Gay Black Decorated Iraq Vet From Harvard Named Tony Running For Congress

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Insurgent congressional candidate Anthony Woods' life story reads like Aaron Sorkin wrote it—he's a gay, black Iraq veteran with a Harvard degree. He talks to The Daily Beast's Benjamin Sarlin about running on his biography.

In every election cycle, there’s one candidate whose life story stands out among the crowd. In 2004, it was Barack Obama; in 2006, it was Vietnam vet Jim Webb. This year, an underdog candidate for U.S. Congress in California is the clear winner and it's not even close. Anthony Woods' biography—he’s a gay, black Iraq vet with a Harvard degree—reads like a West Wing script Aaron Sorkin threw into the wastebasket for being too over the top.

Woods, 28, is currently running in a crowded Democratic field to replace Rep. Ellen Tauscher in California's 10th district, which includes parts of Sacramento and San Francisco's East Bay area. (Tauscher is leaving Congress to serve in Obama’s State Department; there’s no date yet for the special election.) Though he was briefly an aide to Gov. David Paterson in New York, Woods is the political unknown in the field, which includes California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, State Sen. Mark DeSaulnier, and Assemblywoman Joan Buchanan.

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[Ryan_ZOOM_Turner]

Good for him.

[bartleby]

Tony?

[Thommy Melanson]

Good luck to him.

Hopefully he can help get same-sex marriage legal in CA if elected.

He's gotta watch out for the Repub smear machine though.

Even if you're a war veteran they'll label you a coward and call your service into question.

Yet if you got multiple deferments or daddy got you a cush low-supervision gig in the Civil Air Patrol, they'll send you to Washington.

[King of Mars]

Even if you're a war veteran they'll label you a coward and call your service into question.

That runs both ways. McCain saw combat, was a prisoner of war, and people here were still acting like he did nothing to earn the praise he got for his service.

[bartleby]

That runs both ways. McCain saw combat, was a prisoner of war, and people here were still acting like he did nothing to earn the praise he got for his service.

Yes, that's exactly what happened.

[Thommy Melanson]

That runs both ways. McCain saw combat, was a prisoner of war, and people here were still acting like he did nothing to earn the praise he got for his service.

Good thing none of us Benbo'ers are Congressmen, huh?

[King of Mars]

Yes, that's exactly what happened.

I could (but won't, 'cause there's a Mets game coming on) dig out the posts to back that up.

[Thommy Melanson]

Yes, that's exactly what happened.

Remember, John Kerry actually stabbed every man in his unit, doused them in gasoline, set them ablaze then sailed away on a Charlie boat laughing maniacally over the lilting strains of "Muskrat Love".

[King of Mars]

Good thing none of us Benbo'ers are Congressmen, huh?

Ahh. I see. It's okay to diminish a war vet's contributions to the country as long as you're not a political opponent. Gotcha.