To the editor:
As a Romney delegate from Maine to the Republican National Convention in Tampa this August, I was greatly impressed and moved by the display of American Patriotism and love for God and Country openly displayed by prayers, speeches and song each day of the 4-day event.
Speakers and performers presented a refreshing unity of diversity in personality, talent, sophistication, and experience in the arenas of government, politics, business, education, sports, entertainment, military service, and culture.
Yet, when we arrived back at our hotel, sometimes after midnight and again in the morning, we watched the national news as if there had been a filter placed on television, radio, and print media, because the truth of what was really happening at the Republican National Convention was not evident.
The political filters and spin doctors of the main stream media were continuing to present a biased, narrow, and distorted view of the Republican Party and of our Presidential Nominee, Mitt Romney.
It was therefore very encouraging when, along with 70 million other viewers, we saw the same Mitt Romney we had met at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, unedited, during the October 3 debate on national television. This was and is the Mitt Romney who in summary is the best candidate for less government and bi-partisanship.
On Nov 6, we can choose to either: (1) stay on the path of division and bankruptcy, leading to a godless European style nanny-state where the growing tyranny of government intervention and control stifles individual thought and initiative in favor of the collective mind, will and emotion; or (2) work together to return to the path of American Exceptionalism where the unique and basic American values of Liberty, In God We Trust and E Pluribus Unum can and will overcome the destructive assaults of Radical Leftism and Islamism.
At this critical moment in the history of our great nation, it is my belief that a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for America and restoration of the values and policies that made America the Beacon of Freedom for Individual Rights and Liberty in the world.
Hon. Hayes Gahagan
Chair of the Aroostook County Republican Committee
