https://host.webnethosting.net/davidasheforcongress.com/contribute/Dear Kerry-Edwards Supporters:
This week the Republican Party of Virginia unleashed a vicious attack on David Ashe, Democratic nominee for Congress in Virginia's 2nd District, impugning his patriotism by accusing him of being weak on terrorism. Ashe is a former Marine who served in Iraq and Kuwait as a soldier and a JAG. He volunteered on the bucket brigades at the World Trade Center site right after 911. He knows war and the devastating effects of terrorism first-hand and is precisely the kind of thoughtful yet tough-minded individual needed in Congress. Anyone accusing him of being soft on terrorism deserves to be consigned to political oblivion.
As Virginian-Pilot columnist Dave Addis noted yesterday, this Republican attack stoops to a new low. Following the model pioneered by George W. Bush, Republican nominee Thelma Drake has stated that she honors Ashe's service to his country, while refusing to disavow the Republican flier that slimes Ashe by claiming that because Ashe supports John Kerry, Ashe is soft on terrorism.
The Drake flier also appears to have used my wife Beth's photo of Ashe and Kerry at the July rally in Norfolk where they appeared together. Neither Drake nor the Republican Party of Virginia asked her permission, which is one more indicator of the ethical quality of Drake and her party. Their concept of the free market is apparently one where it is permissible for them to take whatever they want whenever they want it, no matter who it belongs to.
Unfortunately, we cannot assume that these scurrilous attacks will be seen by everyone as the below-the-belt blows they truly are. To win this election, David Ashe needs our support and he needs it now. To enable the Ashe campaign to run the TV ads it needs to run through Election Day, your donations are needed. Whether you live in Ashe's district, as I do, or anywhere else in Virginia or beyond, I urge you to forward this email to everyone you know and to encourage them to support David Ashe's campaign. This needs to happen within the next week to be effective. Donations of any amount are welcome. If the 2004 campaign has demonstrated anything, it is that large numbers of small donations really add up. GIVE TODAY AND URGE YOUR FRIENDS TO GIVE AS WELL!
https://host.webnethosting.net/davidasheforcongress.com/contribute/By supporting David Ashe and sending him to Congress, we will send an unmistakeable message that will resonate far beyond the borders of Virginia's 2nd District. David can win this election, and with our support he will win.
Thanks for all you have done and all you will do between now and November 2.
https://host.webnethosting.net/davidasheforcongress.com/contribute/Dan Redwood
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David Ashe can take this seat back from the republicans. With Ed Shrock out of the race this seat is very much up for grabs. Please give if you've maxed out on Kerry or can afford 10 dollars or so.