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WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry is ready to join an exclusive club: prominent Democrats shunning three-term Sen. Joe Lieberman to campaign in Connecticut for his anti-war rival Ned Lamont. The Massachusetts senator, the party's 2004 presidential nominee, plans to travel to the state Oct. 25 for Lamont. Kerry's running mate, former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, appeared at a Lamont rally last month.

Other top Democrats, however, have tacitly backed Lamont, who seized the Democratic nomination from Lieberman in last month's primary, but have avoided public displays of support. The rationale is simple: Lieberman is running as an independent and has a good shot of winning another term; a statewide poll released Thursday showed him up by 10 percentage points.

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Lamont spokeswoman Liz Dupont-Diehl said state Democrats have been strongly supportive. Kerry, she noted, would help galvanize voters, particularly Democrats and the independents whom Lamont needs to win. Kerry beat President Bush in Connecticut by 10 percentage points in the 2004 presidential contest.

"We don't have all the relationships that incumbency brings, but a significant number of Democrats support the positive changes that Ned is talking about," Dupont-Diehl said. "Senator Kerry is one of the many Democrats who is frustrated with Senator Lieberman's pandering to the Bush administration."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060928/ap_on_...


Lots of Dems have been talking the talk about supporting Lamont, but few are willing to walk the walk and hit the ground for him. Kudos to Kerry, Edwards, and every Dem who has supported Ned in real, tangible ways. October 25th... just in time for a certain important date in early November.
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Why I support John Kerry
Kerry's Ten Point Plan for America in his own words:

1): Obey the law, and protect civil rights in this country.

2): Tell the truth, and tell it to Americans all the time.

3): Fire the incompetents.

4): Chase the money lenders and changers from the temple of democracy and reclaim it for the grassroots of this nation.

5): Bring our troops home from a stable Iraq - which we can do – as fast as possible.

6): Find Osama Bin Laden and protect the ports and other facilities of the United States of America.

7): Stop stabilizing big oil, and stop blaming the American people for being addicted to oil when it’s this administration that is addicted to oil. And we need to commit ourselves to alternative and renewable fuels.

8): Make access to healthcare affordable for all Americans, not as a matter of privilege and ability to pay, but as a matter of right for being an American citizen.

9): Reduce the deficit, which is, after all, a conservative thing to do, and rather the difference from this radical group that are doubling it, tripling it, adding to the deficit in trade and adding to our children’s debt while they make irresponsible choices about the future and we must define and respect work over wealth. That’s an important principle for this country.

10): And finally, fight for American jobs, jobs here in America that are high value-added jobs that will open up the doors to the future.



Also...


- Kerry led the filibuster of dangerous right-wing extremist SC nominee Samuel Alito.



- John Kerry has exposed more government corruption than any man alive, blew the lid off the Iran-Contra and BCCI terrorist money-laundering scandals, and earned himself lifelong enemies on both sides of the aisle for his relentless courage in fighting the Bush family crime syndicate. All you have to do is Follow the Money.



- Kerry lights into the incompetent, callous, dishonest, lawbreaking, warmongering "Katrina Administration"



- And if all that weren't enough, he's found time to do a few other things besides!


So who are you waiting for? There is no bigger advocate for the American people than John Kerry.

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