The Dem candidate running against Virgil Goode (R) VA-05 sounds GREAT

Doing Good to Beat Goode
by Devilstower
Mon May 12, 2008 at 04:49:40 PM PDT

Remember Virgil Goode? Goode, whose name is pronounced like spreading goo rather than doing the right thing, entered Congress as a Democrat, but jumped to the GOP side when he feared being in the minority. Once on Team Bush, he remade himself as the man who is afraid of Muslims

During today’s House debate on Iraq, virulently anti-Muslim Rep. Virgil Goode (R-VA) said supporting the anti-escalation resolution would "aid and assist the Islamic jihadists who want the crescent and star to wave over the Capitol of the United States and over the White House of this country."

very afraid of Muslims

"I fear that radical Muslims who want to control the Middle East and ultimately the world would love to see 'In God We Trust' stricken from our money and replaced with 'In Muhammad We Trust.'"

very very afraid of Muslim immigrants

I believe that if we do not stop illegal immigration totally, reduce legal immigration and end diversity visas, we are leaving ourselves vulnerable to infiltration by those who want to mold the United States into the image of their religion, rather than working within the Judeo-Christian principles that have made us a beacon for freedom-loving persons around the world.

and afraid of Muslim congressmen

I fear that in the next century we will have many more Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the strict immigration policies that I believe are necessary to preserve the values and beliefs traditional to the United States of America...

Doesn't it seem like someone ought to give Mr. Goode the chance to escape the horrors of Washington and hide from scary Muslims in the safety of own basement?

That someone is Tom Perriello.

Perriello has launched a program to take out Virgil Goode, for good, by doing good for his community.

With events in Danville, Collinsville, and Charlottesville, the Perriello for Congress campaign launched its volunteer tithing initiative, unprecedented for a political campaign. The campaign will tithe 10% of all its volunteer hours to community service projects around the district. The campaign has logged more than 1,700 volunteer hours in total; over the weekend, volunteers kicked off the initiative by tithing 42 volunteer hours and moving forward, will tithe 10% of its hours.

This idea, of putting campaign efforts into doing work for the community, is one that I've been pushing for some time, and I'm extremely excited to see the Perriello campaign making this move (though I don't think for a second that they got the idea from me! After all, the Dean Corps followed much the same plan). I'm betting that time spent on actually helping out around the district will be much more valuable than more hours on phone banks or another commercial on local TV. If you're a local, you could help make that prediction come true by volunteering. If you're stuck at a distance, there's always the Perriello Act Blue Page.

While Virgil Goode talks about defending his values from scary Muslims. Tom Perriello wants to show his values not through fear, but in service to others.

"I was raised to believe that a strong faith is a lived faith that must be made clear by our deeds. I want my campaign for Congress to reflect those same values," said Tom Perriello. "That is why we are asking our campaign team to commit 10% of their volunteer hours to local charities to reflect the value of service to community and to country."

What Perriello is asking from his volunteers is only an extension of what he's already asked of himself.

After receiving his law degree from Yale University, Tom accepted an assignment working to end atrocities in the West African countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone, which had suffered long civil wars fueled by blood diamonds. Tom’s work with child soldiers, amputees, and local pro-democracy groups in Sierra Leone played a significant role in the peace and reconciliation process that ended twelve years of violence in that country. ... He has worked inside Darfur and twice in Afghanistan.

Here's hoping that other campaigns also make this commitment.

Links to donate and find out more here:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5/12/151839/988/277/514327

Not that this guy is a potatohead: He has some impressive credentials.