Chatham Dems

Click the link below to watch the District Attorney Forum held on July 1.

http://www.wsav.com/midatlantic/sav/news/elections/forum_video.html

Dont forget to Vote on July 15!!!!!!!!   It is  for your future and City of Savannah and Chatham County……………………………………

                                 Vote…   Vote……. July 15

Call to Arms for  anyone who is interested in working as a volunteer for Larry Chisolm for DA

call Bobby Lockett at 912-604-6149 or email at bobbylockett@yahoo.com , your help would be  greatly appreciate by Larry.

Please announce that  John and Connie Hall are looking for volunteers to help in the Regina

Thomas for Congress campaign. Please email me at hallgirl518@yahoo.com or call 912-353-8404.   Thanks!

Cornelia Houston Hall

You can get them from HQ.
Lawn Signs $20
Bumper stickers $7
Sorry for the prices, but we can’t afford to subsidize these. We need to make enough to buy another set when these are gone.

To all Democratic Voter in Chatham County, Larry Chisolm is the right choice for our District Attorney he has experience,the knowledge and the vision to lead the District Attorney office

to a new efficient, honest and more  user friendly office. But Larry need your help to carry his plan to the General Election. As you know every vote count on July 15, so please consider voting for Larry as your next District Attorney,Remember Vision, Experience and Knowledge.

He is Local Born and Educated , so he know Chatham County and commitment to excellent.

Remember that July 15 is a important date to get the VOTE out, Tell your friends and neighbor

to VOTE and also if they cant vote ,they can advance vote the week of   July 7 to 11.

take the advantage to do this for your  candidate……….Locations are and times are:

Registration Office: 1117 Eisenhower Dr. Suite 5 8am to 5.00 pm M,W,F

                                                                        8am to 7:00 pm t,th

Civic Center : 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave           9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Mosquito Control:     65 Billy Hair Drive                                  9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Wilmington Island Library: 125 Wilmington Island Rd. 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Don’t forget to Vote on July 15 or advance Voting or absentee Ballot…………

From Insider Advantage:

An InsiderAdvantage / PollPosition survey conducted June 18 of registered likely voters in the November presidential contest shows Sen. John McCain leading Sen. Barack Obama by a single point in Georgia, making the race in Georgia a statistical tie. Libertarian Bob Barr, a former Republican Congressman from Georgia, received 6 percent of the vote.

The telephone survey of 408 registered likely voters is weighted for age, race, gender, and political affiliation. The survey has a margin of error of +/- 5%. It was conducted with InsiderAdvantage’s research partner Majority Opinion Research. PollPosition is InsiderAdvantage’s new branding name (look for additional information and expansion of PollPosition in the coming months).

The Results:

McCain: 44%
Obama: 43%
Barr: 6%
Undecided: 7%

CEO Matt Towery notes that Obama wins among black, young, and independent voters.

If you ask me, part of the reason for this swing toward the Democratic camp is that the Republicans running Georgia have messed up so badly and so publicly on things the public cares about, such as education, water supply, transportation, eithics…and you add to the list.

Contact information for the Lester Jackson campaign: Lester Jackson for House Senate District 2, 1501 Abercorn. 912-233-3345, lesterjacksonforstatesenate@yahoo.com.

A rumor has been brought to my attention. It says that the Chatham County Democratic Committee has made financial donations to various candidates running in primaries. This is not true. Any Democrat who wishes to see our financial accounts and confirm this is welcome to do so.

The Obama campaign has posted video of Obama on Friday thanking his staff for their work. I had never realized that he has such a great sense of humor. Several good laughs and, of course, lots of cheers.

One thing Obama said knocked me sideways.

We don’t have a choice. Now, if we screw this up, all those people who really need help, they’re not going to get help. Those of you who care about global warming, I don’t care what John McCain says, he’s not going to push that agenda hard. Those of you who care about Darfur, I guarantee you, they’re not going to spend any political capital on that. Those of you who are concerned about education, there will be a bunch of lip service, and then more of the same. Those of you who are concerned that there’s a sense of fairness in our economy, it will be less fair. So, now everybody’s counting on you, not just me. But what a magnificent position to be in: the whole country is counting on you to change it for the better…Here you are five months away from changing the country.

