I recently moved from MA to East TN. Apparently everyone in my new district is considered an avid GOP supporter because since I moved and registered to vote (as a Democrat) I receive regular disgusting GOP and NRA fund-raising letters. I never saw this stuff living in Cambridge or before that in Manhattan. I think everyone needs to see the reality of the candidate-sanctioned violent rhetoric being used out there right now; so I offer this, FYI, without detailed comment. Remember, this was sent to me clear across the country; well east of the Continental Divide and 500 miles east of the Mississippi River.
Below the fold is a direct transcript of the latest Sharon Angle letter fresh from my mailbox. I have done my best to preserve the one-sentence/one-phrase paragraphs, ALL CAPS, underscoring, bolding and other punctuation as this site allows. I can't reproduce the "hand written" blue ink emphasis as it appears in the letter but assume the most offensive phrases are highlighted by this "personal" touch.
SHARRON ANGLE
Official Republican Nominee to
Defeat Harry Reid
Dear Friend,
Please allow me to introduce myself.
My name is Sharron Angle and I am Senator Harry Reid's worst nightmare.
Because I'm the woman who's going to end his career...
...and not a moment too soon.
Harry Reid is "The Most Dangerous Senator in America."
No liberal has done more to advance Obama's anti-freedom agenda than Reid.
And giving Reid the drubbing at the polls he so richly deserves will send a message loud and clear to Washington...
...STOP SENDING US INTO BANKRUPTCY!!!
For the last two years Harry Reid has led the Democrats in a spending binge.
He blew apart the budget by passing the TARP Bank Bailout and the $787 billion "no jobs" Stimulus" ...
... made the situation worse with ObamaCare and rationed medicine ...
...and now Reid wants to make the mess he's caused even worse by ending the Bush Tax Cuts and imposing new energy taxes.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
I'm sick and tired of Harry Reid spending our money like it's going out of style.
It's time we took back our country!
We need leaders in Washington that look after the American people, not their personal fortunes.
There are a few things I must accomplish to win this race in the few weeks left between now and Election Day.
However, before I do any of them, I had to write to you today.
You see, I need your help.
So please bear with me.
It's not easy for me to write to you a letter like this. I'm not a professional politician like Harry Reid.
I am a wife, a mother of two, and a grandmother of 10. I've taught in community college, served on the local school board, and spent a few years in the state legislature.
I have a wonderful life and family, and the easy thing to do would be to lay low and enjoy the quiet life.
But I simply can't do that.
Not when Harry Reid is systematically dismantling our constitutional freedoms and exploding the size of government.
I love this great country and I feel compelled to take on this important challenge...
...because Harry Reid must be stopped at all costs.
He is Washington corruption personified.
Phrases like "Cornhusker kickback" and "Louisiana Purchase" and "Government Takeover" and "Reconciliation" and "Shady Backroom Deals" and "Wall Street Bailouts" and "Runaway Spending" have come to define Reid.
Reid stands for everything wrong with Washington today.
And defeating Reid is the big first step to setting it right.
It all boils down to this ...
Harry Reid and Barack Obama are joined at the hip.
Together they're working to turn America into a European-style Socialist "Paradise" where you surrender your hard-earned money and your personal responsibility to the government.
My campaign against Reid is a referendum on this utopian liberal project.
DEFEATING REID WILL KILL OBAMA'S LIBERAL AGENDA!
The same can't be said about any other race in the America.
My race against Reid will have the most profound impact on out country this year.
Since the stakes are so high, I hope you agree that every conservative must give MORE support than ever before.
This is why I'm hoping you'll join our campaign today.
Specifically, I need to know if you will contribute at least $25 or $35 in the next few days.
You need to know what I'm up against.
Harry Reid has already raised over $20 million and is using that money to smear my name...
... Reid's attack ads blanket the airwaves 24 hours a day ...
...both Barack Obama and bill Clinton have campaigned in Nevada to save Reid and attack me ...
... and now the liberal special interests that have bought and paid for Harry Reid are pummeling me with their own independent attacks.
No other Republican in the country is drawing liberals' wrath like I am.
I am #1 on the Left's hit list for a very good reason ...
... BECAUSE THEY KNOW I CAN WIN!!!
When I defeat Harry Reid on Election Day, it will be a stunning rebuke to Obama and the entire liberal agenda he and Reid have forced on America.
This is our chance to stop the Obama-Reid Big Government Agenda dead in its tracks.
++ Stop the $1.5 trillion deficits ...
++ Stop the TARP Big Bank bailouts ...
++ Stop ObamaCare ...
++ Stop the 2011 tax hikes ...
++ Stop new energy taxes ...
++ Stop amnesty for illegal aliens ...
No race this year is of greater national importance than the struggle you and I are engaged in to defeat Reid.
Either we send Reid packing on Election Day and hammer the nails in the coffin of big government liberalism ...
... or we give Harry Reid another six years in the Senate to vote against our values in every way imaginable.
I'm in this race because I can’t stand the thought of letting Harry Reid stay in office for even one more day to do any further damage to America.
And I hope you agree it's time for Harry Reid to go.
This is why I need your support.
I'm personally asking you to help me out with a special gift of $25, $35, $50, $75, $100, $250, $500, $1,000, or even $2,400 today.
Please know that it's only with the help of concerned Americans like you that I'll be able to defeat Reid.
Even though Reid has thrown everything at me including the kitchen sink...
... I'm still running even with him.
Poll after poll shows that this race is a virtual dead heat.
If I can match Reid's TV and radio buys dollar for dollar in the next 60 days, I can pull ahead and win this race.
Reid's ultra-liberal record has made him ripe for defeat.
And voters across Nevada are engaged in what Reid's done to our great state.
Thanks to Reid we're...
#1 in unemployment ...
#1 in foreclosures ...
#1 in bankruptcies ...
...if we don't defeat Harry Reid today, he'll do to the rest of America what he's done to Nevada.
My friend, I wouldn't write you this letter unless I honestly knew I could win this race.
But I simply can't do without your immediate help of at least $35 or $25 today.
Harry Reid has said that he needs $25 million to "vaporize" me.
I need one million American patriots to each give at least $25 to even out this fight.
Our campaign must reach out to every conservative in the country and ask them to do their share to defeat Reid.
I know building a million man strong grassroots army is an ambitious goal.
But we simply do not have a choice if we're going to defeat Harry "Let's Make a Deal" Reid and end his decades of corrupt wheeling and dealing.
Please remember this ...
When I defeat Harry Reid, the Left's entire Socialist Big Government Agenda will come crashing down like a house of cards.
The Democrats know these are the stakes.
That's why they're determined to destroy me.
You're urgent help today -- in the homestretch of my campaign -- will give our campaign the resources we need to energize voters and counter Reid's smear tactics.
Please rush your most generous donation of $2,400, $1,000, $500, $250, $100, $75, $50, or $35 today.
Whatever you give will help me end Reid's long, disastrous career.
Thank you so much for your time.
Sincerely,
Sharron [signature]
Sharron Angle
Republican Nominee to
Defeat Harry reid
P.S. My friend, your help is crucial to countering Reid's attacks on me. so whether it's $35, $50, $75, $100, $250, $500, $1,000, or even $2,400, I just ask that you act today. Together we can make history!