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Chocolatebison Donating Member (91 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 11:18 AM
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I like Rush Holt
Holt holds 'town meeting' in West Windsor

WEST WINDSOR — What's missing in the nation's capital these days, according to U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, is foresight.
"This idea of investment in the future is not something that is part of the rhetoric in Washington," he said............

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http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1091&dept_id=425695&newsid=15081611&PAG=461&rfi=9


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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 12:01 PM
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1. Me too
He is a former physicist with a physicist's penchant for attacking problems logically and without dogmatic thinking. We need more politicians like him.
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ramapodem Donating Member (196 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 12:16 PM
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2. He is the reason why I got into politics
I am a Holt fan myself. Hes the reason why I got into politics when in 2000 he got narrowly reelected by approx 1,000 votes. Coupled with the Presidential Race I realized my vote actually counts. Sadly I no longer live in his district.
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Dudley_DUright Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 12:31 PM
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4. Living in FL, I know without a doubt that my vote is important
(assuming it gets counted correctly, which I am less than confident about). I was suppose to see Rush Holt speak at an event I was at last year in DC, but he was detained at the last minute and send one of his staff instead. :-(
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bklyncowgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 12:28 PM
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3. That's my congressman and he's a keeper. nt
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CarolNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-30-05 01:15 PM
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5. talkingpointsmemo.com
Hey, Rush will be guest blogger on www.talkingpointsmemo.com next week.....Wes Clark is guest blogger there this week, BTW.
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