CONCORD MONITOR NOTES DEAN'S CLAIM

On Saturday, Dec. 27, the Concord Monitor in Concord, NH, noted: "Dean recently mailed brochures to homes in New Hampshire with a headline stating that Dean is the only candidate who 'opposed the war from the start.'" Here is an image taken from the brochure, which the Dean campaign has mailed to people in New Hampshire and other states:

https://www.kintera.com/AccountTempFiles/Account5348/images/_291203917171295.gif

It's hard to believe that Dean supporters would stand for this kind of misrepresentation. Kucinich supporters won't stand for it!

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

1. Contact all of your friends who are Dean supporters.

2. Contact the media and ask them why they are not asking Dean about his misrepresentation. Remember to be polite and keep to the point. Make each communication unique. No form letters.

Here are Email addresses for letters to the editor:

http://www.kucinich.us/responses_contacts.php

Here are phone numbers for talk shows:

http://www.kucinich.us/responses_phones.htm

Here are a few key places to contact:

New York Times News desk phone 212-556-7356, fax 212-556-7614

Email ... national@nytimes.com

Los Angeles Times News Desk phone 213-237-7001, fax: 213-237-4712

Washington Post Political Desk phone 202-334-7410, fax 202-334-3883

USA Today News Desk phone 703-854-7121, fax 703-854-2078

WHAT THE TRUE FACTS ARE:

As you all know so well, Dennis Kucinich led the effort against the war in the House of Representatives, is the only candidate who voted against the war, is the only candidate who consistently opposed the war from the beginning and continues to oppose it now, and is the only candidate with an exit strategy. His "Prayer for America" speech against the buildup to war in February 2002 catalyzed this campaign. Rev. Al Sharpton and Ambassador Carol Mosley-Braun also opposed the war. The war is NOT over. Soldiers are dying every day. And Dean would like to continue the military occupation of Iraq for "a few years," as he said in the debate on December 9th. Dennis is campaigning on his record of opposition to the war and his plan to end it in 90 days. Dean's flyer and mass mailing effectively calls Dennis a liar. People have begun asking Dennis whether he really opposed the war. Dean knows the truth. After we complained in October about his similar misrepresentations in TV ads in New Hampshire, he acknowledged Dennis' leadership against the war at an AFL-CIO forum and stopped running the ads. He later acknowledged Dennis' courage on this issue during a national debate. And yet he continues to use a flyer that says "Only Dean Opposed the War from the Start."

If the arrogant Dr. Dean chooses to gloss over the inconsistencies of the positions he took during the first stage of this war, that's his business. But when he denies Dennis's record, that becomes our business, and it ought to be the business of the media. Dean is misrepresenting a material fact, and doing so despite his demonstrated knowledge of the truth. It is the media's responsibility to find out why he is doing this. The public has a right to know.

Here is information on who opposed the war:

http://www.kucinich.us/antiwar.php

Please forward this important news to friends, family and co-workers [via email] quickly and widely.

Thank you ... Peace on Earth!

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Recent news from UKs BBC ... Iran Quake Toll Could Reach 50,000. So upsetting to hear that whole families have perished in this lethal earthquake, which struck the city of Bam on Friday, December 26th. More news via this BBC link:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3356175.stm

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Those of you who have children in school or will be sending them soon. Please read the article below, as it is about the deplorable state of our education system under the Bush Administration [ahem ... Empire]. True, the students will be good at reading and math, but they'll know NOTHING about important topics like history, art, languages, geography, etc. The current system is WRONG and needs to revert back to what it once was. We all need to band together, make a difference and oust the pigs in DC. We need to take back our country and that includes schools.

"No Child Left Behind" Program Leaves True Education Behind
Capital Times Newspaper Article
by Dave Zweifel

http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1229-04.htm