here: editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk
Posted on 10/13/2004 11:58:33 PM PDT by Free2BeMe
The result of the American election in less than three weeks could have huge consequences for the whole world. Yet those of us outside the 50 states have had no say in it. Until now, that is.
In the spirit of the Declaration of Independence's pledge to show "a decent respect to the opinions of mankind", we have come up with a unique way for non-Americans to express your views on the policies and candidates in this election to some of the people best placed to decide its outcome. It's not quite a vote, but it's a chance to influence how a very important vote will be cast. Or, at the very least, make a new penpal.
It works like this. By typing your email address into the box on this page, you will receive the name and address of a voter in Clark County, Ohio. You may not have heard of it, but it's one of the most marginal areas in one of the most marginal states: at the last election, just 324 votes separated Democrats from Republicans. It's a place where a change of mind among just a few voters could make a real difference.
Writing to a Clark County voter is a chance to explain how US policies effect you personally, and the rest of the world more generally, and who you hope they will send to the White House. It may even persuade someone to use their vote at all. A few tips about writing to Clark County:
Be courteous. Remember that it's unusual to receive a lobbying letter from someone in another country. Think about how you would respond if you received a letter from Ohio urging you to vote for Tony Blair - or Michael Howard . . . Don't make any assumptions about the voter with whom you have been matched. His or her name comes from the publicly available voters' roll. The voter has not registered any party affiliation. (We don't want individual Clark County voters bombarded with lobbying letters so this site will assign only one name and address to each user - please don't pass yours on to anyone else.) Explain why you think they should pay the slightest bit of attention to what you think about their election. Remember, charm will be far more effective than hectoring. Of course, who you urge your voter to support is entirely up to you. On October 20 we will publish a selection of the most persuasive letters to Clark County in the Guardian. To have yours considered, please email a copy to clark.county@guardian.co.uk.
That, for now, is our part. Over to you.
You can let the editor, Emily Bell know how you feel about his here: editor@guardianunlimited.co.uk
I've had enough!
You are not American Citizens. You do not vote in our elections. Mind your own business.
Email sent-have the commies at "The Guardian" forgotten that we fought and won a war against them to rid ourselves of their interference? Hey, we can do it again too,LOL.
Mine was simple. We fought a war over "No Taxation without Representation". Now you would like "Representation without Taxation". So here's the deal, I will send you my 1040, which you will pay (with Dollars, not Euros, or Pounds, or any other funny money), and in return, you can tell me how to vote. I might even listen (then, again, I probably won't).
Good email, mine was along the same lines:)
- John Le Carré
- Probably no American president in all history has been so universally hated abroad as George W Bush: for his bullying unilateralism, his dismissal of international treaties, his reckless indifference to the aspirations of other nations and cultures, his contempt for institutions of world government, and above all for misusing the cause of anti-terrorism in order to unleash an illegal war - and now anarchy - upon a country that like too many others around the world was suffering under a hideous dictatorship, but had no hand in 9/11, no weapons of mass destruction, and no record of terrorism except as an ally of the US in a dirty war against Iran.
- Antonia Fraser
- First of all, if you back Kerry, you will be voting against a savage militaristic foreign policy of pre-emptive killing which has stained the great name of the US so hideously in recent times.
- Richard Dawkins
- Vote against Bin Laden's dream candidate. Vote to send Bush packing.
Do I laugh or cry? Laugh..then cry.
Le Carré misses the cold war. One of Anatonia Frazier's sympaticos (S Gardner) writes in an amazon.com review of her book on the Gunpowder Plot that "Catholic suppression of Protestants under Mary was far more brutal and resulted in more executions." The one who surprises me is Richard Dawkins, who once wrote in The Selfish Gene: "What a weapon! Religious faith deserves a chapter to itself in the annals of war technology, on an even footing with the longbow, the warhorse, the tank, and the hydrogen bomb. Blind faith can justify anything." Couldn't he recognize our opposition to the Islamist meme? Does he think Kerry's appeasement will be superior?
I know what I would do if someone from another country emailed me telling me who I should vote for. I don't think they know what they are doing.
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Mine was short and "sweet". I can't post it here because I would get banned.
I am so sick of this!
I just received the name and address of my independent undecided voter in Ohio (I can't believe they give out people's personal info). It's so easy to change your email address so who knows how many voters I will be able to reach on behalf of Bush.
why don't they ( the guardian ), just bomb one of our trains like al queda did in spain ?
That's a good one.
Has anyone sent this article over to Rush, Sean (heck even O'Reilly?) Hewitt, etc....
I sent it to Rush, Sean, O'Reilly, Laura Ingraham, Brit Hume but not Hewitt.
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