Dean, Kucinich campaign in Washington in wake of Kerry victories

[maddezmom]

Dean, Kucinich campaign in Washington in wake of Kerry victories

02/04/2004

By ELIZABETH M. GILLESPIE / Associated Press


Standing before hundreds of supporters in a downtown hotel Wednesday morning, Howard Dean mentioned nothing about his losses in seven states the day before.

"We are going to win the Washington caucuses!" he shouted as the crowd gave him a standing ovation.

The former front-runner gave himself credit for energizing the Democratic Party by focusing on the need for jobs, health care, a balanced budget, and criticizing "a unilateral, wrong-headed war on Iraq."

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Lacey was the first of four stops Kucinich had scheduled for two days of campaigning in Washington state. He also planned events in Seattle, a private visit to Microsoft headquarters, and a benefit concert. On Thursday, he will campaign in Everett, Seattle and Spokane.

In his Lacey speech, he portrayed the United States as rapacious, oil-crazed, violent and warmongering under the current leadership.

He called for a pullout from Iraq within 90 days after the United Nations agrees to help with reconstruction and said the Pentagon budget should be slashed, with the savings used for free preschool and kindergarten.

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more:http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D80GLHTG0.html

[Straight Shooter]

1. Sweet little interpretation of Kucinich's stand for what's right

Rapacious? Oil-crazed? Violent and war mongering? True, or not true, depending on your perspective, but did he actually say that?

Way to go, AP! Bash Dean lightly, but really take a club to Kucinich.

Sometimes I think this country gets exactly what it deserves.

:grr:

[revcarol]

2. P. S., notice that Dean still doesn't condemn PRE-EMPTIVE WAR.

He would have gone in SOLO PRE-EMPTIVELY if necessary, after the weapons inspectors reported they didn't find any WMD's.

Funny how no one calls him on this.

[Kanary]

3. Wouldn't it be nice if they actually *quoted* a speech

instead of putting it in their own, mocking words?

Anyone know where the actual text of this speech can be found?

Thanks for posting the article.

Kanary

[revcarol]

4. Maybe Will Pitt will post it...

but DK always answers questions from ordinary people, off the cuff, and THEN, his intelligence and his grasp of complicated issues really shines.