GREETINGS FELLOW DEMOCRATS!





This is from Democracy for Texas

Their information has been excellent. The more of you that know lots is going to help our candidates get elected.

On July 20, eighty committed grassroots activists from around the state spent the day in Austin taking our Lone Star Training, where they learned about online tools, FEC compliance, working with volunteers, fundraising, and more - all to help their candidates win in November. We had such a positive response to the training, we're making the materials available for everyone to use.

Get the manual on our website here.

And while you're there, see what other materials we have available. We encourage you to download it and share it with your fellow activists!

The Democracy for Texas Steering Committee -
Erik Azulay, Rich Bailey, Laura Kolstad, Glen Maxey,
Mark McCulloch, Karl-Thomas Musselman, and Fran Vincent

P.S. - If you appreciate receiving these materials and want to help us continue training Texas activists, please consider making a small $10 online donation to Democracy for Texas. Thanks!





19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Giving all women the right to vote

On August 26, 2008 we celebrate 88 years of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving all women the right to vote. Please take time to read a little bit of history of how far we as women have come and yet how we are still behind.

In this coming month please take time to talk about were we have been and where we are going as women. Have something special at your meetings or plan something to recognize women or whatever might work for your chapter, but spread the word that this year is the year of women. Anyone can go on line and view some of the pictures or movie to Iron Jawed Angels simply by logging to http://iron-jawed-angels.com/moviephotos.htm

For those of you who are going to the National Convention "Make a Statement" wear a sash or anything as a reminder that we women do make a difference!

Thank you for all that you do,

Gloria Caceres
TDW President

19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

Section 1: The right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Section 2: Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.





An indefensible defense budget

Bush's bloated request is a mismatch to the threats we face

By George C. Wilson

As President Bush backs out the White House door, he is asking Congress to appropriate enough money for the coming fiscal year to enable the Pentagon and its government sidekicks to spend $1.2 million a minute on what is loosely called national defense.

Bush does not propose raising taxes, canceling any major weapons or getting out of the Iraq and Afghanistan quagmires to reduce the mountain of debt that this biggest binge of defense spending since World War II will pile up.

So the new president will be waterboarded by red ink next year unless Congress intercedes this year. Which it won't.

Congress will swallow most of Bush's final defense requests without even chewing on them for the same old reasons.

No politician, especially not in an election year, wants to give his opponent or anyone else grounds to call him or her weak on defense.

And the pols shrink from canceling even an obsolete weapon experiencing huge cost overruns because of the jobs attached to it back home.

http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/--
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
-- Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)





DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF WASHINGTON COUNTY

LABOR DAY EVENT
SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
4:00 – 7:00 PM

BLINN COLLEGE BANQUET ROOM
902 COLLEGE AVENUE
BRENHAM, TEXAS

TICKETS ONLY $10.00 NOW AVAILABLE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY HEADQUARTERS

105 MAIN, THE ATRIUM, ROOM 200B
979-277-9698 OR 979-277-9693
979-836-9354

STATE SENATOR KIRK WATSON
*****SPEAKER*****

MANY CANDIDATES WITH
*****LARRY DOE DOHERTY***** U.S.CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 10





Brazos County Democratic Party
P.O. Box 4568
Bryan Texas 77805
979-779-5600 Fax 979-779-5601

America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.
Harry S. Truman, Democrat, President of the United States of America