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Issues Facing Our Families, Our Communities and Our Nation
The MOB wants everyone to
be up to date on the big
issues facing our families,
communities-our entire nation.
We make decisions about voting
based on many factors: intelligence,
experience, a sense of personal
connection-but most of all
on who we trust to stand
for what is right, good and
fair for all Americans. We
believe that mothers, and
others, when given accurate
information, will make good
decisions.
1. We believe in
defending our borders and
supporting our troops. We
need a President who is respected
in the world community and
who leads by example. Terrorism
must be attacked through
diplomacy and global co-operation
rather than unilateralism.
Resources need to be immediately
directed to first responders
in the United States.
2. Our President
should not practice "borrow
and spend" fiscal management.
Our children will pay the
debt we incur today. They
will pay higher federal and
state taxes, and receive
fewer services. We are seeing
it now! Higher interest rates
will follow as well.
3.
The President of the wealthiest
nation in history must demand
comprehensive health insurance
for all of our children.
4.
A well-rounded education
is critical to the success
of our children, our country,
and our future. Education
is the most indispensable
element of an American ethos
which encourages innovation,
competition and success America
must remove the barriers
to entry and advance a level
playing field to all who
seek to access higher education.
Accordingly, we require a
President who has practical
solutions for educational
excellence beginning with
pre-school and crossing all
levels of society. We believe
in the power of Head Start,
the Free Lunch program, and
After School Care, because
a hungry child cannot learn.
5. Our President
needs to understand that
official indifference to
the pollution of the environment
cannot be tolerated in favor
of corporate convenience
and profit. Alternative energy
sources must be developed
to reduce our dependence
on petroleum. Our families
need smart growth and livable
communities. The President
must be an effective steward
of our Nation's environment
and national resources and
must be an active and vocal
advocate for clean air, clean
water and clean, renewable
energy.
The President is our nation's
chief civil servant. He works
for us.
When you know what's
going on, you know
what to do.
Join Mothers Opposing Bush - The Mob
Commit to change America
"Never doubt
that a small group
of thoughtful, committed
people can change the
world. Indeed it is
the only thing that
ever has."
Margaret
Mead
Join the MOB--Mothers Opposing Bush
We are Mothers Opposing Bush because this
administration is leading our country away
from our core values of honesty, compassion,
community and patriotism.
- We
deserve a president who heals conflicts
with conversation and cooperation,
not by bullying. more - We
deserve a president who will not
gamble away our savings on tax
cuts for the wealthy and an unjustified
war that is leaving our
descendants with an overwhelming deficit. more - We
deserve a president who manages a budget
that leaves
no child behind, hungry, uneducated
or impoverished. more - We
deserve a president who believes sick
people need equal access to quality
healthcare,
and that benefits for the elderly should
not dwindle. more - We
deserve a president who honors and
protects our natural resources so
that our own children can inherit,
and pass on, a healthy planet. more - We
deserve a president who respects
the civil rights of every citizen,
and leaves choices on God and marriage
up to each individual. more
Bush's Betrayal of Fiscal Conservatism
"I've been a
lifelong Republican since I was old enough to vote and I though that
Bush would be fiscally conservative. I feel betrayed. I don't believe
that a government should be engaging in reckless spending, recklessly
stretching the military to the point of breaking, and recklessly trying
to alter the constitution that this country is built upon. That's why
I'm voting for John Kerry."
-- Kim Mecklenburg, Financial Consultant; Sergeant, USMC, Veteran
Quotes from Pres. Clinton's Sermon
"We couldn't fund the school programs, but I got my tax cuts," said
Clinton. "This offends my values that I learned in my church."
"I don't know why the Republicans hate me so much," he said. "It is
because I'm a white Southern Baptist, and they wonder why I'm not
Republican, especially since I'm getting all these tax cuts."
On the about-to-be-convened Republican convention he said: "Once every
four years the Republican Party puts on its compassionate face," then
it returns to Washington and "goes right back to its powerful private
lobbying groups and private interests."
Speaking from the pulpit, Clinton even tried to tie Bush to the TV ads
run by the independent Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. "I believe
President Bush is a good Christian," said Clinton. " . . . But that
doesn't mean that he doesn't see through a glass darkly. It doesn't
mean that you can have a bunch of people acting on your behalf and
pretending like you don't know them, to say that the seven people who
were on John Kerry's Swift Boat don't know what they're talking about
when they say he deserves the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and three
Purple Hearts."
Senator Clinton on P.Diddy's slogan "Vote or Die"
I really think that this year — more than any
other — that young people have their lives at stake. When I go to the
floor of the Senate to cast a vote, I'm casting a vote about what the
economy is going to look like and what kind of jobs are going to be
available, whether there is going to be health care, whether there is
going to be good education, every issue that you can imagine has a
direct impact on how every young person is going to live his or her
life. So I would hope this year more than any other people would stop
and think, "Hey, do I want to wake up in five years and have more
violence in the streets than we do now, more homelessness, more people
out of work? Kids not even having a chance to get educated, hospitals
closing down?" This is a direct impact on their lives and I believe
your slogan, "vote or die," is accurate.
Howard Dean book-signing draws hundreds
By Jim Brunner
Seattle Times staff reporter
It's been months since his presidential bid flamed out, but Howard Dean
still occupies a warm and glowing place in the hearts of many Seattle
Democrats.
At a University District book signing yesterday, a woman burst into tears at the very sight of him.
And the story of his candidacy was recounted in reverent terms
at a morning news conference as an inspiration for liberal Democrats to
get organized and run for office at every level of government.
The former Vermont governor was in town to promote his new
book, "You Have the Power," a brief memoir of his presidential campaign
that is part angry screed against the media, weak-kneed Democrats and
right-wing Republicans, and part exhortation to his supporters to stay
involved in politics.
Dean yesterday also lent his halo to a political-action
committee's news conference endorsing 51 Democratic candidates for the
state Legislature. And he appeared at a fund-raiser with House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi and Washington's congressional Democrats.
At University Book Store, a couple hundred fans lined up to get
him to sign copies of his book and, in many cases, to thank him for
giving early voice to the anger many felt toward the Bush
administration. Dean has tried to turn his organization, Democracy For
America, into a permanent effort to organize Democrats around core
party principles.
"I think that there are a lot of people in this country who
have felt totally ignored and almost despised by the political
establishment," Dean said of his devoted following.
"There are a lot of people in the country who want to be part
of a community again. They feel like they've been cut out of that, and
I don't cut people out."
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