There are all sorts of ways you can get involved in this year's elections for Congress (House and Senate). Support solid candidates, get others to do the same, donate to the campaigns at home and around the country, write letters to editor, write opinion pieces, call in to talk radio shows, and rally friends, neighbors and family to get involved.
Keep in mind that if we do not dramatically change the makeup of Congress this November, our Country will be change permanently for the worse -- the Obama-Pelosi Healthcare plan is only the first step. The "takers" will soon outnumber the "producers" and rest assured they will vote -- will you? Please try to make a difference.
The producers of our Country need us to stand up and be counted. Don't you dare let us be written off for lack of effort. Please join the fray for after November's elections it may be too late and it will be our fault for letting it happen. A majority of American voters (and those eligible to vote who did not) made a super stupid choice in November of 2008. It is said; "you can't fix stupid", but we can vote it out of office.
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Here is one of my efforts:
The Wall Street Journal
WSJ.com
May 19, 2010, 10:13 AM ET
Vietnam POW Backs Simmons in Conn. Race
Decorated Vietnam prisoner of war Orson Swindle today endorsed Republican Rob Simmons in the Connecticut Senate race.
The support comes at an opportune time—just two days after the New York Times reported that leading Democratic candidate Attorney General Richard Blumenthal had wrongly said he had served in Vietnam.
In a statement, Swindle praised Simmons as “my fellow Vietnam Veteran” and offered a sharp critique of Blumenthal that recalled his own days in Vietnam. Simmons is engaged in a primary battle with former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Linda McMahon.
“Having experienced Vietnam as I did and having had the honor of meeting and befriending literally thousands of real Vietnam veterans, I find the Attorney General’s distortion of his Marine Corps experience totally offensive and disgusting,” Swindle said. “He does not deserve to be in public service, much less the U.S. Senate.”
A spokeswoman for Blumenthal’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Swindle’s endorsement.
Swindle was a prisoner of war in Vietnam for seven years. He shared a cell with Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, who Swindle supported for president in 2008.
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report increased the competitiveness rating of the Connecticut Senate race on Tuesday following the report over Blumenthal’s exaggerated service record. The attorney general—who has heavily favored to win this November–later admitted Tuesday to misspeaking “on a few occasions out of hundreds of events” and defended his record on veterans’ issues.
Cook surmised that Blumenthal is likely to remain the nominee but that “there is now a very long and deep scratch in Blumenthal’s Teflon, and the tougher the Teflon, the more damaging the scratch. Voters are now likely to see Blumenthal as more of a typical politician than he’s ever been.”
Former Republican Connecticut Rep. Chris Shays told the New York Times today that he had noted Blumenthal’s exaggerations over his war record over the years. “He just kept adding to the story, the more he told it,” Shays said.
A Rasmussen survey of likely Connecticut voters taken Tuesday showed Blumenthal’s 13 percentage point lead over McMahon two weeks ago had dwindled to three points, 48% to 45%. And his lead over Simmons shrank to 11 points from 23 points two weeks ago. The survey also found that 26% of voters say Blumenthal should withdraw.
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Orson Swindle is a former Federal Trade Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of Commerce and career Marine Corps officer. Highly decorated for valor and performance, he was held a prisoner of war in Hanoi, Vietnam for over six years. He is a close personal friend of Senator John McCain and worked as a volunteer on McCain’s presidential campaign.
