If you support Alan Grayson for Congress, and you have the time, then please come to the Great Debate.  If you support any other candidate, then come anyway, and be prepared to change your mind.

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The new hit "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" earned $311 million at the box office this past weekend.  Which makes one wonder - what makes Indiana Jones so special?

We think that what makes Indiana Jones so special is his uncanny sense of direction.  Drop him in the Amazon jungle, the Himalayan plateau, the Sahara desert, just about anywhere, and Indiana Jones knows exactly where he is, where he wants to be, and how he's going to get there.

Now compare that to our own intrepid explorer, Congressional candidate Alan Grayson.  Alan has visited 175 countries, and every single time, he has found his way home.  That shows a very good sense of direction.

And what about Congressman Ric Keller?  Well, on March 26^th, Keller made one of his rare visits to Central Florida, in order to conduct "mobile office hours" in Leesburg.  There was only one problem with that - Leesburg is over five miles outside of District 8.  That shows a poor sense of direction.

This month, four different national polls found that almost 80 percent of all Americans think that the United States is heading in the wrong direction - the highest percentage in history.

Alan Grayson knows in what direction America should go.  Toward health coverage for everyone, affordable mortgages, lower gas prices, better jobs, and lower taxes on the middle class.  And out of Iraq.

And Ric Keller?  How can he find the right direction out of the mess we're all in, when he can't even find the right direction to District 8?          

Vote for Alan Grayson, on August 26 and November 4.  For a new direction.

The Alan Grayson for U.S. Congress campaign is pleased to announce endorsement by AFSCME D.C. 37 Florida Retirees Association.

All three executive boards voted unanimously to recommend the endorsement to the general membership.  At five general membership meetings, held throughout Florida, the endorsement was unanimously approved.  Eight votes, and eight unanimous endorsements of Alan Grayson.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has 1.4 million members.  It is one of the five largest unions in America.  It includes nurses, correction officers, child care providers, emergency medical teams, sanitation workers, and many other public servants.  As AFSCME proudly states, "for us, public service is not just a job, it's a calling."

Organized labor supports Alan Grayson because Alan Grayson supports organized labor.  Alan's mother and father were union members their whole working lives.  As a boy, he lived through two strikes -- both of his parents were out of work, and no money was coming in to pay the bills.  He remembers.

"I am very proud to have the support of organized labor," Alan said.  "Organized labor has served as the conscience of America for 100 years.  It created the middle class, and it brought us health coverage, paid vacations, pensions, workplace safety and the weekend.  In Congress, I want to promote social justice, just as organized labor does.  I support the right of all workers to organize.  The People, united, will never be defeated."

Alan Grayson is the real Democrat in this race.  He is with you on the issues, and he'll fight for you.  Vote for Alan Grayson, on August 26 and November 4.