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<DIV><FONT size=2>Doug knows how I feel about his guy. Tomorrow is not going to
be a good day to be John Edwards. Sorry if this is a repeat ...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>CK</FONT></DIV>
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<P><B><FONT face=Arial>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:</FONT></B> <BR><B><FONT face=Arial>January 20,
2003
Chris Kromm: 919-949-9415</FONT></B>
<BR><B>
<FONT face=Arial>Hart Matthews: 919-416-6168</FONT></B> </P>
<P align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=4>** MEDIA ADVISORY **</FONT></B></P>
<DIV align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=4>GROWING ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT TO TARGET
JOHN EDWARDS </FONT></B></DIV>
<DIV align=center><B><FONT face=Arial size=4>FOR SENATOR'S "RECKLESS EMBRACE" OF
WAR</FONT></B></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><B><FONT face=Arial>January 21 demonstrations planned in four
cities; </FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial>presidential hopeful slammed
</FONT></B></DIV>
<DIV align=center><B><FONT face=Arial>on home turf for “caving in” to Bush’s
unpopular Iraq war plans</FONT></B></DIV>
<P><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">RALEIGH –</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial></FONT>
<FONT face="Times New Roman">Activists representing North Carolina’s growing
anti-war movement will gather at the offices of Senator and presidential hopeful
John Edwards on the Fayetteville St. Mall in Raleigh at noon tomorrow, January
21. The demonstration, called by a new coalition of 52 state organizations
opposed to war on Iraq, will protest Senator Edwards’s “reckless embrace” of the
Bush Administration’s war plans.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">“Senator Edwards claims to be a champion of
‘regular people,’” said Adam Sotak of Chapel Hill, an organizer for the event.
“But what 'regular people' need are jobs, good schools and health care -- not a
$200 billion war that most of the world doesn't want, and which will risk
thousands of American and Iraqi lives."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">"By caving in to Bush and the powerful interests
that want this war, Senator Edwards has shown this isn't a matter of Democrats
and Republicans, it's a matter of life and death," Sotak said. “Tomorrow,
thousands of North Carolinians will send a clear message: Senator Edwards, we
won’t forget your reckless embrace of this unjust, dangerous, and unnecessary
war.”</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">Activists in Asheville, Charlotte and Greensboro
will also stage rallies targeting Senator Edwards on Tuesday, Jan. 21. In a
separate but related event, the organization MoveOn.org will be sending a
delegation to meet with Senator Edwards’ staff in Raleigh at 12:30
p.m.</FONT></P>
<P><B><FONT face=Arial>WHEN: Tuesday, January 21, 12:00 noon</FONT></B> </P>
<P><B><FONT face=Arial>WHAT: State-wide Day of Action targeting Senator John
Edwards for his pro-war stand. Raleigh event will include speakers and street
theater.</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT face=Arial>WHERE: Office of Senator John Edwards, Fayetteville
Street Mall, Raleigh. Coordinated demonstrations also taking place in Asheville,
Charlotte and Greensboro.</FONT></B></P>
<P><B><FONT face=Arial>CONTACTS FOR LOCAL DEMONSTRATIONS:</FONT></B><FONT
face=Arial> </FONT><BR><B><FONT face=Arial>Raleigh:</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial>
Adam Sotak, 919-942-1503 </FONT><B> <FONT
face=Arial>Asheville:</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial> Scot Quaranda, 828-251-2525
</FONT><BR><B><FONT face=Arial>Charlotte:</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial> David
Dixon, 704-449-6925 </FONT><B> <FONT
face=Arial>Greensboro:</FONT></B><FONT face=Arial> Kristen Robinson,
336-254-1122</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Times New Roman">The January 21 Day of Action comes as momentum
grows in North Carolina’s anti-war movement. Last Thursday, a new coalition of
52 state organizations announced their opposition to war on Iraq. On Saturday,
January 18, thousands of North Carolinians from 13 cities road 35 buses to a
national anti-war demonstration in Washington, D.C., which drew over 100,000
people. A local rally in Durham the same day drew 1,000 protesters.</FONT></P>
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