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| Posted By: Dem Dude Posted On: Apr 5, 2006 Views: 2408 | Harris Miller is the Choice of Blacks and Women The following is yet another endorsement of hi tech entrepeneuerial leader, Harris Miller over military industrial complex member, Jim Webb: I know what a Virginia Democrat is: Someone who brings people together to get things done - someone who realizes that you accomplish great things only by including people, not by excluding them. Today, I'm proud to endorse Harris Miller for U.S. Senate with my friends Senator Benjamin Lambert, Senator Louise Lucas, Delegate Lionell Spruill, Delegate Dwight Jones, and Delegate Roslyn Tyler. Harris Miller is the candidate we trust to represent us in the U.S. Senate. We know he will be a strong and reliable partner for our community and for all Virginians. But there is another reason that I am here on Harris Miller's behalf today as well. I am truly and deeply troubled by the statements made and positions held by Harriss opponents in the Democratic primary and the general election. Those are strong words, but we know that Senator Allen has opposed inclusive ideas like the Martin Luther King holiday and diversity programs in education. We also know that Jim Webb wrote in 2000, "Affirmative action...brought about a permeating state-sponsored racism that is as odious as the Jim Crow laws it sought to countermand." In 2004, Webb called diversity programs "reverse discrimination." I have seen racism, I have seen Jim Crow, and I have seen discrimination. Talking about efforts to ensure that hard-working African-American children have the opportunities they deserve and calling it 'racism' has more in common with the most extreme views of right-wing idealogues than anything the Democratic Party stands for. I cannot accept Jim Webb's views and statements on affirmative action, and when these views become widely known, not only in the African-American community but among Democrats in general, I think his candidacy will have rough going gaining support among the rank and file. And I can tell you that without that support, he will have no chance against George Allen come November. I am proud to be a Virginia Democrat and to have stood with Harris Miller, Bobby Scott, Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, Chuck Robb, Doug Wilder and so many other Virginia Democrats throughout the years. As your Senator I will continue to stand with Virginia Democrats, and to advance the principles for which so many of us have fought so hard. Yours truly, Senator Henry L. Marsh III p.s. To join me in supporting Harris Miller's campaign, please sign up here: http://action.miller2006.net/miller2006/join.tcl |
| Posted By: Dannyboy Posted On: Mar 6, 2006 Views: 3034 | Wrong, Dude. How many campaigns have you worked on, Dem Dude? How long have you been in this game? I've been doing this stuff since I was in the Second Grade, and although I'm a freshman in college, I've worked on more campaigns than most people have in their entire life. I am a published analyst online. I know what I'm talking about, Dude. If I can warn Virginia Democrats about anything, it's this: Coattails DO NOT last. I guarantee it. Mark Warner's coattails are just the same. Look back at Virginia Governor history. Baliles ran on Robb's coattails. Wilder couldn't, because it had JUST been done. Wilder had to run on his own merits. Coattails need to be used sparingly, or they'll tear, and then nobody will be able to use them ever again. Give Mark Warner a break, no matter how influential he is, he can't carry somebody against a giant like George Allen. Somebody will have to run on their own merits. As the post below points out, Miller's merits are limited in the eyes of many people. Nobody can deny the Webb has done many great things for this country (soldier, lawyer, journalist, writer, Secretary of the Navy). |
| Posted By: Dannyboy Posted On: Mar 6, 2006 Views: 3008 | Wow... What he said... |
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