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> Outreach Coordinator from the campaign (staff) Claudia Slate:
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>
> Claudia Slate
>
> Board Admin - Staff
> Joined: 17 Jun 2003
> Posts: 1340
> Location: Parmelee, SD (Lakota Territory)Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2004
> 5:37 pm
> Post subject: Kerry convention delegates in rebellion
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> Quote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Americansfora Freesociety
> [mailto:americansforafreesociety at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:50 PM
> To: schedule at kucinich.us
> Subject: Kerry convention delegates in rebellion.
>
> To: The Kerry Campaign Headquarters
> From: Americans for a Free Society.
> Subject: Kerry loss of delegates.
>
> We have received reports from three states that both committed and
> non-committed delegates to the Convention in Boston will not cast
> their
> votes for John Kerry. The reasons reported are:
>
>
> 1. John Kerry's plans to increase the military budget,
>
> 2. The possibility of John Kerry reinstating the military draft,
>
> 3. John Kerry's pledge that he would give business a greater tax
cut,
>
> 4. John Kerry's plans to retain and possibly strengthen the PATRIOT
> ACT,
>
> 5. John Kerry's plans for Iraq and the Middle East.
>
> 6. The probability of choosing Richard Gephardt, the man who "sold
> out" on
> his party pursuant to the "War Powers Act" to George W. Bush in the
> White
> House's rose garden.
>
> These "rebelling" Kerry delegates, and super delegates, justify
their
> position as follows: " Had Democrat voters known Kerry's plans as
> stated,
> before they voted in their individual state's primaries, a great
> majority of
> their votes would have been cast for another candidate." Now that
> Kerry is
> showing his true colors, these numerous delegates believe they have
> neither
> moral or legal obligations to remain committed to Kerry in
convention.
>
> Too many changes in campaign promises from a candidate who has not
> yet been
> officially confirmed in Convention!
>
> This trend, should it continue, will force a "brokered convention."
> Perhaps
> that is as it
> should be after hearing the truth of the matter pursuant to the
Kerry
> campaign.
>
> The auguries are not good for an official Kerry candidacy.
>
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