[PAA-Discuss] Bush targets Kucinich

[Theresa Keefe]

What a crime it would be if Kucinich lost out to a Bush operative....
Please consider investing in all Dennis stand for

Dear Friends:

Four and a half years ago, in February 2002, in Southern California, I
gave a speech entitled, 'A Prayer for America.'
[http://www.kucinich.us/speeches/20020217_prayer_for_america.php] In 
that
speech, I outlined my concern about the Bush Administration acting above
the law, without regard for the Constitution and with virtually no
oversight from Congress. Sadly, four and half years after I gave that
speech all of what I said has come true.

Last week, the Supreme Court in the majority ruling about the legal
standing of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, wrote,"Congress has not issued
the executive a blank check."

I have said from the beginning that this Administration has used 9/11 to
act above the law and outside the Constitution. The so call 'War on
Terror' has become a War of Errors.

 From Iraq to Afghanistan, from illegal domestic spying to snooping into
people's banking records, from North Korea to Iran, from Guantanamo to 
Abu
Ghraib, at every turn this Administration has failed the American 
people,
made our nation less safe, and has operated with contempt for the
Constitution, dismissing the most basic principles of our democracy.

Because I have had the courage to stand-up and speak the truth, the Bush
Administration is trying to defeat me this November. They have gone so 
far
as to send one of their own from Washington to Cleveland to run against 
me
in this fall’s election. My opponent in this November’s election is a
former member of the Bush Administration who has spent much of the last
few years advocating the very policies that have put our country in the
very peril it is in today.

Many of you have given generously in the past, and I am very grateful, 
but
I need your help once again so I can continue my leadership in Congress.

While I am confident I will prevail this November, I cannot do it alone.
Recently, due to my strong leadership in Congress – leading opposition 
to
the war in Iraq, fighting for a national health care plan and my efforts
for a Department of Peace – my hometown newspaper took the unprecedented
step of endorsing my opponent in my primary. I won a solid victory in 
the
primary, and, with your support, will have a solid victory in November.

Four and half years ago, the direction America was headed was plain to 
see
and that's why I wrote 'A Prayer for America.'

My call then was for guiding our nation in a new direction in which we
faced the challenges of terrorism in a way that brings us peace, 
security
and preserves our democracy. I called then for an America that comes
together for our greater aspirations, not one divided against itself.

My re-election in November will ensure a strong, courageous voice for
peace, Constitutional rights, environmentally sensitive energy policies,
and health care for all, meaning universal health care, protection of
social security and pensions and support for education.

I hope you will consider helping me achieve our shared vision with an
additional contribution to my campaign.
https://www.kucinich.us/contribute/


Sincerely,

Dennis
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