Virginia Woodward needs your help. Kentucky Democrat.

[alfredo]

Here's the e-mail I got from Change For Ky


Just $155 TO GO...!!

Two weeks ago, we sent out a call to help our Dean Dozen candidate Virginia Woodward. She is in the fight of her political life, as the right-wing Republicans in the KY Senate continue to disregard and circumvent the Kentucky Constitution to get their way.

Last week, Senate President David Williams announced his decision to interpret the rules of the Kentucky Senate HIS way and made clear his intention to seat Virginia's opponent, Dana Seum Stephenson, instead of Virginia in the 37th District Senate seat. The Re'thug'licans are shameless in their power grab. They could care less about the KY Constitution, the Rule of Law or honest elections and candidates. They want to win, and their strategy is to wear Virginia down by pushing this crisis to the Kentucky Supreme Court.

Virginia needs all our support to fight this. Democracy for America has already shown its support of Virginia's cause by donating $2000 to her Democratic Party Defense Fund. We are in the middle of our goal to raise an additional $1000 to help Virginia's cause.

We sent this message out only to the core, committed Change for Kentucky members, like you. So far, you've stepped up and pledged $845 in just 16 days, with an average contribution less than $35.00. We have just $155 to go!

Please FILL THE STOCKING and pledge for Virginia. If just 15 people pledge $10, we can write our check THIS WEEK, ahead of schedule.

Fill the stocking! Help Virginia fight!!

[madfloridian]

1. Check your inbox.

I sent you a message.

[alfredo]

2. OK, now you check your inbox.

I sent the notice on to the address given. Thanks for the help.

[madfloridian]

3. Hope it gets attention.

We donated to her before, and she needs the help. A big kick on this.

[alfredo]

4. The head of the Senate, Williams is a real hard line

christian conservative. He has dictatorial power over the senate, and loves rubbing our face in it.

[madfloridian]

5. It got posted there. This is really unbelievable stuff. Will give again

http://www.blogforamerica.com/

Kiev in Kentucky?
Phil McBrayer is a long-time Dean supporter as well as a Change for Kentucky committee member.

Virginia Woodward, Kentucky's only "Dean Dozen" candidate, is in a fight for her rightful KY Senate seat. She is up against an incredible Republican machine that considers the Kentucky Legislature their property, and the Kentucky Constitution irrelevant.

Virginia Woodward, Democratic candidate for the open seat Kentucky 37th Senatoral District was selected by Change for Kentucky at the top of our "CFK 12" candidate endorsements. In July, she was selected as the only Dean Dozen candidate from Kentucky. Change for Kentucky chose Virginia for her truly courageous long-term advocacy for all Democratic rights in a state that regards Joe Lieberman as a northern liberal. Woodward, a health-care professional, served on the Women's Political Caucus, directed the Ky Commission on Women and ran in two state races before her district was gerrymandered away by the Republicans.

Woodward's opponent in November was "Democrat-turned-Republican" Dana Seum Stephenson, daughter of Dan Seum, the notorious KY Senator who himself betrayed the Democratic party and his constituency in 1999 by defecting to the Republican party, shifting the Senate to a gridlocked 19/19 tie.

On November 1, the day before the election, Virginia discovered the unexpected; Ms. Seum-Stephenson had resided in Kentucky for only two of the six years required by the Kentucky Constitution to run for the Senate.

She had in fact had bought and lived in a house, paid taxes, obtained a driver's license, sworn residency in a lawsuit and had voted for several years prior to 2002 in Jeffersonville, Indiana. In an abject power grab, the Kentucky Republicans rushed through a candidate who was not allowed to run for this office, and who legally did not represent the people of her district.

Virginia filed suit on November 1 and the Republican Party financed a "delay" court battle to force Virginia to stop her challenge (or go broke fighting). On November 22, Circuit Judge Barry Willett ordered the elections board not to count the votes cast for Ms. Seum-Stephenson and declared Virginia the winner of the election. The Kentucky Secretary of State is set to certify her victory on Monday...." Even More at the blog.