Kerry's Email to Supporters
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Following is the email sent to Kerry supporters:
I want to thank you personally for what you did in the election -- you rewrote the book on grassroots politics, taking control of campaigns away from big donors. No campaign will ever be the same.
You moved voters, helped hold George Bush accountable, and countered the attacks from big news organizations such as Fox, Sinclair Broadcasting, and conservative talk radio.
And your efforts count now more than ever. Despite the words of cooperation and moderate sounding promises, this administration is planning a right wing assault on values and ideals we hold most deeply. Healthy debate and diverse opinion are being eliminated from the State Department and CIA, and the cabinet is being remade to rubber stamp policies that will undermine Social Security, balloon the deficit, avoid real reforms in health care and education, weaken homeland security, and walk away from critical allies around the world.
Regardless of the outcome of this election, once all the votes are counted -- and they will be counted -- we will continue to challenge this administration. This is not a time for Democrats to retreat and accommodate extremists on critical principles -- it is a time to stand firm.
I will fight for a national standard for federal elections that has both transparency and accountability in our voting system. It's unacceptable in the United States that people still don't have full confidence in the integrity of the voting process.
I ask you to join me in this cause.
And we must fight not only against George Bush's extreme policies -- we must also uphold our own values. This is why on the first day Congress is in session next year, I will introduce a bill to provide every child in America with health insurance. And, with your help, that legislation will be accompanied by the support of hundreds of thousands of Americans.
There are more than eight million uninsured children in our nation.
That's eight million reasons for us to stay together and fight for a new direction. It is a disgrace that in the wealthiest nation on earth, eight million children go without health insurance.
Normally, a member of the Senate will first approach other senators and ask them to co-sponsor a bill before it is introduced -- instead, I am turning to you. Imagine the power of a bill co-sponsored by hundreds of thousands of Americans being presented on the floor of the United States Senate. You can make it happen. Sign our "Every Child Protected" pledge today and forward it to your family, friends, and neighbors:
http://johnkerry.com/EveryChild
This is the beginning of a second term effort to hold the Bush administration accountable and to stand up and fight for our principles and our values. They want you to disappear; they are counting on that. I'm confident you will prove them wrong, and you will rewrite history again.
Here is what I want you to know. I understand the strength, commitment, and passion that are at the core of what we built together -- and I am determined to make our collective energy and organization a force to be reckoned with in the weeks and months ahead.
Let's roll up our sleeves and get back to work for our country.
Thank you,
John Kerry
posted by Ron Chusid at 12:37 PM
2 Comments:
I love it. Count me in.
Carl has graduated from the Karl Rove school of political writing--ignore the facts, ignore what your opponent really said, and twist everything!
I can only guess why he was thrown out of a Carole King concert. (We certainly can't expect an honest account from him). I have noted press reportrs which compared Kerryto Bush events, with Kerry allowing poltiical opponents, in contrast to Bush.
He takes a cheap, and irrelevant shot, in using Kerry's poorly worded by true statement that he voted for the $87 billion before he voted against it. As most readers here realize, this is true. It was two different votes which difered on the crucial matter of how the $87 would be funded.
I'm sure that others will need no explanation as to why it is not a contradiction to call for common cause after the election, and to also speak out when necessary. That's part of a democracy--a system of government I'm not sure Carl really believes in as he fails to recognize the extremist policies. While many hoped for moderation post election, it quickly became clear that Bush does not plan on a moderate course, despite polls showing that even those who voted for him not agreeing with most of his polices.
Most of Carl's post is not even worthy of response, but there are some crucial issues which go beyond his whining and are worthy of note. This is not a question, as Carl distorts Kerry's message, of appointing cabinet members who disagree. Instead it is a case of the White House going beyond the acts of most Presidents to suppress different opinions throughout the executive branch. We are seeing this in the CIA, which will only act to weaken our intelligence capabilities. We also fear that Rice's appointment is a sign that the foreign service will be made more political.
Another point worthy of note is his mischaracterization of the use of John Edwards. Edwards was often used in areas beyond the major media markets. This was not to reduce his access to the media, but to campaign in areas where the results of the election showed that even more campaigning was really needed. As evidence of this, see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/21/magazine/21OHIO.html?oref=login&oref=login
For example, they note:
This effort wasn't visible to Democrats because it was taking place on an entirely new terrain, in counties that Democrats had some vague notion of, but which they never expected could generate so many votes. The 10 Ohio counties with the highest turnout percentages, many of them small and growing, all went for Bush, and none of them had a turnout rate of less than 75 percent.
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