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:: 9.24.2003 ::
I got an email from Michael Moore today that many of you may have read already. However, I want to place special emphasis on a few paragraphs from that letter:And who among the other candidates does not have blood on his hands? John Kerry? He killed people in Vietnam. Bob Graham? He executed people as governor of Florida. Howard Dean? He says he would have voted in favor of bombing Afghanistan (at least 3,000 civilians slaughtered) and he's already said he would execute people on death row. So would Edwards. Gephardt voted for both wars. Dennis Kucinich used to vote for laws restricting a woman's right to an abortion, potentially forcing women back to the alley and, for many of them, to certain death.
No one is innocent here. And yet, there is, in everyone, a chance for redemption. John Kerry bravely led the anti-war movement when he returned from Vietnam. Dennis Kucinich changed his position and now supports a woman's right to choose. Howard Dean (with Kucinich) stood alone against the Iraq War when it was not the popular thing to do. People change. If we don't accept this, we are never going to get rid of Bush.
We, the voters, have a job to do right now: Remain strong and steadfast in pushing these candidates to behave, straighten up, and do the right thing. There will be plenty of time to get behind the one candidate who is nominated to defeat Bush. What we should be doing now is making our voices heard so that we can influence them to take the right positions. [emphasis added] This is very important. It is so easy to get caught up in the race, so easy to pick one candidate over the rest and pin all your hopes on him or her... we need to remember that all of these candidates have the potential to be our next President, and now is the best time to influence the face the eventual Democratic nominee presents to the American people when it comes time to vote next November. Write to Kucinich, to Mosley-Braun, to Kerry, and tell them what issues are most important to you. Tell them you want a moratorium on the death penalty, that you want the ERA ratified, that you want half the Pentagon budget diverted to education - whatever. Just TELL THEM. They won't know what you want unless you do.
:: Deb 1:34 PM :: permalink ::
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