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I know this may not interest 99% of the people here, but I got a smile on my face today when I read my local newspaper.

On August 9th the online edition of the Terrell Tribune ran a story about a Town Hall meeting being held by Jeb Hensarling in Athens. I had a problem with the way the story was presented, and I wrote about it here. It was basically the press release from Hensarlings office reprinted in the paper. The story referred to the Senate Immigration Bill as the Reid-Kennedy bill, which is incorrect and directly taken from the press release. Well todays Terrell Tribune does all right by me.

Scumbag John Carter sent out a fundraising letter labeling TX-31 candidate Mary Beth Harrell with the 'cut and run' smear. She's not in the military, but her husband and her two sons are. One son just returned to Iraq. John Carter is one of the Yellow Elephants who have never served.

The Texas Fighting Dems were not amused.

More - with podcast linky goodness - in the extended.

We had our Kaufman County meet up today in Forney, TX. It was fun, being able to speak to people who think like I do. There were probably about twelve or so people there. It was really a way for our County Chair to let people what can be expected, and to get ideas on how to get more exposure for our candidates.

Bear Gleason was there, he is running against Betty Brown for State Rep Dist 4.
Charlie Thompson was scheduled to be there, but had dental work done yesterday, so he was not feeling well today. I think we have all been in that boat.

I normally dislike the practice of people posting a diary for a candidate unless it's the candidate or someone working for the candidate that's posting it. I am not a candidate and I do not work for one.

Forgive me if I have missed this, but my candidiate for US House Charlie Thompson will be on The Majority Report tonight.  Charlie is taking on Jeb Hensarling in the TX-05 district.  

I have often been critical of the local Democratic party for not being 'seen' in our community.  Today I had the opportunity to meet our new County Chair, Lisa Coleman and Charlie Thompson, candidate for Congressional seat TX-05 at the Terrell Heritage Jubilee.  I wasnt expecting a table for the Kaufman County Democrats, but big surprise.