Kucinich Tells it Straight at Debate
The following is a press release from October 26, 2003 by the Kucinich campaign
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Kucinich Tells it Straight at Debate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 26, 2003
Tonight's presidential debate in Detroit opened with a question from Carl Cameron to Gov. Howard Dean. The questioner claimed that Dean opposed the spending increase of $87 billion. Dean did not correct the questioner's error. The transcript of the last debate in Phoenix shows that Dean supported that spending.
Congressman Dennis Kucinich challenged Dean to cease running a television advertisement claiming that his opponents supported the war. Dean refused, claiming that the ad clearly referred to whichever of his opponents supported the war.
Kucinich, who consistently opposed the war, described his plan for bringing the troops home from Iraq and turning control of the transition over to the United Nations. Only Rev. Al Sharpton joined Kucinich in calling for U.S. troops to be brought home expeditiously.
Kucinich went on to discuss his proposal to establish a cabinet-level Department of Peace to make nonviolence an organizing principle in our domestic and foreign affairs, to address problems including urban violence and domestic violence and to prevent future wars.
Kucinich laid out a plan for the economy that included repealing the Bush Administration's tax cuts for the wealthiest in order to pay for college tuition, a WPA-like jobs program to create jobs restoring our infrastructure, creating universal single-payer health care and universal pre-kindergarten, and canceling NAFTA and the WTO to be replaced by fair bilateral trade agreements conditioned on workers' rights, human rights, and environmental quality principles.
While Dean promised "universal health care" and Sen. John Edwards promised "comprehensive health care," neither has a plan to provide every American with health coverage. Kucinich does. His plan agrees with the preference of 62 percent of Americans, according to a recent ABC/Washington Post poll.
Kucinich, the only candidate in the race who has experience as the mayor of a large city, concluded saying that his candidacy is about addressing the needs of cities so that all Americans have a chance to succeed.
For more information: http://www.kucinich.us/antiwarcandidate.htm
For Rep. Kucinich's Schedule: http://www.kucinich.us/schedule.htm.
Contact: David Swanson 202-329-7847 swanson@kucinich.us.
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