Van Taylor Needs Our Help
I have written posts here and here about the abysmal record of Chet Edwards. Chet is a very liberal Democratic Representative for District 17 in Texas which is a conservative area having voted overwhelmingly for George Bush in both 2000 and 2004. This area is in the middle of the Bible Belt including the cities of Bryan, College Station, Waco and Fort Hood.
College Station is the home of Texas A&M University of which Chet is a graduate (don’t hold that against him, I graduated from A&M as well). TAMU is a very conservative school, but Aggies support Aggies. And so during the last election, the students vote overwhelmingly in favor of Edwards.
Edwards also draws on a lot of support from Fort Hood. He claims to be a big supporter of the military. The only thing is he just talks a good talk with no follow through. Chet has a mixed record on military matters, a poor record on gun issues, a poor record on immigration, is a big spender, and is pro abortion according to On the Issues. This guy does not represent District 17 in Texas any more than Usama bin Laden represents the United States, and he definitely does not represent my views.
Running against Chet Edwards is Van Taylor, a Marine, a war veteran, and now a businessman from near Dallas. And now according to RedState, Van Taylor needs help raising more money to defeat this liberal representative.
Van Taylor is currently the only Iraq War Veteran running in a general election race against a Democrat. He’s not running against just any Democrat, he is running against Chet Edwards of Texas’s 17th Congressional District. Van Taylor could use an additional $10,000.00.
Van Taylor needs our help and our support. It is time for the conservative netroots to do its part. We have prepared this graphic that you can add to your site. We’ll be updating it daily.
Let’s raise $10,000.00 for Van Taylor.
(Go to RedState to see graphic)
Van Taylor would be a nice replacement for Chet Edwards. He has all the credentials: a U.S. Marine, fought in Iraq, and a businessman. Van has one drawback; he is not an aggie which will cost him votes in Aggieland. Okay, maybe two drawbacks, Van is not as SLICK as Chet Edwards, but to me that’s a plus. Money will be an issue in this race as Chet has gobs. We need to send Edwards to go back to…to what ever he was doing before he became involved in politics. Giving money to the Van Taylor campaign will go a long way towards sending Chet packing.
Be sure to go to the nonpartisan On the Issues to see more of the voting record of Chet Edwards which is truly abysmal.
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