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where marcos
great oakland
well that's twenty twelve in our continuing look at congressional races
around the country we go back to work virginia four serious statement
holds a soft spot for me and we're joined by colonel wayne power just when
pal i was running for the uh... congressional races seven district
that seat is held by the house majority leader eric cantor it's a big hilton
client
uh... but you know who doesn't admire you in a play inferred for having done
that
he he really wants a university of richmond
uh... you live in richmond now continue living return you know we say that uh...
university of richmond we when i was the vietnam with them
but we didn't know there is a universal so but but we know when we have but
he said she would have real roots in this district and and and you have a
real history book militarily
and and in the legal community there
what is it that your race is eight national race it's not just the local
race when you run against the majority leader what is it the propelled me to do
that
well as i told them to other journalists early today
the sales try but i love my country we have a lot of fiscal
international
and national security problems going right now in
and i think that
that they're kantor personifies
one of the main sources of that which is this obscene amount of money this
disparity in income in this in this in our country
at our middle class
and working class
are basically supporting
this
glut of money in politics basic people i care kantor are responding to
the greedy is
and the most powerful but not the people
of his district
and i want to change that my son is a biz and veteran
widget embittered of combat
uh... i've spent thirty years of military allowed my country and i can do
no less than to try to
defeat them and that i think is causing a lot of problems what was the process
to get you
to be the candidate
interesting question good question
i started back if there were two thousand eleven
started attending events democratic events
committees and i started presenting my credentials
and talking about my positions my basic platform
it's evolved over a year to have to basically
economic fairness and social justice but
uh... and then uh... little by little i accumulate enough
delegates to win a caucus of the carcass
and when the caucus was cut was called at the end of
is actually the twenty eighth of april
uh... i had about eighty to ninety percent of the
votes and so
the competitor
withdrew and i had been acclamation the nomination by
indictment and that's interesting because this is the kind of raised it
technically
is not the race that the the party's gonna put a lot of money
behind skin to be harder for you to raise money than it would be if you were
to competitors in the city is like we said just a second you a national
election
uh... do you know george nethercutt and johnson r
anna johnson because senator from
but one of the dakotas yet to be defeated
daschle combat and there's another got defeated the speaker of the house tom
foley in the nineties and
and they were both the races that were of course looked at as long-shot races
when you see somebody is in leadership and we know how interest people politics
get
but you're finding a way that this is a winnable raise yes you know that the the
favorable unfavorable zon kantor in your district thirty seven percent favorable
thirty one percent unfavorable that plays into your hand
at all i can say is that i'm in the district all the time
their care is not
and i meet the people and i look at them like i look at you right now and i asked
them one of the issues and their first of all
amazed
to actually meet someone use a politician running for office and not to
see someone on t_v_ or see this this in this i guess this uh...
disembodied
but figured eric and on t_v_ and so
i'm getting a lot of posit response aside from the the anybody but kantor
poll which take it was said that
thirty forty three percent of the people that this is what it anybody weekender
sure anybody so and i'm more than anybody else and this was back on my
name recognition was
seventeen percent i think it's a lot lot higher now with the three
balilan at three fourteen july parades
and in that area that the takes place in the in the district
i've been have cameras all over the district
uh... and i've and i've talked to people and i give them my card
and i tell them i'm running for congress
i believe and actually we're getting a lot of momentum a lot of people
i was at a l's at a parade to saturday
and let al which is right in the middle of where catalyst and i had people in
silencing their whispered
hey this is a man who's running as gary kantor hey he's the guy is not for sale
which as you
have their my card
and by the way no one has ever asked me what does that was that signed up for
sale main because they know that mister kantor is only for sale
he's been bought by the answers greedy answers that a person the secular
electoral that were in so i think we'll use it was sent to you know that he is
for senator say you're not
talk about uh... eric and how he's campaigning against u_s_ he'd knology
you as as an opponent is very often these
incumbent congressmen to sort of ignore the opposition is he gave to you
what's interesting is that
unlike other this is the sixth army's run unlike other candidates before he
started very early in about may and june
sending out negative letters
uh... fundraising letters because you said we're going to have a
of violent boulder campaign he called it
because my strategist at one point said he was a
uh... bought bought and paid for adamantly stayed on the air on the air
yeah people even if you need to use a and so of course
accord is watching the sixty vital katherine betts know they have found to
be the politician you know but anyway uh...
