It's now 2006, an important national election year with every House seat and one-third of the Senate up for grabs. This will be a critically important chance to
SEND A MESSAGE to George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Don Rumsfeld, and the Republican-controlled Congress.
That's right, come November 2006, YOU will have a chance to tell these people that we will not stand for their ruinous economic policies, their debacle in Iraq, their assault on our civil liberties, their unethical and illegal behavior, their cronyism, their incompetence, their ruinous fiscal policies, their assault on the environnment, their assault on democracy both at home and abroad, and their far-right-wing social agenda. Come November 2006, YOU will have a chance to restore some semblance of "checks and balances" in Washington, DC by turning Congress over to the Democrats. Finally, come November 2006, YOU will have a chance to set the stage for 2008, when we will choose a new President of the United States.
Target #1 for November 2006? How about
George Allen, a Presidential wannabe, a man who once said "let's enjoy knocking [the Democrats] soft teeth down their whining throats," a
far-right extremist with ties to Jack Abramoff and a record almost devoid of accomplishments in the US Senate? And how about the fact that, despite all this, Allen is considered a front-runner for the Republican Presidential nomination in 2008?
The thought of a George Allen Presidency is completely unacceptable. Simply stated, we cannot let this happen. That's why we must STOP GEORGE ALLEN NOW, or risk the chance of 4 more disastrous years in this country.
Luckily, there's a way we can stop Allen, right here, right now. His name is James Webb, the first Naval Academy graduate in history to serve in the military and then become Secretary of the Navy. In Vietnam, Webb won the Navy Cross. the Silver Star, two Bronze Star Medals and two Purple Hearts. Since Vietnam, Webb earned his JD from Georgetown Univerity, wrote six best-selling books, and won an Emmy Award for his work as a journalist.
As a genealogist and author of "Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America," Webb is one of the leading experts and representatives of an important group of people who settled and greatly influence life throughout much of the South today - hard working and proud people who used to be part of the Democratic coalition and CAN BE ONCE AGAIN! James Webb can help bring these people back, so that we can finally stop asking "What's the Matter with Kansas?"
On a personal level, James Webb has tremendous integrity and principle, speaking out against the Iraq war at least since September 2002, defending Democrat and Vietnam war hero Chuck Robb against Ollie North's scurrilous, "Swift-Boating" attacks in the 1994 US Senate race. In addition, Webb was responsible for lobbying the U.S. government to place the statue of the three soldiers at the Vietnam Memorial. And Webb was the one who argued for inclusion of a black soldier in the statue.
On race relations, Webb may very well be a visionary. This is what Webb wrote in 2004: "the greatest realignment in modern politics would take place rather quickly if the right national leader found a way to bring the Scots-Irish and African Americans to the same table, and so to redefine a formula that has consciously set them apart for the past two centuries." Wow, that's an inspiring thought! And James Webb can be the one to do it, if we help him.
What do we need to do? Simple: persuade James Webb to run for US Senate from Virginia in 2006. We know that Webb, a former Republican turned Democrat, is seriously thinking about it. We know that Webb has responded to a "draft" once before in his life. So why not now? Why not draft an old soldier for another chance to serve his country?
That's exactly what a group of us - concerned citizens and grassroots activists - intend to do - persuade James Webb to run against George Allen for Senate in 2006! To accomplish this mission, we have set up a petition to Draft James Webb for Senate. This does NOT just affect Virginia, it affects the entire country. That's why we're asking you, if you want James Webb to take on - and DEFEAT - George Allen in 2006, to fill out and sign our petition.
Thank you very much.