The importance of every possible vote on Super Tuesday compels me to send the following explanation of my support for Barack Obama to everyone I can reach.
TO: Family, friends, friends of family, professional
colleagues and others
FROM: Ted Sorensen
SUBJECT: To Urge Voting for Obama on Tuesday, February 5 ("Super
Tuesday")
I truly believe that February 5th will choose the next president of the
United States, and that this choice is more important for our country's
future than any presidential election since 1932. After almost eight
years of Bush incompetence, indifference and disasters, Senator Obama is
the one candidate who can restore America's moral authority and regain the
respect essential to our security.
The way Senator Obama thinks and speaks about our problems and politics,
the way he seeks leadership not for the power and glory but for the things
we need to accomplish, is more like John F. Kennedy than any president or
presidential candidate in either party since that terrible day we lost JFK
in 1963. Despite my age and infirmities, I have campaigned for Senator
Obama in seven states, used my voice and pen repeatedly on his behalf, and
have become more determined to see his nomination with each new passing
revelation of the true character of his opponents.
An Obama presidency will be a turning point in this country, and I ask all
-- with the sound of my voice or the reach of my pen -- to join me in
making history. Our children and grandchildren will be grateful if you
do.