and so this is the about what the campaign
that started back in june
the ascent other messages other emails he's another circus come out
and criticize our campaign he's never done that before
he has agreed to debate me on on october first
there in virginia courses a protected environment
because he is a dramatically sealed the politician replaces environment at the
headquarters of carmax and individual guilty
anissa for studies debated any
in ten years to tell me you're going to be headquarters of carmax to do this
debate not only
and you say is is that
are the factors are the people of comments backers of cantors i had no
idea if you read it in theory this this form this is the newseum favorable to
him because this is a business daily
however i'd tell you michelangelo the worst
the only one of the two people bovine for this uh...
this uh... the slot the seventh district represent the only one of the two
actually is a small businessman
you're looking at
and he claims to be a small businessmen this man
was driving around the his predecessor mister bliley
as a involved here were worker
he's a professional politician
he's never start a business
he's never worked a business he's never serve this country i serve my country
thirty years as a matter of fact wasn't he overlooked for his family business
wasn't family business given to another song
they sort of sense eric elsewhere outside i have no idea how does not have
an attitude planes this resume doesn't have my resume is very clear it's out
there
as you mentioned that retired in two thousand two
house immobilized
i left my practice my law practice to go to washington to serve my country
we're anti-terrorist
intelligencer group but i commanded
back in two thousand one two thousand two and while i was going to washington
where they just attacked and where to where we expect that other tax
ability in d
he was leaving washington so that tells you everything you need to know about my
character
tell me about european colonel using now on on the campaign trail we interviewed
general john douglas is running
uh... in the fifth district in the uh... you know just a district over from you
actually
tell me uh... told me that using the colonel
well i don't use it amet certainly not embarrass her shame because
iron that write him a thirty year veteran i was a colonel
however support for me to communicate to the people who vote in the seven
district of my service
was no better or more valuable than theirs as a matter of fact
uh... so my
my closest friends and i put my fought as members of the military
or how the d_n_c_ has a non-commissioned officers
but we're not ouster supported me
and i might add that all my smile though my son is
this is an ostrich well he also said we experience of the details of
and he's actually served
to combat tours i meet enlisted people who've
been overseas are back now we're getting treatment who need the same treatment
for example
uh... pete csd treatment that mister kantor has voted against
more than once
he has no place no heart for the better
and on their biggest supporter and i always will be for that reason it just
seems like the the using the colonel would do would be a great idea i times
and rhino your your your wayne pal
but but the colonel lighting brings brother docent maybe i'm wrong i mean
i'm not but no one who's swayed by also
utilizes colonel all their think about some people might think they voted for
colin powell on her body gets excited well you know i guess that were the
other is that those that miles a citizen soldier i mean i was twenty five years a
reserve
active reserves i was very active in
i travel to places that i
can't discuss a lot of the through those years house five years active but i was
a citizen soldier just like i'm a citizen politician i'm wayne pal
i may be represented but im their representative idea and i won't be
responsive to the people i don't want to think
anyway if they come on some kind of pedestal have dumb what i've done a
proud of it
but it so i really as good as your last accomplishment in
and i want my mexico is going to be better than the last or that that makes
all kinds of sense
very quickly uh... rebuilt before we go one i ask you
uh... people can support you getting from the
national party you getting support yet to be taken in a day
excited about your candidacy will kick in the incident was money yes looked it
up
yet to be right now no although we talk to them in we may have been very well
received of their
i think it is certainly when we started this this fight and it is a fight
and it and i'm not trying to to play games as an uphill fight
i think we've got momentum that they never expected to see and we've had
recent contact to the respect to be a one of the two lists having one is the
merging the other one is the credibly but you know as until somebody recently
the odds are against me from the time i was born in
poverty and and highland park and
and churchill aggression so
i've never let anything any of those things tommy because i'm a loyal
american as you are and and i think the voters will see who i am
and they are in the they have
and i think i'll be sitting in that seat
in january because you'll be better for it
that's fantastic tell me one other thing you're really excited about that has
nothing to do with policy
credit with one of the cool perks
of the congressman do you think about
i think had to be able to really make a difference to really i'm talking about a
cool parking spot parties dot
just gone through security quickly something like that i have no idea at
it's a big a so called me congressman but again i'm not big on
gentiles and i can come in on service and that duty honor countries not just
something that the uh...
military kennedy has a something that i've lived my whole life when powell
good luck to you hope you come back and that's when the cops untill tiscali away
exact exam
thanks a lot of it
that more twenty twelve