Kucinich Re-affirms Intention to Keep Running
The following is a press release from March 21, 2004, by the Kucinich campaign
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Kucinich Re-affirms Intention to Keep Running
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 21, 2004
Contact: Matt Harris: (o) (216) 889-2004, (c) (216) 403-3980, press@kucinich.us
Declaring "my commitment remains steadfast," Congressman and Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich today re-affirmed his intention to continue campaigning through the remaining primaries and caucuses "to ensure that the Democratic Party goes in the direction of peace, health care for all, fair trade, and civil liberties."
In a message to his supporters, Kucinich said, "I'm not relenting. I made a commitment a long time ago to this nation and to this party that the Democratic Party will not just be relevant, but will stand for courage and for faith in democracy."
Despite the mounting delegate count for front-runner John Kerry, "this is a critical moment to let Americans know they can still voice their concerns about the direction of the Democratic Party," Kucinich said.
"We have the opportunity," he said, "within our movement, within our party, to win the affection of the American people with our courage and our determination to offer real alternatives."
"We must show, as we move towards our convention, that the Democratic Party remains a vibrant party with a capacity for growth. That it remains a party committed to peace. That it remains a party that committed to health care for all, to civil liberties, to fair trade, and to all the things the American people care about."
One of the goals of the campaign, Kucinich said, is "to continue to bring people into the Democratic Party, and the only way we can do that is to demonstrate that there are Democrats out there who stand by the principles that this campaign is based on. By doing that, we will have the credibility and the legitimacy to ask people to stay with us through November."
Kucinich asked his supporters to do more than "just keep this together." He called on them to "strengthen our effort" through organizing in the remaining 15 states, raising money, and remaining committed to the campaign‚s core issues.
"I need you to continue to back this effort to get the word out," Kucinich told supporters, "to give the Democratic Party a deeper meaning, and to keep having a deeper conversation between now and the convention about who we are as a party. You are the only ones who can help make that happen."
To read the full text and listen to the audio postcard go to: http://kucinich.us/031904-persmsg.php.
For information about the National campaign: http://www.kucinich.us
For Congressman Kucinich's Schedule: http://www.kucinich.us/schedule.htm.
To schedule an interview with Kucinich or a spokesperson: jonathans@kucinich.us
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