Debate Tonight, Maine, etc
The following email was sent by the Kucinich campaign on January 22, 2004. You can sign up to receive these emails at the official campaign website
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NEW HAMPSHIRE DEBATE TONIGHT
Watch Dennis in a presidential candidates debate tonight. The debate starts at 8 p.m. ET in New Hampshire and will be aired live on WMUR in New Hampshire, Fox News, ABC News, Fox News Radio, and ABC News Radio. An edited version will be shown on ABC News "Nightline" at 11:35 p.m.. By some reports, C-Span will also show the debate, possibly with a delay.
DENNIS GREETED BY HUGE CROWDS IN MAINE
Excerpts from a report by Lu Bauer, Maine Co-Coordinator: Yesterday's tour in Maine was fabulous. We were all on an incredible high with the huge turnouts Dennis brought out every step of the way! At the University of Maine in Orono, Dennis brought 350 students to their feet repeatedly...The Unitarian Church in Belfast was bursting its seams, and people just kept on coming. Standing room only pushed back into overflow rooms in the church. The excitement was contagious. Local organizers had been speaking with the crowd of an estimated 250 curious and supporters about how they can have a voice in deciding the nominee...A traveling rap team showed up unexpectedly from California to entertain and literally sing the praises of the candidate.. engaging the audience in rap songs like "We Want Dennis Kucinich", as they awaited the arrival of the delegation. The Mayor of Belfast welcomed Congressman Kucinich to the city... and the church organ played John Lennon's "Imagine" as Kucinich and the riders from the bus came jubilantly down the aisle. This scene was repeated thrice more that day! In Rockland...In Bath...again, the crowd was huge, topping 450 with standing room only...In South Portland...People are newly excited about caucusing for Dennis on February 8.
WHY YOUR STATE COUNTS TOO THIS TIME
While the media had already picked a winner of this nominating process and even a loser of the general election before the Iowa Caucuses, it's the people who actually get to decide. Iowa produced no run-away leader, and there are 49 states left to go. Anyone can win, and we can nominate a candidate who can defeat George W. Bush if we put our minds to it. This contest is going to go down to the convention in July, and your state's primary or caucus is going to matter, perhaps for the first time in many years. This is terrific for our democracy and terrific for the Kucinich campaign, because we are going to build strength one state at a time.
If we nominate a candidate who disagrees with Bush on extending the war in Iraq, on NAFTA and the WTO, on the HMO and private insurance system, on the "PATRIOT Act," on the Pentagon budget, a candidate with a plan for truly universal health care and universal education from pre-K to college, we just might have some debates in the general election worthy of being called debates.
Most Americans won't start paying attention to this election until AFTER the Democratic nominee is chosen. If we choose one who presents a contrast to the President, we will excite people and turn out new voters, in addition to all the regular voters who plan to vote for whoever the nominee is.
And we all can support whoever the nominee is. But now is our opportunity to make that nominee a candidate who can revitalize our democracy and defeat President Bush by calling for fundamental change, not staying the course but altering the rhetoric. That Dennis Kucinich will make the strongest candidate against Bush is hard to dispute. That he is not ahead of other Democrats in the polls is no reason not to vote for him in the primary. A primary is a chance to vote for the best candidate. If he doesn't win, you've helped promote his platform at the convention. If everyone who says "Dennis is my first choice but he's not electable" turns off their televisions and talks to their neighbors and votes for him, he will be elected, "electable" or not. Let's surprise ourselves. Let's take back our country.
HOW YOU CAN HELP NEW HAMPSHIRE
Now it's time to focus our full efforts on getting out the votes in the New Hampshire primary election next Tuesday, January 27. Dennis created momentum in New Hampshire this week with his inspiring State of the Nation speech, and a Town Hall Meeting that demonstrated the heart of democracy at work. Here are some ways you can help him take that momentum forward.
Go to New Hampshire for door-to-door efforts.
Call toll free 1-866-413-3664 to find out how.
Write letters to New Hampshire voters.
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Contact anyone you know in New Hampshire.
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