Stephen Camp the young attorney from Newnan, Georgia who is running against Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R) GA-03 issued a statement via his website demanding an apology from Congressman Westmoreland for his racists remarks made earlier today. The details were highlighted earlier in several post today here and here.
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Stephan Camp's Statement
STATEMENT BY THIRD DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE STEPHEN CAMP;
WESTMORELAND’S OBAMA COMMENT OUTRAGEOUS; CAMP DEMANDS IMMEDIATE APOLOGY
"This afternoon, Lynn Westmoreland embarrassed the State of Georgia and voters in the Third District by calling Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama and his wife Michelle ‘uppity’ at the Republican National Convention. Asked to clarify his comment, Westmoreland stood firmly by the reference. Such comments are wholly inappropriate and have no place in our nation’s political discourse. The fact that Westmoreland should well understand the hurtful connotations of his reference, particularly for his own Georgia constituents, makes his remark all the more troubling.
On behalf of the voters in the Third District of Georgia and all Georgians, I call upon Lynn Westmoreland to extend a personal apology to the Obamas and to his own constituents. Congressman Westmoreland has yet again embarrassed the Third District, and this time he has done so with a mean-spirited personal attack. If Westmoreland thinks that this behavior and language is appropriate for a member of Congress, we cannot bring change to Washington soon enough."
Since I live in GA-03 I have contacted Camp's office via the website to offer my services. Join me.
UPDATE:
I just talked with the Camp Campaign and they wanted to say thank you to everyone who makes a donation or furthers their message.