Dennis on the Campaign Trail enroute from California to Washington State
Here's a message from Dennis Kucinich
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Evening of 2/3/04
Enroute to Washington State
Hi Everyone, this is Dennis.
Well, we finally popped our nose above the sidewalk today and came up with 2% in Arizona, 3% in North Dakota, and at last count, they're still counting, we're between 5 and 6% in New Mexico.
This clearly starts to show that our campaign has a heartbeat, and we're going to create some racing pulses across the country as we start to challenge the front runners on their position on Iraq, on health care, and on trade.
Your participation is urgent now. We need your help on the phones and in any other way possible for the contests ahead in Washington state, in Maine, and in Michigan. We need to you to help with the phones, we need some of you close by to help with canvassing, and to continue our efforts with fundraising.
With all the attention on the horse race, no one has paid any attention as to what's in the saddlebags of the front runners. And as we begin to focus attention on this war in Iraq, we're going to make it very clear that this campaign stands as the real alternative to President Bush, the only alternative which will bring our troops home. And so your participation is going to help change the debate in this election, on Iraq, and move this party in a direction to bring our troops home.
As we move towards the Super Tuesday, your participation is going to be essential because we're not just going to change the debate, but we're going to start moving up to causing Democrats everywhere to understand that the only way to be successful in defeating President Bush is to challenge him on the very issue that he expects to win the election on, and that's on Iraq. So I'm fully prepared to do that, but I need your help in making that happen.
With respect to health care, over and over again I've stood in those presidential forums and pointed out that we present the only alternative with a not-for-profit, universal, single-payer system. As I go around the country more and more people are desperate on health care issues. And here again, we're going to start to score not just points but more support from across the country.
On the issue of trade, with your help we've made the issue of trade one of the major issues in this campaign. But we still have more to do. Because if we cause others to focus on trade they see that we're the only ones talking about saving American jobs, and on challenging this corporate trade structure which is going for cheap labor and then bringing those goods back into this country and wiping out American manufacturing industry while lowering the standards of American families all over this country.
So there it is, Iraq, trade, and health care. That's the ticket, not just to the nomination but to a new America.
So help us organize, help us get ready for the upcoming primaries and caucuses, and let's get ready for the next step. We're finally starting to show that we've got some ability to gather votes, and we'll be showing it more and more with your help.
So thank you, let's keep things organized, let's keep it together, and let's keep it on.
Thanks everyone, bye now.
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