Hackett for Congress

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Ohio's 2nd District is holding a special election to replace the Congressman that became Bushie's trade representative. The dude with the guns could become the first Iraq War veteran elected to Congress. He's a Democrat in a district Democrats have ignored for years - Bushie won 64% of the vote there in 2004.

Paul Hackett is a lawyer who volunteered for service in the Marines, even though he's against the war. Should he lose the election, he plans on going back to Iraq. He's called Bush a chickenhawk and "the biggest threat facing the United States today." When called a hypocrite for using Bushie's own words in a pro-Hackett ad, his response? "Uh, yeah, I wanna win."

He's also tall and lean, with a dreamy smile to woo the ladies (and a certain portion of the gentlemen).

It'll be an uphill battle for Paul, who's facing a woman that's out-fundraised him 3 to 1, including $200,000 of her own money.

But I, for one, couldn't be happier that a rare badass Democrat has emerged to give a real freakin' fight for a change.