George C. Owens Jr. is running for Congress, challenging longtime incumbent Robert C. "Bobby" Scott in Virginia's 3rd District, which meanders from Norfolk to Richmond.
Long shot?
No, Chuck Smith is a long shot. Smith is the first Republican nominee in the district since Winsome Sears was trounced 70 percent to 30 percent back in 2004. In the last two elections, Scott's only competition has come from write-in candidates, and he drew 96 percent of the vote each time.
And Owens is a write-in candidate. He has a campaign t-shirt and ball cap and Web site -- www.believeroffreedom.com -- and a contract that he hopes will win voters to his side. He wants to be the first politician in U.S. history, he believes, to turn his campaign promises into contractual obligations. He'll sign the contract with everyone who votes for him.
The promises? Some quick highlights:
Candidate agrees that he will never sign, introduce, or support the following:
a. A bill that Candidate has not read in its entirety.
b. A bill that contains a reduction in funding for the military.
c. A bill that federally supports and/or funds abortion.
d. Any bill enacted by Congress that does not include congress,
that bill will affect congressmen/women in the same respect it would the
citizens of Virginia
He pledges that he will introduce, sign or support bills that establish English as the official language; that allow people to carry firearms across state lines; that incarderate people who destroy the flag; that require all presidential candidates to prove their place of birth; and that require all bills to contain no more words than the Constitution.
Owens' chances are less than slim. But he does have commitment, as witnessed by the two days he spent sitting outside the Daily Press, protesting the mainstream media's refusal to cover his campaign.
My hunch is that he'll tell you more about that, and about why you should think about voting for him, in the comments section of this post.
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