Notes from the campaign trail, December 18
From Melinda Arons:
On the attack
NEW YORK CITY, Dec. 18 — In a speech in Mt. Vernon, Iowa Thursday, Rep. Kucinich beefed up criticism of his fellow candidates for not proposing immediate exit strategies in Iraq, and continued to insist that Saddam Hussein's capture offers the perfect opportunity to get out of Iraq and hand the operation over to the UN.
While he has always singled himself out as the only candidate with a plan to bring U.S. troops home immediately, the speech signifies a new willingness to attack his rivals on the issue. To Kucinich, if it was wrong to go in, it's wrong to stay in, and if the other candidates propose staying in then they're no better than Bush: "Almost all the other presidential candidates are now going along with the Bush Administration's military occupation. That's why I'm here, to tell you there is another voice, and it is a voice that has been consistent and will not be relenting until we get out of Iraq."
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