Hello, my fellow Kossacks!  My name is Donald Bortz.  I've been a Kossack since 2004, when I joined just after the election.  I've written over 40 diaries, 2 of which have made it to the rec list.  Both of those told of my experience in Iraq.  I'm also a frontpager at Blogging For Michigan, an outstanding liberal state blog.

We're all here because we believe in America and our communities.  We want to make our country a better place to live.  We want to make sure that anyone who works an honest job should be able to afford to pay the rent.  We believe in looking after our veterans, and making higher education available so people can have a strong education and the good paying job that goes with it.

We know that you can't be anti-worker and pro-business.  Without a strong workforce, our economy will cease to exist.

We believe it's the right of all our citizens to have healthcare.

Even more important, we believe that our elected leaders should stand up for these ideas.  And that's why I, Donald Bortz, have decided to run for office.

As wonderful as the election results are, there is even better news!  MSNBC is reporting that a Democratic candidate for county commissioner, who died two months ago, defeated the Republican candidate! The voters knew she was deceased! Long story short, while we prefer our candidates to be living, under current conditions a dead Democrat is better than a live Repub.
Here's the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...