I was asked by two people to post a new diary about my decision to run for public office. I wrote a long diary last night, and then I lost the entry by inadvertently hitting the back button.
For brevity, I'll say that 4 years ago I never imagined I'd be doing something like this, but I also never imagined my brother would be killed in a terrorist attack with nearly 3,000 other people, and then the Republican Party would exploit it for a dramatic, un-American agenda- and be so arrogant about it.
I went to D.C. in late Sept. 2002 with about 9 other 9/11 relatives to lobby members of Congress to vote against the war authorization vote. We were invited by the Rep. Kucinich and the Progressive Caucus (the biggest caucus in the House by the way). Kucinich and about 20 members of Congress arranged a press conference with us on the steps of the Capitol. One Congressman told us that they "needed us" to help them stop the drive to war. That gives you an idea of how bad the climate was leading up to the mid-term elections of 2002. Rove was brilliant then, not so much this week (which I'll get to in a minute).
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