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Democratic Underground is pleased to host an online discussion with Dave "Mudcat" Saunders, a Senior Strategist for the Wayne Powell for Congress Campaign, which is challenging Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Virginia's 7th Congressional District.
Mudcat's candidate, Wayne Powell, is a retired Army Colonel, a small business owner, and a community lawyer. Wayne Powell was born and raised in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District. He is running for Congress against Eric Cantor because veterans and working people need someone in Washington who will fight for them. And yes, he can beat Eric Cantor!
Recently, Cantor was caught red-handed, hiding a "spousal" exemption in House Insider Trading bill. Cantor's actions open the door to questions about his spouse's involvement in a Cayman Island hedge fund firm. Below is a piece that Mudcat wrote about the issue in the Huffington Post.
Please post your questions for Mudcat in this thread. He is going to join the discussion sometime around 2 pm ET today. Please be aware that he may not be able to answer every question.
Welcome, Mudcat!
Mudcat sent me this message to get the discussion started:
My name is Dave Saunders, but everybody except my mama has always called me Mudcat, and you can, too. I am strategist for Wayne Powell's campaign against Eric Cantor, the worst human being in Washington. Wayne Powell and his positions are easy to explain. He is an expanded Jacksonian Democrat. That means he believes in the two guiding principles of social justice "for all people" (that includes women and gays) and economic fairness "for all people", including the middle class who have suffered so much. He is a social moderate, an economic populist, a retired military intellegence officer (has a son in Afghanistan), a well-spoken lawyer, and crucially, not afraid to loudly shout out Cantor's numerous sins. While we face an uphill battle against unlimited money, he is exactly the type Democrat who can take out Cantor in the 7th District of Virginia, and I can promise you I wouldn't have left SW Virginia if I didn't think it possible.
I'm here today at my request to answer your questions on how we're going to beat this degenerate. The reason I contacted Skinner is because many of your comments have made it to my computer, and I like your style. Simply put, many of you are ready to fight the bastards, and a lot of you are more than ready. I feel at home.
Bring on the questions.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021051897I have a question.
Do Mr. Powell's would-be constituents know that he's relying on a site that vilifies prosperity, coddles terrorists, roots for jihadists, endorses treason, cheers for domestic civil unrest, would criminalize Christianity and openly endorses Marxism?
Feel free to ask your own questions of Mr Dirty*****.
