Cornyn

Memorial Day is the day that we honor men and women who have died to protect this country. Did you know that Memorial Day started after the Civil War? General Logan, a Union soldier, had been impressed with how the South had honored their dead. Memorial Day was called Decoration Day until after World War II.

I remember my Mom and Dad calling it Decoration Day. When I was growing up, it was a pretty big holiday. There was always a parade. Then we would go to the cemetary and lay flowers on everyone� grave. We would have a picnic and later that evening, there would be fireworks at the city park. That has gone by the wayside though. We don�t celebrate it like we did.

Thanks to Muse for penning this awesome fundraising letter. I couldn't say it better. Except to add that if you want to see a progressive candidate run against Cornyn, one who doesn't use code words about the GLBT community or think that women should be forced to bear children. Donate now. As much as you can. Do it today!

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We progressives have known that Cornyn is one of the most incompetent Senators in Washington for a long time. It looks like the rest of the state is finally catching up.

Lots of names have been thrown around to run against Cornyn in 2008. All of them have either fallen to the wayside except for Mikal Watts , who is openly pro-forced pregnancy:

I personally have the view: I hold the pro-life position with three exceptions: one for rape, one for incest, one for the life of the mother.

There are plenty of other reasons to be wary of Watts, but this one trumps all for me. We need a senator who will protect women's reproductive rights. Plain and simple.

We have a potential candidate right here in Houston who is more than just acceptable, he's a great progressive with a proven record. That would be Rick Noriega. He spent a year in Afghanistan, has been deployed to the border and did an outstanding job managing the relief efforts in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.

I had the opportunity to speak with him at his wife Melissa's victory party Saturday night. I'm confident that with enough grassroots support, and funding, he will answer the call to run for senate. He will run a great campaign, beat Mikal Watts, despite his money and easily replace Box Turtle Cornyn in 2008.

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