Spencer gets props on MyDD

There is a diary on MyDD about the quality of Selden Spencer's stump speech called "Selden Spencer : The Best Stump Speech in America?". The author writes about a speech Spencer made at the Iowa State Fair. Here is the piece from MyDD.

Do you like the accountability theme? Tying government problems back to Bush and the Republicans? Nobody, my friends, does it any better than Seldon Spencer of Iowa in his stump speech at the Iowa state fair. Spencer asks amiably but bluntly, "I see the chaos in Iraq and the incompetence in Katrina and I ask who is holding George Bush and Tom Latham responsible? The answer is nobody. That's why I'm running."

The audio is available on the Des Moines Register website (choose news, then politics, and look at the right hand side of the page). Spencer, a neurologist, is an absolutely gifted stump speaker. He keeps it simple and folksy and got actual and real applause for his speech and his answers to questions (some of which were from stupid wingnuts). He is SO much better than wingnut vet congressman Jim Nussle (who stumbles in his speech and just keeps mentioning Iowa, Iowa values and such incoherently and without reason). he's also a lot better than Leonard Boswell.

Among his nifty answers to questions, on one about abortion and parent notification. "I can't see putting control in the hands of a father who may have caused the problem through incest." He added, "The problem is teen pregnancy. We're 82nd in the world, just ahead of Burundi." On energy, "Tom Latham has voted against mileage standards and for giving $33 billion in subsidies to the oil, coal, and nuclear energies. We need to be sending that money back to the midwest and not to the Mideast." He compares stem cell donors to organ donors, "If people choose to donate their embryos to save lives, that's their choice just like people choosing to donate dad's kidney." If there is any justice, Dr. Seldon Spencer will oust nasty, short-sighted Tom Latham from Congress.

I am supporter of Dr. Spencer's campaign. However, I won't go as far as saying that Spencer has the best stump speech in America. Now I haven't heard Spencer since the beginning of the summer and am sure that he is improving, so he might have improved a great deal.

From hearing him speak a couple times in the spring and early summer some things stuck out. First, is that his message is spot on. It is easy to see at things can be better in this country, but no one is taking the lead on the important issues. Next, you can tell that Dr. Spencer is definitely competent to serve as our Congressman. He might not be an expert on every issue, but he listens and is able to think through tough issues. Finally, he is a first time candidate and isn't as polished as the typical politician. Sure, Latham may be smoother, but the last thing we need in Washington are more smooth-talking politicians.

We need more people like Selden Spencer in Washington DC. Dr. Spencer knows what needs to be done to make this country great and his common sense leadership is badly needed.

Dr. Spencer is currently in Afghanistan putting his medical knowledge to good use. You can read more about his trip by reading his blog here.

Head over to Spencer's website and send him a couple of bucks if you are able to.