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I never expected to do this. It was so unlikely that I had let the domain name registration tedankrum.com lapse. Of course, it was picked up by a porno site. I did it because Michael McCaul is such a bad Representative he should never be allowed to run unopposed. That was the theme of the radio interview I did on KWHI radio this morning (there is some advantage to having run in '06 and being in people's rolodex's). Now, I'm scrambling to register with the FEC (this came together on the Sunday before filing closed), so that I can get an ACTBlue page. Kernan Hornberg is working on a template for a website. Thank goodness I had not closed the bank account (because I still had campaign debts from 2006)so I was able to write the filing fee check from a Campaign account. Jack McDonald provided a substantial part of the money for that, with some more for the General Election Campaign and Ron Coldiron the rest.
The '06 Campaign put me on record for many things and if one Googles Ted Ankrum, much of that remains. Many of my positions will need to be updated, though. I think the Senate Health Care Plan leaves much to be desired, but if that is what we get; take it for now and fix it later--in particular the part that still keeps health care costs on the backs of our companies. We always seem to be one war behind. We fought Iraq when we should have finished Afganistan when it was easy. The most recent attack came from Yemen, just as we are ramping up in Afganistan. Our President says that Afganistan is not Vietnam or Iraq and I agree with him. It's mired in the time of Alexander the Great and it breaks my heart that our troops are dying to prop up a feudal and corrupt regime. Our fight is with the terrorists, not the Taliban and we ought to concentrate on them where they are--and they aren't in Afganistan. I think there are far too few military veterans, and combat veterans in particular, among our political leaders. If there were more, there might be a different perspective on where and who we choose to fight. Our military leaders fight the wars they are presented with. Our political leaders are the ones that do the picking. There is more to discuss on Cap and Trade and Financial Regulation but I'll save all that for the future.
I got an artificial shoulder last January (the VA now rates me as 100% disabled) and I'm scheduled for an artificial knee on Feb 2. It wasn't an IED that got me in Vietnam, it was an East German anti-tank mine; but the effect is the same. One doesn't let these availabilites slip, so I'll be good for nothing the first week of February. I told you I never expected to do this run.
I can't promise you that I'll win, but I will promise you to show just how bad a Representative Mike McCaul is. He ignored me in the '06 race and that let me knock 10% off his expected results. Ever since, he's looked vulnerable and attracted stronger opposition than I could give him. He really should have smacked me down in '06 and scared away any thought of opposing him. We'll see what happens this time.
By all means support our Statewide Candidates as much as you can. That's really important. But if you have anything left over, I could use the help; no matter how small.
Ted Ankrum Congressional Committee 2010, 13707 Via Siena Ct., Cypress, TX 77429 |
