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Iraq War Vet Running for Congress in VA-1 Special Election Dec. 11th

There are two special Congressional elections on December 11th, 2007. Both are Republican districts that suddenly look like possible Dem pickups. Neither will be easy, but they are panicking the Republicans to such a degree that they are having to sink money they don't even have into these races. Yep...the Republican party are going into debt to defend these two seats, meaning that fighting them here will make it easier for Dems to pick up seats in 2008. OH-5 is getting lots of attention on Daily Kos, and if I get some info on how you can volunteer some time, believe me I will let you know...probably ad nauseum. The other race, VA-1, is getting less attention. This is partly because it is more of a long shot (like many of the 2006 pick ups!) and partly because the Dem candidate (as is typical of Virginia) is more conservative. But to me, it is an opportunity not to be missed. Forcing the Republicans to go deeper and deeper into debt even before 2008 hits us is just too sweet. So, for those who want to help, I present to you the VA-1 Special election in 2007.

From Phil Forgit's (Democrat for VA-1) website:

Philip Forgit is a Veteran of the Iraq War and a Bronze Star recipient . He served with a Naval Special Warfare Unit as an advisor to the Iraqi Army in 2005-2006. A Naval Reservist, Philip was mobilized from his former job as a 4th grade teacher at Rawls Byrd Elementary .

Philip is a nationally recognized teacher , winning the 2005 National Education Association (NEA) Award for Teaching Excellence.

Philip lives in Williamsburg with his wife, Dawn, also a school teacher, and their three children. They attend Grace Convenant Presbyterian Church where Philip serves as a Deacon and Chair of the Mercy Ministry.

Philip Forgit for Congress
Vote December 11th

Support a Veteran AND an Educator for Congress. Phil Forgit has been endorsed by Teamsters Local 95, Former Virginia Governor Mark Warner, Captain Ted Hontz USN (Ret) Former Commanding Officer, Aegis Training Center, Chap Petersen, State Senator-Elect, 34th District (and someone I have pushed for before!), Sheriff Gerald S. Holt, and many others.

If you want to help, here are some ways you can help scare the pants off the Republicans:

Canvass for Philip â€“ Newport News
Every Saturday and Sunday
2 Hidenwood Shopping Center
Newport News , VA
Contact Jamey at Jamey@forgit2007.com

Canvass for Philip â€“ Stafford
Every Saturday and Sunday
Location TBD
Contact Missy at missy@forgit2007.com

Phone for Philip â€“ Hampton Roads
Every Monday through Friday
2 Hidenwood Shopping Center
Newport News , VA
Contact Jamey at jamey@forgit2007.com

Phones for Philip
Every Monday through Friday
Location TBD
Contact Missy at missy@forgit2007.com

Or contact the Forgit for Congress Campaign and offer to Volunteer or Donate. This is a real chance to make in roads into a solidly red district, quite possibly win an off-season pick up, and set us up for some big wins in 2008.

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"There has never been a just one, never an honorable one - on the part of the instigator of the war. I can see a million years ahead, and this rule will never change in so many as half a dozen instances. The loud little handful - as usual - will shout for the war. The pulpit will - warily and cautiously - object - at first; the great, big, dull bulk of the nation will rub its sleepy eyes and try to make out why there should be a war, and will say, earnestly and indignantly, "It is unjust and dishonorable, and here is no necessity for it."

Then the handful will shout louder.

A few fair men on the other side will argue and reason against the war with speech and pen, and at first will have a hearing and be applauded; but it will not last long; those others will outshout them, and presently the anti-war audiences will thin out and lose popularity. Before long you willsee this curious thing: the speakers stoned from the platform, and free speech strangled by hordes of furious men who in their secret hearts are still at one with those stoned speakers - as earlier - but do not dare to say so.

And now the whole nation - pulpit and all - will take up the war-cry, and shout itself hoarse, and mob any honest man who ventures to open his mouth; and presently such mouths will cease to open. Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception."

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