Dear Friend,

Congratulations... you did it. It was your timely, generous, and loyal support that put us over the top.

Today, my schedule is jam-packed with long campaign strategy sessions — my only "breaks" have been talking with the media explaining our platform of cutting the size, cost, and power of the federal government.

Now, I need your help to reach the grassroots and the media with our message of freedom. There are just 161 days left to election day — but we have an immediate challenge of furnishing headquarters with high tech equipment to communicate instantly with tens of thousands of supporters and media contacts.

And we need to do this in the next five days.

Please consider re-investing in the Barr 2008 campaign: your gift of $100 or $1000 or even $25 or $50 is urgently needed. May I count on your support?

The next few days will be busy with the technical, organizational, and promotional aspects of a national campaign. I hope you'll be a part of our exciting plans by donating $50 or $100 — or more — right away.

Mario Diaz-Balart has always found the time to fly to Washington to vote against healthcare for kids, funding for schools and benefits for veterans. Now he says that a debate that was on his calendar for over a month has created a "schedule conflict."

Tell Mario Diaz-Balart this is unacceptable. If he has time to vote against healthcare for kids and benefits for our troops, then he better make time to explain himself to his constituents:

http://joegarcia08.com/WheresMario

Mario's decision to skip this debate and the opportunity to talk to working families doesn't surprise us. After all, how can he possibly explain that his campaign is funded by big oil companies while Florida's families are paying $4 for a gallon of gas? What excuse will he have for opposing the new G.I. Bill?

Mario can run, but he can't hide.

Tell Mario Diaz-Balart that if he shows up to Washington to pick up his paycheck and health insurance courtesy of taxpayers, than he should make time to speak to working families.

http://joegarcia08.com/WheresMario

I am proud of the campaign Joe Garcia is running. It's a grassroots campaign where we go out into the community and talk to people about the challenges they face every day. Our campaign is about offering our community a new path forward and real solutions to the problems we face.

Mario Diaz-Balart has decided to run a divisive campaign. He's decided to distract voters from his record of voting with the Bush administration more than 90% of the time. But it won't work.

Let's send Mario Diaz-Balart packing.

http://joegarcia08.com/WheresMario

Unlike Mario Diaz-Balart, Joe Garcia will attend next week's debate. Even if the podium next to him is empty, he'll be standing up for you, because you have stood up with him.

Thank you so everything you do.

Our family understands the importance of
our troops because we have someone
serving in Iraq. This is why we believe
that when we send brave men and women
to war, we have a solemn obligation to
see that they get the hero's welcome they
have earned when they return home. This
includes benefits like grants to go to
college and proper medical attention.

Apparently, Mario Diaz-Balart disagrees with us.
We were appalled to learn that just last week he voted twice
against funding a new G.I. Bill, medical care for veterans,
treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and even
funeral services for our fallen soldiers.

Even Ileana Ros-Lehtinen understood the importance of supporting
our veterans and joined other members of Congress, like Senator
Jim Webb whose son serves in the military, in supporting this
important bill. This was a simple piece of legislation with one
clear goal: give our troops the hero's welcome they deserve.

Tell Mario Diaz-Balart to support our troops. Tell him his vote is
unacceptable:

http://joegarcia08.com/OurTroops

Mario Diaz-Balart has voted in favor of the Iraq War at every
opportunity – rubber-stamping the Bush Administration's
disastrous entanglement over and over again. The fact that Mario
Diaz-Balart votes to send our troops to war, but then against the
benefits they deserve when they come home, is deplorable. It also
explains why Americans have lost trust in their government.

If there has ever been a sad reminder of what's wrong with
Washington, this is it.

Thanks to you, real change is on the horizon and Mario Diaz-
Balart's days of short-changing our troops and their families are
numbered. But we need your help - we need you to speak out.
Tell Mario Diaz-Balart that our troops deserve a hero's welcome
and the support of their Congress:

http://joegarcia08.com/OurTroops

Thank you so much for being the driving force behind our
campaign.

Joe