<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff><PRE>KUCINICH SCORES IN IOWA</PRE><PRE>As was reported widely this weekend (Washington Post, L.A. Times, etc.), presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich was ranked number one by union members at Saturday's candidate forum in Des Moines at AFSCME's national convention. It is one more indication that the Kucinich campaign is gaining traction -- in the key state of Iowa and elsewhere. Reuters reported: "A focus group of 30 union members in Iowa, which holds the first nominating contest in January, found Kucinich with the highest overall rating and Sharpton, Gephardt and Dean right behind, pollster Celinda Lake said. 'I loved what Kucinich feels in his gut and how he supports labor; I think he gained a lot of support today,' Michael Arken of Portland, Oregon, said after the forum." Kucinich received a rousing reaction to his opening remarks: "As President, I'll make sure that workers' rights are enshrined in a Workers' White House. As President, I'll issue an executive order which will say that anyone who gets a federal contract will have to provide that when 50% of the workers sign up for a union, there's an automatic union. As President, I'll set aside those provisions of Taft-Harley which attack the right to organize. As President (with a 100% AFSCME voting record, I might add), one of my first acts in office -- recognizing how trade has devastated so many towns around Iowa and the nation -- will be to cancel NAFTA and the WTO. "I ask this administration: Tell me, Mr. Bush, where are those weapons of mass destruction? I've seen those weapons, and I'll tell you where they are. Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hopelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Let's bring back hope in America. Let's bring back jobs in America. Let's bring back workers' rights in America! Thank you." *** Dennis Kucinich, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, is leading an insurgent campaign for President. He's connecting well with those fortunate enough to hear his message of cutting military waste and reversing tax cuts for the wealthy in order to provide national health insurance for all, Social Security retirement at 65, free pre-K to college education. He is for canceling the so-called "USA Patriot Act" and he's the only presidential candidate who voted against it. You can help spread the Kucinich message to new people by making a donation at [<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://www.kucinich.us/contribute.php">https://www.kucinich.us/contribute.php</A>]. Learn more about the Kucinich campaign at [<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.kucinich.us">http://www.kucinich.us</A>] PLEASE CIRUCLATE this to your friends, relatives, co-workers. *** PS. THE KUCINICH EXCEPTION On Saturday, a front-page Washington Post article accurately reported that Democratic leaders, with one exception, are reluctant to confront President Bush over the Iraq war, and the failure to find weapons of mass destruction: "The only candidate making a big issue of the failure to find weapons stockpiles is Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio), the fervently antiwar candidate. "The basis of the war in Iraq is fraudulent," Kucinich said in an interview. "They misrepresented Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction. They misrepresented the nature of the nuclear threat." If you would like to be removed from this mail list please click here: <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.kucinich.us/email/manage.php?key=">http://www.kucinich.us/email/manage.php?key=</A> </PRE></BODY></HTML>