meeting John F. Kerry, Gov. Mark R. Warner & others TOMORROW in VA

[diamond14]

hope everyone here has been WORKING HARD to help this happen succesfully...

a BIG TIME welcome to John F. Kerry by Virginians.....it's time...Virginia is NOW going for Kerry/Edwards and the BIG KICK-off fund raiser is FRIDAY July 16th in Arlington....Governor Mark Warner gives a BIG WELCOME to JFK, the NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.....

I am proud to be there...and STAND UP with other Virginians to welcome John F. Kerry to OUR fine State....

[magnolia]

1. Cool!

I am so pumped! I really think Virginia will go Kerry!

[Gin]

2. do you think Warner has a spot in the Kerry administration? Or senator?

he seems to be a good politican and good negotiator.

[Progressive420]

3. Personally I think he will run for

Senate against Allan unless Senator Warner decides to retire he would probably run for the open seat

[Penndems]

4. He IS going to be running against Allen

Saw it in the D.C. Political Report.

and . . . GET THIS . . . none other than Tom Davis is running for John Warner's Senate seat.

We have to put the kibosh on THAT one, LOL!

http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/stbyst.htm

[livinginphotographs]

5. That's awesome!

Allen finally pushed me over the edge with his support of the FMA, and the snotty email I got back from his office about it. I emailed him back vowing to anything and everything to kick his sorry ass out of office, and being able to vote for Mark Warner to do it will make it even sweeter.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

6. What did the response say

If I might ask? I've always thought Allen to be a smarmy bastard. Didja see the thread of him ogling someone's breast onstage with *?

[livinginphotographs]

7. Turns out I still have the email...

I don't have the one I originally sent him, because I sent it through the HRC website, but here's his canned response:

Dear (me):

Thank you for contacting me regarding the issue of marriage and a
Federal Marriage Amendment. I appreciate your concerns and want my
position to be very clear.

As a United States Senator, I will support and protect the
traditional, common sense definition of marriage in law as only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife. While it was my hope that the existing Defense of Marriage Act could accomplish this goal, I believe that recent events and future court decisions indicate that a constitutional amendment is needed to protect the rights of the people in the States to define the institution of marriage.

To that end, I will vote for a Marriage Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution when the Senate considers one in July.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact me. If you would like
to receive an e-mail newsletter about my initiatives to improve America, please sign up on my website (http://allen.senate.gov). It is an honor to serve you in the United States Senate, and I look forward to working with you to make Virginia and America a better place to live, learn, work and raise a family.

With warm regards, I remain

Sincerely,

Senator George Allen

:puke:

And my response:

Dear Senator Allen:
Thank you for your reply. I appreciate your taking the time to clarify your position on the Federal Marriage Amendment.

With that said, let me make my position clear: I will do everything in my power to make sure that you lose your Senate seat when you come up for re-election in 2006. The US Constitution is no place for bigotry, and I am disgusted by your self-righteous response to my original email, which I doubt you even read. This is no small issue for a large number of voters, and I hope that you and all others who wish to write discrimination into the Constitution all find themselves unemployed very, very soon.

Sincerely,
(me)

And I haven't seen the boob picture, but I don't doubt it. He's got a typically glazed-over Republican smirk that would make Rick Santorum cringe.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

8. Thanks!

Loved your response.

:hi: