Published: March 08, 2008 11:53 pm            

Asks for support of Rounsaville

When it comes to Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District, Mississippi is in a great place. Unlike some political races, we are not choosing between the lesser of two evils. We honestly have a good field of Republicans to choose from in the primary.

Having said that, let us take a hard look at the facts. Mississippi will have two freshmen in Congress. Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District's freshman's vote will only be 1 out of 435 or 0.229 of one percent. The fraction of one percent has never mattered much in our lifetime because Mississippi has had seniority in the United States Legislature: John Stennis 42 years, Pat Harrison 30 years, Jamie Whitten 53 years, Trent Lott 35 years and Sonnie Montgomery 30 years. Mississippi has elected them young and kept re-electing them. We are in a great place. We get to decide how we prepare Mississippi for the future. You can decide. We can have a fraction of a percent of the vote now and do it over in 20 years or we can start building our seniority today.

Seniority Matters. Elect John Rounsaville to Congress.



James R. Peavy

Meridian

        

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