New Video - Setting the Record Straight on Smith's Iraq War Record
Blumenauer, DeFazio, Hooley and Wu Set the Record Straight!
We've all seen it -- fancy green TV commercials portraying Gordon Smith as a Democrat.
In the latest ad, former Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse falsely states that Smith was "one of the first to stand up to George Bush" to end this war.
On Thursday, Oregon's Democratic Congressional delegation set the record straight.
KATU News has the story.
Posted June 20, 2008
Spotlight
Jeff Merkley was born in the small town of Myrtle Creek, Oregon, the son of a sawmill worker. He's fought hard for working families in Oregon and he's ready to help lead America.
As Oregon's Speaker of the House, Jeff Merkley led one of the most effective, efficient and progressive legislative sessions in Oregon's history - with big achievements for schools, ethics, health care, jobs, alternative energy, and protections for working families.
Discover why Jeff Merkley is ready to lead.
From the Oregonian:
Merkley raced [quarter-midget cars] as a child, and once owned -- and crashed -- a Harley. He roomed with an impoverished family in Ghana as a teen, hitchhiked across Israel as a young man and went on, as he puts it, to help shut down one of Portland's worst crack alleys.
"I've lived," he says, "a pretty unconventional life."
Read the Oregonian profile of Jeff Merkley's life before politics.
© 2008. Jeff Merkley for Oregon. P.O. Box 29136, Portland, OR 97296. 503-274-4439
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