To: tejek who wrote (462873 ) 9/22/2003 8:03:33 PM From: American Spirit Respond to of 769670 Interesting email from Kerry campaign about fundraising: Dear -- I’m Bob Farmer and I am the National Treasurer for the John Kerry for President campaign. I’ve previously served as treasurer for Senator John Glenn, Governor Michael Dukakis and President Bill Clinton in their presidential campaigns. I need your help. I believe that this is the most important campaign of our lifetime. I am convinced that we have a very real opportunity to beat George Bush if we nominate the strongest opponent. I’ve known John Kerry for thirty years, and I know that John is the man to beat Bush – because of his foreign policy experience, his record of standing up for average Americans, and because he is a man of character and courage as evidenced by his military record. But first, we have to win the primaries. As we all know, Howard Dean appears to have a monopoly on internet fundraising and activism and, to his credit, he has gotten a lot of people involved at a grassroots level and raised a lot online. We can win this thing, but we need your help. Spread the word by encouraging your friends to visit and sign up as a supporter on www.johnkerry.com. Our online activism is growing; we’ve recently launched our new site and I think you will find it engaging and informative. I have a challenge for you. We need to bring down the hammer and hit our goal of $1 million in online contributions by midnight on Sept. 30th. We have over 200,000 online supporters, and if everyone gives $50, that’s over $10 million. Give today, as much as you can afford. The money we raise now is important for funding our campaign through the primaries, but it’s important for another reason. How we do by the Sept. 30th FEC filing deadline will determine how the media perceives our campaign. If you care about helping the strongest candidate win the nomination and the Presidency, you need to stand up and be counted now. Together we can win, but we only have a short time to make the critical difference. Thank you for your help. Bob Farmer National Treasurer