For those of you who don't know me, my name is Jim Martin and I'm
running for Senate against Saxby Chambliss in Georgia. It's been a
tough fought campaign, and despite November 4 coming and going, it
isn't over yet. We have a runoff election on December 2, and another
op****tunity to fight for the middle class and against the failed
policies that Saxby has sup****ted in Wa****ngton for a decade and a
half.
I'm sure you remember Saxby from his 2002 campaign against Max Cleland
in which he infamously aired one of the most shameful ads I've ever
seen. Saxby's ad tried to link Max, a heroic war veteran and triple
amputee, to Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein. John McCain said this
on those attacks:
I'd never seen anything like that ad. Putting pictures of Saddam
Hussein and Osama bin Laden next to the picture of a man who left
three limbs on the battlefield -- it's worse than disgraceful. It's
reprehensible.
But time has a way of making people forget, and John McCain is coming
down to Georgia tomorrow to campaign for my opponent. Maybe John
McCain has forgotten Saxby's "worse than disgraceful" behavior, but we
sure haven't.
And while Saxby's campaign tactics of smearing a war veteran are
indeed "reprehensible," his record on veterans' issues in the Senate
may be even worse. Saxby voted to send our troops to war without
proper body armor, voted 23 times to cut their healthcare when they
return home, and even opposed a tax cut for our veterans while they
serve in the line of duty. Saxby voted twice against Jim Webb's dwell
time amendment to give our troops more time with their families
between tours of duties and opposed funding for traumatic brain injury
research, the "signature wound" of the War in Iraq. It's no wonder
that so many veterans' organizations have given Saxby poor and failing
grades for his record on veterans' issues =96 Saxby has failed America's
veterans.
As a veteran myself, vets issues have always been one of my top
priorities. I'm not a war hero, I just served my country like so many
Americans. But because of that experience I know the im****tance of
giving back to our veterans and I will work with President-elect Obama
to give our men and women in uniform the resources they need and the
respect they deserve.
The netroots have been extremely sup****tive of my campaign so far, and
for that I thank you. But today I ask for your help again. The issues
that we're dealing with in this campaign are the most vital of our
day, but groups like Karl Rove's Freedom's Watch are already running
negative attacks against me and you can be sure the hits will only get
more vicious and more personal as December 2 approaches.
If you're interested in getting involved with my campaign, visit
MartinForSenate.com to volunteer or visit my Act Blue page.
Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of your help, and
I'll be around for a little while to take questions in the comments
below.
http://www.martinforsenate.com/home.html
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