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Bobby Saxon, Democratic Congressional Candidate, 10th GA

This is my second interview with Bobby Saxon. It was the day after the 5th anniversary of invasion of Iraq and I still find it hard to believe that this country has been involved in this mistake of arrogance that damn long. I might not be as perturbed if I hadn’t seen the video clips of Bush telling us it is still going great and victory is just down the road. Yeah, and the economy isn’t in a recession and gas will never reach $4 a gallon.

Thank Goodness, there are only 305 days left of him and then he is consigned to the cesspool of the worst American President. I just hope I live long enough for history to actually judge him.

But, back to Bobby. As a veteran, Bobby’s understanding of our situation in Iraq is truly refreshing. He appreciates the need to leave Iraq, to do so as quickly as possible, but in a way that does not endanger the troops. He also thinks the troops probably reflect the same divisions and sentiments as the American public. I don’t believe in blind loyalty out of uniform, but I respect the loyalty of the troops because they (and their families) may be the only Americans that have earned the right and paid the price to have an opinion.

However, the issue on everyone’s mind recently is the economy. Who would have thought that Bear Sterns would be history in March 2008? Believe it or not, it still has a website.

If you are interested in who is elected to Congress from the 10th, listen to the interview and visit Bobby’s website.

 
 Bobby Saxon, Democratic Congressional Candidate, 10th Dist. [28:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (64)

Bobby Saxon, Democratic Candidate for Congress, 10th GA

Bobby is doing what a lot more of us regular, ordinary people ought to start doing-run for political office. The shame of our system is that it takes so much money to put on a campaign. That is precisely why Bobby is getting in the race early.

Most of this interview focused on the Iraq War, mainly because Bobby has been there, done that. He fulfilled his military commitment in the early 1980’s and after 9-11 he put his life on hold and signed up again. While he apparently has no personal regrets (he made it out alive), he fully realizes that he (and the rest of us) was misled with regard to the reasons we were invading Iraq. Now, he thinks it is time for an orderly withdrawal, although he believes a small contigent of troops will probably stay in Iraq for a while, just not 100,000+.

It’s a long time to November 2008 and I hope to have several more interviews with Bobby, but this one was a good start.

 
 Bobby Saxon, Candidate, 10th Congressional District [27:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (133)