Beat Lamar Alexander – Vote Joe Carr – Lamar Alexander Wouldn’t Help African Orphans

Views…News…and Reviews! ^ | November 10, 2013

[don-o]

In 2008 I wrote a letter to Lamar Alexander asking for a financial donation of just $50 to help me help orphans in Africa, contribute to African Orphans Educations, etc. I thought Lamar Alexander would actually support the cause. You can read the PDF here.

I was travelling there – and raising funds not only for travel but for direct giving as well as a long term education program to offer African orphans educational opportunities. I thought writing Lamar Alexander would do some good. I thought he might help.

We had just had 2 terms of George W. Bush who supported Africa. The artist Bono was building awareness of African issues. I thought Tennesee, known as “The Volunteer State” would rally to help me. I thought Lamar Alexander would help me.

I had only lived in the Volunteer State a year by the time I wrote this letter. But I was sure Lamar Alexander would help me. I mean after all, Volunteer state, Volunteer work. And what better cause than to change young people’s lives abroad.

My local Republican group rallied around me and supported the effort, so I believed Senator Lamar Alexander would too.

Even though the African American population generally votes Democrat, I thought Sen. Lamar Alexander could spare $50 out of his millions to help me help the African youth I spoke of in this letter.

I finally got my answer. I got a letter in the mail shortly afterwards. I couldn’t wait to hear from the Senator. I was so excited to get his letter. I was so excited to get Senator Lamar Alexander's Response to my plea to help African Orphans.

I was so excited to get Senator Lamar Alexander’s response to my plea to help African Orphans.

I opened the letter expecting something to be said and a check of support for one of his constituents. Instead however I got the answer I never expected from a man of millions: “No”. See Lamar Alexander say “No” to African Orphans in his rejection letter here! (PDF) Lamar Alexander said "NO" to supporting my effort to help African Orphans and their educations. He would not send just $50.

Lamar Alexander said “NO” to supporting my effort to help African Orphans and their educations. He would not send just $50.

Instead of supporting Africa through me – Lamar Alexander spent money to have his staff draft a rejection letter to me, then take the time to mail it to me. Lamar Alexander said no.

They even took the time to put it in the mail. I wonder how much it cost to reject me – vs actually just go to the website and make a donation.

I was disappointed in Lamar Alexander. I thought sure he would support me in my efforts to help African orphans achieve a better life in Africa.

Lamar Alexander’s Net Worth is in the MILLIONS. Why he would not support this effort is beyond me. Instead he simply took the time to mail me back a letter. On official office stationary paid by the tax payers.

So during this election I am voting for anyone but Lamar Alexander in 2014. Be it Joe Carr or another serious challenger. Because Lamar Alexander, with his millions, couldn’t even send me $50 for orphans in Africa. It was even TAX DEDUCTIBLE.

I want a senator who cares about those less fortunate, who can spare $50 out of his millions, and who will support those who are doing the work on the ground to make the world a better place.

In short, I can’t support a senator who can’t spare $50 out of his millions to help African Orphans in need – or won’t even support his constituent doing it. I’ll support Joe Carr or anyone else running against him at this point. In my opinion anyone with millions would would ignore a plea to help those in need – with $50 out of his millions – should not get my vote.

[deport]

Lamar! hates African orphans.

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Maybe so but I’d need more than Ron Hall’s rant over $50 to prove it.

[don-o]

for someone who has been here so long its hard to figure how a troll could have slipped into the cracks.

I am a sneaky one, ain't I? LOL!!!

I AM intrigued with the responses thus far. The mere mention of Africa seems to push a hot button with some.

Someone asked if I had read my Alinsky. Not recently, but maybe the source guy has. He's getting attention, isn't he?

Finally, for now - bottom line is that I am worried that Joe Carr's campaign to challenge Lamar! is languishing a bit and I will take any opportunity I can to get notice out that Lamar! does have opposition.

[don-o]

Carr looks weak coming out of the gate. His ad standing in front of a dam was weak and in my view foolish.

I agree with you, bert. I am worried that the TP may have saddled up the wrong hoss. I hope I am proved wrong; but, I need to see some competence soon.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

While there are many reasons to oppose Alexander, this has to rate as one of the pettiest, whiniest diatribes I have seen in a while. It is the sort of thing a candidate would surreptitiously sneak out to show how low-rent his opposition supposedly is.

I detest the “gimmee money or you’re a bad person” mentality, be it from a crack smoking welfare mother who demands that the public pay for her eight babies; or a “save the housefly” animal rights group, who demands civil rights for “insect Americans”.

In any event, Alexander’s reply was a typical polite “bedbug letter”, that was not mean spirited in any way, and contributes nothing to any campaign to replace him in office with a more determined conservative.

Phooey.

[Hugin]

According to the site it was written by somebody called Ron Hall. Whoever he is.

[Teacher317]

This has to be sarcasm or humor. It’s so pathetically written, it’s almost unreadable.

[LazloToth]

I am planning a trip to Hawaii to help young runaway girls and need everybody to send me money. If you don’t send me money you must hate girls and I’ll vote for Ashley Judd.

[Larry Lucido]

I have no money to donate but I’ll go along as free labor.

[sitetest]

Dear don-o,

I don't think it has to do with Africa, specifically. There are folks who believe that charity begins at home, and that we should take care of Americans in need before taking care of Africans, or Indonesians, or South Americans in need.

As well, the attack on Sen. Alexander is, apart from the fact that the appeal was for African orphans, lamebrained. As others have noted, many of us get many solicitations for charitable giving. As a United States Senator, I wouldn't be surprised is Mr. Alexander gets even more than most of us.

Part of the problem is that if one gives a few bucks one time to one charity, suddenly, one is inundated with charitable appeals from every sympathetic cause imaginable. I figure that every dollar of charitable giving my wife and I make elicits $10 is direct mail and $100 in charitable telemarketing. It sometimes makes me feel guilty for giving the dollar.

I gave something like $25 to a particular charity some years back, and I've received literally dozens of pieces of direct mail from them since, as well as a couple of telephone calls (which annoys me to no end, as I never provided my phone number, and it is unlisted and unpublished). Conservatively, they've spent more soliciting additional dollars from me than I ever gave them.

This is really a cheap attack on the senator, and it's beneath you to post, unless you're actually for Sen. Alexander and thus posting this to point out the stupidity of those who oppose Sen. Alexander. I imagine there are all sorts of substantive reasons to oppose Mr. Alexander's re-election, but this actually makes me feel like sending him $50 out of sympathy.

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[ObamahatesPACoal]

Maybe he thought he was being tricked into donating to African Rhinos.