LTE Reprinted from Samoa News Nov. 9, 2006
November 09, 2006

"AMATA COLEMAN, REPUBLICAN LADY OF INSPIRATION"

Dear Editor

This year's election has come to an end and while some are overjoyed with the results, some are dismayed. As a new voter, I didn't realize how important this was until I became part of it. And I am so glad that I made my first choices this year. I admired so many candidates but Mrs. Aumua Amata Coleman is my inspiration.

In the year 2004, I was a Junior Statesmen Scholarship recipient to the University of Stanford in Palo Alto. I didn't realize how passionate I was about politics until I was stuck to do a speech about Gay Marriage, Abortion, School Vouchers and having God's name in the Pledge of Allegiance. I was fanatical about the whole situation and I loved it. Not only that but I found out that I was a Republican. A conservative young me.

And so is Amata. Amata, I appreciate the way you fight for your territory, regardless of the many problems you have faced. I know that if our people knew more about the differences between Democrats and Republicans, there would have been a slight change in their vote. I have seen the ballots rise and fall each year the election comes around, but the one constant through it all is you.

You are truly an inspiration. I hope that you do not give up now. Ben Carson once said that "If a door closes a window opens" and I want to say the same to you. Keep up that Republican spirit and that Republican heart.

Yours truly,

Young Republican Voter


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