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October 29, 2004
Notes from the Campaign Trail
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I've spent most of my non-regular work time campaigning for Frank Wolf, GOP Congressman for Virginia's Tenth District. He's up against a carpetbagger from Californial named James Socas. I've done door-hangers, made get-out-the-vote phone calls, and stood outside grocery stores handing out literature. It's the first time I've ever worked for a national campaign, I've met some great people, and it's been an awful lot of fun.
Anyway, in the aforementioned post I said that the final straw that prompted me to get involved that I heard one of James Socas' radio ads, which essentially called Mr Wolf a "religious extremist."
Just to show how far his challenge has gone, the liberal Washington Post has come out strongly for Frank Wolf, and has condemned Socas' tactics in no uncertain terms. Money paragraph in the Post editorial:
...Mr. Socas has used the telephone survey as well as fliers to suggest to voters that Mr. Wolf is a member of an "extreme" religious group known as "the Family," which was the subject of a lengthy article in Harper's Magazine last year. Mr. Wolf makes no secret of his deep Christian beliefs, which he says have motivated him to take a leading role in Congress on behalf of oppressed people (including Muslims and Buddhists) in Darfur, Ethiopia, Tibet, China and elsewhere. We have long admired Mr. Wolf's commitment to human rights around the world; few members of Congress have more actively pushed for recognition of the ongoing genocide in Darfur. For Mr. Socas to portray Mr. Wolf as some kind of religious fanatic is reprehensible.
Reprehensible. The Post does not use that word lightly.
Readers of this blog will recall that in several posts (examples here and here) I've come out strongly in favor of action to alleviate the situation in Sudan.
As Virginia is reliable Bush country, I've decided to focus my efforts on this congressional race. However, on Tuesday, I'll be at one of my local polling places handing out literature for both Bush and Wolf.
Posted by Tom at October 29, 2004 9:05 PM
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