[snugs]

I agree that is bad manners. I do not care whether it is a political organization or companies advertising to use someone's name in the body of a letter is not correct. I suppose that use it as a hard sell thinking that it personalizes the letter more but for me it makes it seem even more a standard unsolicited letter.

[tommix2]

It certainly is rude. The modern word processor gives them the ability to repeat a name in the body of the letter and they think they are clever doing it, but they must not have any class to think it would be effective.