Peace Candidate Jerry Northington: Democrat for US Congress Delaware

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This candidate is an excellent example of the new US Congress we are looking for!

http://northington08.com/issues/iraq/

Why I Am Running

There are many people who have taught me to how to live, including my parents, teachers, and other role models. The most important lesson I have learned from them is that there is a time in every life when you must take a stand and get involved in the great issues of your time. Simply taking care of yourself is not enough when the future of your children and their children's children is at stake.

At last, my time to take a stand has arrived. I can no longer sit on the sidelines and watch our country pursue a course that will bankrupt our nation, despoil our environment, and bring death and despair to many around the globe. I am running to serve as Delaware's At-large Representative to the United States Congress.
Our Nation is Off-Course

In the last six years, my idealism has been sorely tested by Mr. Bush's illegal, immoral, and costly war, and by Congress's ineffectual efforts to stop it. Thousands of American and Iraqi lives have been lost in the pursuit of fossil fuels, instead of developing a sustainable economy based on renewable resources here at home. Despite our protests, we have seen our president and his advisors lie to us, use illegal wiretaps, and manipulate the press to confuse us.

While some in Congress have tried to stand up to the president, our Congressman from Delaware has not been one of them. While the people of Delaware have increasingly been calling for peace, our voices have not been heard in the corridors of power in Washington.

I have decided to enter the race for Delaware's Congressional seat so that the voters will have a true choice. Someone must say "stop" to this insanity and speak up for peace, jobs and truth in the halls of Congress.
Together, We Will Stand Up for What's Right

With your help, I will take the oath as Delaware's Congressman in January, 2009 and my first goal will be to end the Iraq War. My second goal will be to use the money we save to ensure that every person has the freedom, security and dignity that will allow them the "pursuit of happiness" promised by our Nation's Founders. President Bush's plan to make us safer through pre-emptive wars has failed. We must build a world based on the security that comes from a rational defensive strategy combined with a sustained effort to improve the lives of everyone on the planet.

We must stop wasting billions in Iraq and start investing in schools and mass transit systems here in America. We must guarantee a living wage, a secure pension system, an appropriate and affordable education system, and health care that meets the needs of everyone at every stage of their lives. We need a system of transportation made to serve all of the people, and we must work toward a sustainable economy that supports family farms and small businesses. We must find a way to live in harmony with our environment, and we must end our unnecessary addiction to a fossil fuel economy.

Mohandas Gandhi once said, "you must be the change you want to see in the world." If we all work together, that change is going to start right here in Delaware.