"Fool me once... you can't get fooled again."

Greetings from the LaRocco for Senate campaign!  My name is Eric Everett and I’m a field organizer for the campaign in Twin Falls County.  As a lifelong Idahoan (and a Democrat), I know this state is ready for some real change and that change is represented by Congressman Larry LaRocco.  The people of Twin Falls County are excited about Democrats' prospects in '08.  The caucus was attended by 763 people, that’s over five times the turnout from 2004!  Several qualified and respected individuals have stepped forward to run for office to take their county back.  On the 31st of March, we expect a large crowd to meet Larry as we cut the ribbon on our new field office in downtown Twin Falls.

I’ve traveled with the Larry as he’s meets people across the state, from Sandpoint in the north to Driggs in the east.  Like the people of Twin Falls County, the people of Idaho are energized about the prospect of sending Larry LaRocco back to Washington to work on behalf of the forgotten working families of Idaho.

Let me turn for a second to the Iraq war.  As you know, Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.  As Larry noted in his recent release, this is also anniversary of the biggest lie in the history of the Unites States.  The President and his advisor's were wrong about the threat posed by Iraq and rushed us to war.  Because of this lie, nearly 4,000 of our best and bravest have been lost and nearly 30,000 have been wounded.  The total cost of this lie will be over $2 trillion.  My generation and the next will be paying for this lie for years and decades to come.

Larry has opposed this war from the beginning.  As a former Captain in the United States Army, Larry has demonstrated a genuine concern for this nation’s veterans and their families.  He sees the need to remove our troops from harm’s way as expediently as possible, but he also sees the need to give those troops the support they need to succeed, both in Iraq and after they come home.  We need to change how business is done in Washington and we can only accomplish that with new leadership.

I look forward to working with you all to bring real change to the state of Idaho.  Feel free to contact me at my email, eeverett@laroccoforsenate.com, if you need any info from the field.  Go luck and go Larry!

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[grigby77]

You are right, actually. Sen. Hagel (a REPUBLICAN from NEBRASKA!!) did a very compelling interview on TV lately -- Jon Steward show if I remember correctly -- in which he called the Iraq invasion a blunder of truely historic proportions, one that it could take our country half a century to recover from. LaRocco had the sense to see through the nonsense from the beginning, and that is to his credit. It's hardly coincidental that an Army veteran like LaRocco would exhibit independent thinking instead of thinking he had to buy the Bush line in order to be perceived as patriotic. Patriotism in the end is about thinking for yourself about what serves our nation best, not about mindlessly agreeing to whatever the current president is saying you have to think.

I'm also intrigued by the attention to the Twin Falls area -- it's always seemed to me that whoever can carry Twin Falls carries Idaho -- does that mean that people in South Central Idaho are smart, or just open to reason? Anyway, good for LaRocco for having opened an office there recently. He represents the best hope for Idaho regaining a respected voice in the national conversation.