Posted: Apr 14, 2004 - 09:17:19 PDT
Kucinich takes his call for change to Newport
By Joel Gallob Of the News-Times
"Iowa and New Hampshire decided the nominee," Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich told an audience of 250 people Tuesday at Newport's Performing Arts Center. "Oregon can decide the direction of the Democratic Party, if Oregon speaks up on May 18 on Iraq, on health care, on the Patriot Act and constitutional rights. If Oregon speaks loudly in the primary, the whole country will know it."
With the Democratic contest over and John Kerry the party's nominee, Oregonians opposed to the policies of President Bush can vote their conscience by voting for Kucinich in the May 18 primary, he said, and not worry about helping Bush return to the White House. When asked if he feels Kerry is "an honorable man," Kucinich said "yes," but his focus was on the upcoming primary.
"The voters in the Oregon primary," he said, "can tell the party it must stand for something, stand for a new direction in war and peace, health care, civil liberties, fair trade and the environment. I don't believe people want a Democratic version of the Republican war in Iraq, a Democratic version of Republican corporate health care policies. We are at the end of the primary election cycle now, and the Democrats are putting their platform together. Oregon," Kucinich said, "can be the voice that decides the party really should stand for something."
Kucinich was brought to Newport by the Lincoln County Volunteers for Kucinich for President. He said he is running now not for office, but to...(Full Story)
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