Give 'Em Hell Harry Taylor

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Harry Taylor's running for Congress in NC- 09! :applause:

Here's a snippet from his diary at DKos;

Let me confess that never in a million years would I have thought I would go into politics, or run for the Congress of the United States. I have been agonizing over this decision for the past year...wondering whether it can make a difference.

Until recently, I saw myself as a businessman. After serving in the military, I began my business career in Colorado, building buildings and selling real estate. I moved to North Carolina over twenty years ago to continue that career.

North Carolina has been good to me.

I’ve made a fair living in business and I believe deeply in our free enterprise system. It is the engine that drives our world. It gives people the opportunity to pursue their dreams, to chart their own course, and to live out the most important value we Americans hold dear...and that is personal freedom.
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But with that personal freedom comes responsibility. We are all so busy, so over-committed, so wired, so anxious...that we forget, too often, that it is our responsibility to be involved with the governance of our cities, and states and our country. We don't seem to know or care who rules us or what they do, as long as it doesn't disrupt our own lives, as long as it doesn’t make us too uncomfortable, as long as it's business as usual.

In past years...specifically the past 7 years... something has gone terribly wrong. We are led by a group of people within the Republican party, which...by the way...remains the party of my 87-year old father, who have...quite simply...lost their way. And they are leading us to places and situations that I chose not to follow. Selfish beyond all measure, drunk on power, violent, unhearing, reckless, and uncaring for those who come behind. They would divide us and polarize us and cause us to hate our fellow Americans.

Eighteen months ago I attended a Town Hall meeting in Charlotte with the President and had a chance to speak. I told him that I had never been more ashamed of our leadership in Washington. Understand that I don’t hate Bush. But I am embarrassed and angered and frightened by his leadership. This president does not speak for me. He doesn’t speak for most of us here in the 9th District, regardless of whether we are Democrats, Republicans, or Independents.

But...and let's be clear on this....the president hasn't done all this on his own. Those members of Congress who have made George Bush’s presidency possible, in all its enormous failings, are as much to blame. Those members who rubber-stamped the war and the deficits and the shameful inaction on healthcare, energy independence and climate change. Those who've consistently turned a blind eye to corruption all around them. These people have exemplified the very worst of Congress. The ideological extremism. The total failure of leadership.

more: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/11/17/143732/91

:dem: Give 'em hell Harry!

[zanne]

1. Buck you, Fush and your smirking face...

If I believed in hell, I'd want you to go there.