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An Open Letter to John McCain

An Open Letter to John McCain

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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 7 months ago
If you feel the same way we do, support us by leaving a comment on our blog at http://throughthespin.com Dear Senator, Congratulations on your success in the primaries. As it now looks that you will be the Republican nominee, your attention will likely turn to selecting a running mate. With your appeal to independents and moderates, selecting someone that will solidify your support among conservatives is probably what you will be advised to do. We are writing specifically to request that you not select Mike Huckabee for the office. While some will suggest that Mike Huckabee is the candidate to shore up conservative support, we believe that Huckabee will not be the best choice to do so. Senator, you have spent your entire career building a reputation for straight talk. Allow us to be very frank about our concerns with Gov. Huckabee. Huckabee has implicitly and overtly used religious bigotry in his campaign against Mitt Romney. His comments in the New York Times and the overt use of religion in his advertisements have been offensive. Referring to himself as the â

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February 20, 2008

The momentum behind this request has grown into something I never imagined when I first hit publish. Seeing so many people agree that our political discourse deserves better than the bigotry we have witnessed is truly overwhelming.

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Sarah Tran
18 years ago Featured

keep him away from the ticket. his attacks were low and honestly pretty pathetic. find someone else.

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Mark Iyer
18 years ago Featured

NO WAY. Do not pick Huckabee. He will lose the middle of the country for you fast.

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Linda Johnston
18 years ago Featured

Huckabee is way too much. We need someone who actually focuses on the real issues and not all that religious nonsense. Please pick somebody else.