Bill Gillespie is a Democrat seeking to replace Jack Kingston in Congress on behalf of the 1st District.

What might be impossible in normal times (unseating an incumbent), just might be possible this year. Obama has energized a lot of people. There are 45,000 newly registered Democrats in the 1st District. And then there is the economy, which has certainly proven that Republicans must be doing something wrong.

Bill Agrees reluctantly with Congress’ decision to baleout Wall Street.

The 1st District has lost a lot of its manufacturing business. In 19 of the 25 counties in the 1st the county government is the largest employer. Bill is ready to ready bring alternative energy business and jobs to Georgia and the 1st District.

According to Bill, Jack Kingston is more concerned about supporting the agendas of the oil companies, like Chevron, rather than promoting alternative energy businesses.

Bill is dissatisfied with the way the Iraq War has been handled. He points out that America has trained 800,000 Iraqi soldiers and 200,000 Iraqi police, and still they are not able to provide the security Iraq needs. Something is wrong here.

Bill also doesn’t like the prevalence in Iraq of the private security forces, like Blackwater, that operate outside of the normal chains of command and control. Who would have thought that American would have ever used mercenaries!

As a veteran who is 30% disabled himself, Bill thinks we need to do a better job of taking care of our veterans. It seems the spresent ystem tries to make it harder, not easier, for veterans to receive good, available health care. Veterans aren’t like the rest of us. They can’t go to the local doctor. Instead they have to make an appointment at a VA facility which may be hundreds of miles away. Bill supports giving veterans the right to be treated by local doctors and hospitals and the government pick up the tab.

Listen to Bill’s interview and see if he fits your idea of the kind of Congressman the 1st District needs in Washington