There is something exciting and a bit scary about changing every aspect of one's life, and the direction it is headed in. Your job, where and how you live, your new associations and friends.

That is what I am about to do. Last Sunday, some friends and I recorded a video tape of me talking about why I should be the next U.S. Congressman for Sacramento's district 5 instead of incumbent Doris Matsui. Wow...this is huge.
It's at www.davelynchforcongress.org

I have never been, for as long as I can remember, anything but an artist and musician, dreamer, advocate of the truth and tried to find a path suitable to my lifestyle as a musician, hoping to create something good for my friends and family to listen to. I've been involved with interesting people, odd people, and had fun on national television where I got my rights and lefts trampled, and played gigs in very questionable establishments...ahh, the life of the self employed artist!

Now, I am embarking on a political career; something I 'never in a million years' dreamed I would do. Why, then, you ask? I am scared, really afraid of my own government. I am fearful of a Congress that refuses to address the criminal behavior of the Bush/Cheney administration.

Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about getting a blow job. That was a personal life problem and no one died. Well, I sure Mrs. Clinton died a little when that happened, and it was a terrible emotional tragedy for the US - but it was an emotional/social tragedy, nothing more.
Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfeld, Rove, Wolfowitz and Bremer lied to the American people and to Congress about Iraq's involvement in 9/11, leading to the slaughter of 4000 American soldiers and almost 1,000,000 Iraqi civilians. That's murder. They violated the Constitution, the Geneva Conventions, committed treason by outing a covert CIA operative and illegally tapped American civilian phones. They need to be Impeached and sent to jail, nothing less.

I am afraid, and I am angry my representatives' have so badly mismanaged our country, and I can no longer sit idle and watch. I am compelled to action.

While I have no illusions I can be victorious, or even effective as a Freshman Congressman should I be incredibly fortune enough to win, the possibility is still there: It IS possible to make a difference. We all must make a difference, because our very livelihood depends on the decisions we make now.

My country has been very good to me. Many have paid the ultimate price for the freedoms you and I enjoy. Today, misguided and even bad people, the bullies, have made a mess of this freedom.  I can't stand bullies.

So, until November when the election takes place, I will do my best to effect the dialog, bring up the tough questions, offer ideas on how to solve the myriad problems we face, and try to move the country in my own small way, to a better place.

My life is changing already, and it is better. It is more full, because I know my effort just might help my mom with her health care issues, or her friends' health care issues, or allow her to not feel guilty about turning up the thermostat a little so her bill won't be so high, like millions of other seniors or average income families.   All this while Exxon reports a record $47 Billion in profits. How can they sleep at night?

Music is always in me, every second, it's kept me alive for 51 years, I am singing a melody inside me, of some kind, every moment I exist. But my focus will change from music to politics, so I can help my friends and neighbors...and myself, enjoy a better world than the one this administration, or McCain plans for us. They scare me. They should scare you too...just look at how many have died under their rule. It is shameful.

So let's fix it, let's change that. It's time to get off ones ass and get involved. "Quitcher Bitchen' and put your actions where yer mouth is" my uncle George said to me once.

I've done nothing else since, no reason to stop now. So, help if you can. If I get something wrong, show me what you think and we'll discuss it. It takes the team.

I hope those of you who live in my district will give me your support, and help me turn this country around. For the details of my blather see my personally crafted web site (rookie at it) www.davelynchforcongress.org

Yes indeed, I am scared. I feel like I am about to jump into a shark tank (oh, forgot, lots of lawyers, right). I have had a really challenging personal life, with a lot of fun, but quirky to some things in it. Some in the media will try to hurt me, though I've always tried to help everyone, bring a smile, do a favor. I will stand up for what is right anyway because it is the right thing to do. That's the way Jefferson, Franklin and Lincoln felt. That's why I am running, because I care, and it's the right thing to do, and I will bust my butt to be the best Congressional rep this district has ever had.

But, I cannot do it alone, I need your help.

Thanks, peace, Namaste,
Dave