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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 09:34 PM
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Need help with talking points for a pamphlet encouraging Jr. college..
Students to join the Democratic party.

remember, this is a very small school (about 5-600 students/year) which is exclusivley a commuter campus

Here's what I'm thinking about right now.

I've got Tuition, cost of books/relate them to irresponsible tax cuts to the rich and what TABOR (Taxpayer's Bill of Rights) could mean for them.

The Draft issue....

What else?
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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 09:37 PM
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1. Healthcare for Grandpa and Grandma
2 bucks for a gallon of gas.... etc.... plus... the deficit... It keeps going and their generations screwed...
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 09:44 PM
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4. We also have a lot of non-trads, too
people over the age of 22.
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fearnobush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 09:43 PM
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2. Kerry's Four New Imperatives - from todays speech.
Kerry’s National Security Policy

Kerry said, “These four imperatives are a response to an inescapable reality: War has changed; the enemy is different – and we must think and act anew.”

The four new imperatives:

1, Build and lead a new era of alliances. Only Kerry can and will end this war in Iraq.

Unlike President Bush, Kerry has 20 years of deep-rooted international support. Only John Kerry can realistically bring NATO and our international allies to even handedly rebuild Iraq and end this war.

2, Modernize the world’s most powerful military. Through bipartisan leadership, Kerry will rebuild our armed forces.

Only John Kerry will end the Bush created corporate corruption that has greatly plundered and damaged our armed forces ability to fight.
John Kerry will end the war crimes by punishing the top neo-cons who created the policy and gave the orders to torture and abuse POW’s. Kerry will end the game of punishing our enlisted men and women for the crimes committed by those on top.


3, Make full use of our diplomatic, intelligence and economic power. John Kerry will let the military to do their job.

George Bush has allowed Donald Rumsfeld and the Neo-Cons to destroy our military and intelligence agencies ability to protect our nation. Rumsfeld’s Office of Special Plans has created a separate, dark government, which has caused a war with in the pentagon and state department. Our most respected and competent generals have been fired or forced to retire for speaking the truth.

4, Free America from its dangerous dependence on Mideast oil. John Kerry will end the Saudi oil and terrorist funding scandal.

Kerry will end Saudi Arabia’s role in financing and providing ideological support of al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. “We cannot continue this Administration’s kid-glove approach to the supply and laundering of terrorist money.” Kerry will “impose tough financial sanctions against nations or banks that engage in money laundering or fail to act against it.” Kerry will launch a “name and shame” campaign against those that are financing terror.

National Security Policy Review

“This is not a partisan cause. Patriotism doesn’t belong to any one Party or President. I will enlist the best among us, regardless of Party, to protect the security of this nation.”

George Bush has indeed failed when it comes to protecting our nation from terrorism. Since 911, we had an anthrax attack that killed 10 Americans, with no convictions or suspects ever identified. These terrorists are still at large. Bush’s top cop John Ashcroft and the entire homeland security dept have come up empty.
Unlike President Bush, John Kerry will fully fund our homeland security dept’s real mission to protect our nation from external and internal terrorist attacks. He will smash the partisan walls created by the Bush administration to truly protect us.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 10:12 PM
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5. Actually.....
What I'm trying to do is get students to join our County party.....
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 09:43 PM
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3. Did you see the budget cuts announced by the Bush administration today?
Deficit spending is like taking their credit cards from them and charging lots of expensive useless stuff to their accounts, stuff that won't actually accomplish what they say it is supposed to (like get rid of terrorism - it won't), or the tax breaks to companies for exporting the jobs that these young people will need are like charging on their credit cards too, because paying for the necessities is just postponed by tax breaks.
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 10:17 PM
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7. I see. They receive nothing, but they are the ones who have to
pay for it all. The rich have had their income sources (dividends, capital gains) sheltered from a fair income tax.
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 10:14 PM
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6. GAS PRICES.. commuters need to know * is at fault for
the higher prices and that Kerry will get them under control.
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-27-04 10:23 PM
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8. Now there's a little wrench thrown into the works.....
For those of you unfamilair with Wisconsin, Uw marinette is located in Marinette, WI (duh!) marinette is right on the border with Michigan. In fact, I'm thinking that what we need to do is to have a talk with Menominee County's Dems because much of the student Body at UW Marinette lives in Michigan.
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