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1. Be crisp, clear, and concise
2. Be passionate about the issues and candidates you care about
3. Be polite; rudeness and sarcasm don’t come across well
4. Be proud to sign your name; anonymous letters are rarely printed
5. Always include your daytime phone number, as papers will call you to verify that you have written the letter.

Support the Bush Energy Plan (May 24, 2001)

Letter 1

Despite the criticism from Democrats, President Bush should be applauded for formulating a national energy policy. Finally, we have a leader who is willing to tackle the tough issues. He has developed an energy policy that calls for conservation and increasing the supply of energy. He has also wisely rejected the extreme environmentalists who backed the Kyoto treaty that would have devastated the US economy while leaving other countries to pollute at will.

For the last eight years we have had plenty of talk from the White House but no action. Today we have a leader who is doing what is right instead of what is politically expedient.

Letter 2

President Bush is right-we can't afford the types of blackouts experienced by California. It is about time that the United States developed an energy policy. Americans have become to dependent on foreign oil and we need a plan that will increase conservation, modernize and improve our energy infrastructure, and diversify our energy supply. George W. Bush has done that with his plan.

George W. Bush has the courage to stand up to his critics and address America's needs. Thank goodness we finally have a leader that will do the right thing.

Letter 3

The democrats criticized George Bush when he rejected the Kyoto treaty and now the democrats are criticizing his energy plan. All of this criticism despite the Democrat's failure to ever vote on the Kyoto treaty during the eight years of the Clinton White House and despite the failure of the Clinton White House to ever propose an energy plan for the US. President Bush should be applauded for showing strong leadership on long neglected issues. I am behind him 100%. Stand firm Mr. President against the Kyoto treaty and for a US energy policy.

Letter 4

If we are to have a national energy policy that increases the supply of energy, then we can not afford to sign on to a revised Kyoto treaty that caps CO2 levels. President Bush has courageously rejected efforts to date to renegotiate the Kyoto treaty and cap CO2 levels in the US. President Bush has wisely called for increasing conservation and increasing and diversifying our supply of energy. If we are unable to do these things because some international treaty prevents us from building new power plants we will soon be wishing that gas was only 2 dollars a gallon. Thank you President Bush for standing up for the United States.