A quick post to congratulate Daily Kos on your Orange2Blue program and, especially, to recommend one of the latest choices: Jon Powers.
It will be three years ago this fall that I met Jon Powers and there isn’t a more impressive young man getting involved in public life today.
I first met Jon at a screening I attended of the documentary Gunner’s Palace. When I heard his story, and I talked to him, I was blown away. I then asked him to give the introduction to the speech I gave on dissent and patriotism at Faneuil Hall in Boston.
Jon later told me that he remembers that day because it helped inspire him to run for Congress, a fact that I’m very proud of.
And to think I used to love hanging out at Faneuil Hall…
Anyway, Kerry not only had praise for Powers, but also some sharp criticism for Jack Davis:
His primary opponent is a self-funded millionaire who is responsible for the gutting of the Millionaire’s Amendment – and who has launched a slew of misleading attacks – so please do what you can to help.
Kind of a funny criticism coming from John Kerry, who is no stranger to loaning millions of dollars to his own campaign, but it does seem rather harsh for criticism of a primary opponent. Obviously the negativity amongst the Democrat is quite severe, which could a major political misstep, should Jack Davis win the primary… which he may very well do.
