I sent this letter to Al Gore (via snail mail) and the Wichita Eagle (via email).
Dear Al,
I know you must get these emails every single day ... "Please run, Al" ... "You're what this country needs, Al" ... "Come take back what was stolen from you in 2000, Al" ... So I can imagine that this one won't get much attention. But I'm feeling the urge, the NEED, to write to you, which I've never done to a political figure before. Hell, not even a famous figure - when we wrote letters to our "heroes" in elementary school, instead of writing to actors or athletes or politicians like most of my good little classmates did, I wrote to my uncle, who had just gotten out of jail from a crack cocaine conviction. I admired his ability to stand up to his addiction, and overcome society's negative and pessimistic view of people with drug problems.
It's in much the same vein that I write to you tonight.
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