I need your help to continue my work for peace and justice
Kucinich sent the following email on May 1, 2006:
Dear Friend,
"...we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, our sacred Honor." These words from the Declaration of Independence are a high expression of human solidarity in support of human freedom. Through the years we, too, have made a pledge to each other. Because of your generous support I have been able to be your national spokesperson for peace, and social and economic justice. Along with my sincere gratitude, let me convey my unyielding commitment. There is something further and it is important that you know: I am under attack, and I need your help now! Please contribute
I am being attacked for my stance against the war, my legislation for a Cabinet-Level Department of Peace and my striving for universal health care. I need your help and your support. Please contribute
On Sunday, April 23rd, Cleveland's Plain Dealer, the largest newspaper in Ohio, endorsed my opponent in the May 2nd primary, despite admitting that she lacks experience and has no chance of winning. (And despite the fact that through a two- year campaign of personal attacks, she has yet to take a single position on any national issue.) Nevertheless, the Plain Dealer used both their Saturday, April 22nd and Sunday paper to distort my record, question my qualifications for office and dismiss our aspirations for peace and health care for all.
On April 20th, they used their editorial page to allow a Republican vying for the Congressional seat I hold to state that I have "communist values". In response to this red-baiting, the Plain Dealer called the candidate "forthright" and "admirable". Think about it. Here is a big city daily newspaper abandoning its reputation with an unsigned editorial, enthusiastically serving as a vehicle for the kind of red-baiting that was discredited by every respectable editorialist nearly 50 years ago.
The primary election is tomorrow - Tuesday, May 2nd. I am confident I will prevail. But the editorial posturing, partisan poison and hysterical distortions of my record may well continue, and necessitate a very expensive General Election campaign.
I will not back down. While others want to perpetuate war, look the other way as forty-six million Americans have no health insurance, and let the oil companies rob the American people, I will continue to speak out.
I will continue to speak out against the illegal and immoral war in Iraq. I will continue to be our voice in Congress to stop a war in Iran. And I will continue to be our voice in Congress for universal health care, a full employment economy, an excess profits tax on the oil companies to end the gouging at the pump. And I will continue to work for the creation of a Department of Peace.
But I cannot do it alone and I need your financial support. Please contribute
With your help, I am confident I can continue to be our voice of reason, peace and justice in Congress. A voice you know cannot be bought and will not be silenced!
On April 30th, 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States. It was a time of great expectations for a new nation. Two hundred and seventeen years later, let us once again call forth great expectations for America. Let us show that with firmness and courage we can renew our nation. Thank you for being there for me. Thank you for believing in a just and peaceful America.
Sincerely,
Dennis
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