It’s so true. What a responsibility. The country is in dreadful trouble, and even the best president and congress we can imagine is going to have an incredibly difficult time turning things around. The depths to which the country would sink if we were to elect McCain is too wretched to contemplate. We can’t afford to screw this up.

Things are really looking up for our side. Bill Gillespie has been talking to the DCCC and they are beginning to think he may have a real chance of unseating Jack Kingston in Georgia’s 1st congressional district, something I would have thought very unlikely a few months ago. The huge increase in voter registration in Georgia this year is key.

The important thing we need to do is to turn out the vote in the primary. If Bill gets more votes in the primary than Jack, the DCCC will come down and do a poll and put him on the list of candidates they will support.

More when I know more…

It’s official. Obama staffer Aharon Wasserman got a call from Obama campaign HQ in Chicago. GEORGIA IS IN PLAY IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

The first task is to register voters. The Obama team operating out of our headquarters has registered hundreds of voters in the last few weeks. Later, there will be house parties to host and all sorts of other activities.

Rooms needed

The effort in Georgia depends heavily on Obama fellows. These are people who offer to work for 6 weeks between now and the election. The number of them we get in Savannah depends on how many beds we can find for them. If you have a room you could offer, any time this summer, email Karen.

If You Want to Help

1. Go to the Obama web site and sign up.
2. Stop by our headquarters and introduce yourself to the Obamacans and see what they need.
3. Or email Karen.

LET’S MAKE THE GOP SPEND EVERY DIME THEY’VE GOT TRYING TO KEEP GEORGIA RED.
ONWARD TO VICTORY!

It is very unfortunate that my May 19^th Press Conference comments about Senator John McCain are being taken out of context by the Savannah Morning News. The stories published on the press conference have been unfair to the purpose and intent of the twenty-minute speech.  My speech was about the need to take care of Veterans, and the need to increase some of their key benefits, particularly their education benefits under the New GI Bill. In my speech, I outlined possible reasons why Senator McCain opposed the New GI Bill. Congressman Jack Kingston does not support this bill either. Despite no support from McCain or Kingston, the New GI Bill passed the House and Senate and is awaiting President Bush’s signature. However, Bush says he will veto the bill.

As a 23-year Army veteran who’s served in Iraq, Germany and many other countries; as the former ROTC Director for southeast Georgia; and as a former Professor of Military Science at GSU, AASU, SCAD, and SSU, I have seen first hand the plight of returning enlisted soldiers. Many struggle financially to support their families, and those who want to seek higher-education often find it hard to do so. The financial struggles are especially hard now at Ft. Stewart, where soldiers and their families are dealing with multiple deployments. I currently teach ‘transition classes’ at Ft. Stewart, which help soldiers retiring or getting out of the military be successful in the civilian work force. This New GI Bill, which would give them free access to a college degree, is the answer to their needs; it is their just reward. 

As the Global War on Terror enters its seventh year, we need to offer our ‘all volunteer military’ better benefits for their service.  War is what awaits all of them as they enlist.  I am disappointed that Bush, McCain and Kingston do not understand this. They are out-of-step with the needs of our soldiers and their families. Time after time they choose to protect big business and special interests over the needs of the common people who serve. Americans and South Georgiashould rebel against this. It is time our government puts people first. I ask President Bush, Senator McCain and Congressman Kingston to make sure the New GI Bill becomes law. Post WWII, every tax dollar spent on GI’s came back seven fold in tax revenue.  It helped usher in an age of great American growth and prosperity for many deserving heroes.  Our present day war heroes have earned this same type treatment. Note: click here to see video highlights of my GI Bill Press Conference with DPG Chair Jane Kidd.

Bill Gillespie

Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Retired

1^st Congressional District Democratic Candidate