Even if you don't live in Houston, this race matters.
In 2004, when I challenged Tom Delay at the height of his power, it was seen as a fool's errand. The Majority Leader of the House was considered unassailable.
I and my campaign team assailed him nonetheless, because it was a job that needed doing. When we held him to 55%, it was clear that Fortress Delay had more than a few cracks.
In 2008, we have another job that needs doing. Time to replace John Cornyn in the Senate. And Cornyn's numbers show him to be vulnerable to a strong, people-powered candidate from the Democratic side.
Is there such a candidate? I believe there is. I'm asking you to help me draft him into the service of his state and his country once again.
Since you last heard from me, we are closing in on our goal of raising $25,000 to get our attack ad on cable TV. In less than two weeks we have raised $5,128.25. With your help we have the Goper's in Fort Bend County running scared. Even Gov. Rick Perry is worried about Fort Bend.
The Fort Bend Herald, Fort Bend County's largest newspaper, reported last Friday that the local republicans are terrified of us democrats.
http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2 006/09/15/news/news02.txt
"The Democratic Party in Fort Bend County this year is well funded and has been highly active, said more than one Republican candidate at the Fort Bend County Republican Party Executive Committee meeting..."
We have produced an ad on behalf of the Fort Bend County Democrats here in the great state of Texas - and we're using the "D word" - Democrat. For those of you who don't know, Fort Bend County is the home (or former home) of Tom Delay.
Kay Bailey needs to be defeated. She is one of the lead characters in the corrupt republican regime.
I'd like to introduce you to a friend of mine who's running for Congress here in Texas: John Courage. John is a school teacher from San Antonio, an air-force veteran, and a committed Democrat. He's running against Lamar Smith, the man who has done more to erode civil liberties than any other single member of Congress. Oh yeah, he's Tom DeLay's good friend too!?!
You might have seen some blogs talking about Smith's confidential immigration policy memo to Karl Rove that leaked yesterday. There's a lot more about Lamar's nastyness here.
With his strong showing in the DFA grassroots balloting, Courage has emerged as the strongest netroots candidate in Texas this cycle. He's got a chance to win Democracy for America's "Grassroots Allstar" election. The winner will get an email sent to the entire nationwide DFA list, announcing their endorsement of him or her. Vote for him in the finals here: http://tools.democracyforamerica.com/housevote/
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