http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6N5jO5ahacSummer Lipford is a Goldstar mom from NC.
Her son was killed in Iraq in 2005.
When he died, Summer contacted Rep. Foxx's office for help with transportation to the memorial ceremony at Ft. Benning.
Foxx never called her back, and Summer was never able to afford to attend her son's own ceremony.
Summer ran into two of Foxx's staffers at a couple months later in her hometown.
She asked them, "Why has Foxx never called me back, or answered my letters?"
They replied, "Why are you so special that our Congresswoman should talk to you?"
Summer then said, "Because my son was killed in a war she voted for."
One Foxx staffer snapped back, "Well he volunteered for the war didn't he?"
And the other one added, "Yeah and he was getting paid over there, so what's the problem?"
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Her story has become infamous in the North Carolina mountains. And this ad would finish Rep. Virginia Foxx's career, if it gets some money behind it.
Summer is brave for doing this ad for Roy Carter, and we don't want her courage to be in vain.
During a debate tonight Foxx said that government should not fund education, healthcare or economic development. I think you know what that would amount to.
Carter is running ahead 41-40 with 19% percent undecided. He is expected to be outspent 7-1, but if this ad gets aired a few times there is no way Foxx could pull it out.
www.roycarterforcongress.com
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