User:Eyepublius/Danny M. Francis

I am Dan Francis and I am starting this page regarding my candidacty for the upcoming Special Election for House seat in NY's 23rd Congressional District.

By way of background, I ran for this seat in 1994. Up until now, no Democrat has ever served in the House from this Region (the district has been changed several times) since the late 1850's - yes, that's right, the 1850's, not the 1950's. We are long over due for change.

If people focus on my credentials, that is my education, skills, background, knowledge, experiences, past public service records, potential, and grasp of the issues, then I believe the conclusion they reach is that they will be satisfied that I will serve them honorably and faithfully in Congress.

I am a retired Marine Corps officer. I was commissioned from SSgt. to 2nd Lt. in October 1968, just before I started my second combat tour of duty in Vietnam. My first combat tour was in 1965-66 with 2nd BN, 1st Marines, and my second combat tour was in 1968-69 with the 1st BN, 7th Marines.

During my last 10 years of Marine Corps service, I was school-trained and served as an Interrogator. I was a Commander and member of several different Interrogator-Translator Teams (ITT) - Korean and Russian areas - and I served all over the world.

I retired in 1979 and reached full retirement (1st. Lt.) in 1989. I then began a second career with DOD and the Department of the Army in the education field (in Korea, Fort Drum, NY and in Syracuse with their Recruiting Command, where I retired in December 2006).

I am ready for this job and I can effectively serve the people of this district and their best interests. Along the way, I will need plenty of help, and I should be contacted ASAP regarding my campaign. Events will move quickly as soon as Rep. McHugh is confirmed as Army Secretary, and after Gov. Paterson announces the date for the special election.

A lot of talk is already swirling around those with tons of money, those already in office (Assembly and/or NYS Seante) as shoo-in candidates. I say to the people in charge of the selection process and anyone else who will listen: Do not be swayed by those factors. We need the best person, the most highly-skilled and experienced person who knows about DOD, Military and Intelligence matters, and one who can step in where Mr. McHugh is leaving off. I am that person.

Many of views can be seen about a series of tough issues at my two blogs: (1) http://www.politicalrapids.blogspot.com and (2) http://www.halfwaypundit.blogspot.com

I hope that I will get serious consideration as we move through this process.

~ more later. Thanks for stopping by.