Post by noonebil on Mar 12, 2004 0:42:28 GMT -5
Senator Dianne Feinstein Endorses
John Kerry for President
September 16, 2003
Saying “I know that he has the courage to do what’s right for America,” Senator Dianne Feinstein of California today endorsed John Kerry for President.
Feinstein joins other prominent Californians such as State Controller Steve Westly, State Treasurer Phil Angelides, and Los Angeles City Councilman and former Speaker of the California State Assembly Antonio Villaraigosa in supporting Kerry.
“John Kerry has shown courage throughout his lifetime – taking on the tough issues, making the hard decisions, telling the truth, and making a difference. Now he is ready to take the fight to George Bush and put our country back on the right track,” said Feinstein. “John Kerry will roll back the Bush tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans so we can invest in education, health care, and the skills of our workers. And he wants to give the middle class a tax cut, not a tax increase.”
Feinstein has served California in the Senate since her election in 1992. She was the first woman on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman Mayor of San Francisco, the first woman elected Senator of California and the first woman member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“I am thrilled and grateful to have Senator Feinstein’s support in this race. She is an unquestioned leader on so many important issues facing our nation such as energy independence, public safety and keeping our country strong. In her years of service, she has been a tireless advocate for the millions of Californians she represents,” said Kerry. “I am proud to have her help and support in this campaign to protect the middle class, provide quality health care, preserve our environment and ensuring we are secure both at home and abroad.”
Feinstein also said Kerry’s support for banning assault weapons was another reason for her support.
“The Assault Weapon ban will expire next year. We need a President who will actively urge Congress to extend it,” said Feinstein. “And John Kerry will do just that. It is the kind of leadership and courage we need in a President.”
Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein Announcing her Support of John Kerry For President
For the past decade, I’ve had the pleasure of working with John Kerry in the United States Senate and, for several years, as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee.
I know he has the strength, experience, leadership, and judgment to be an excellent President.
Because I have worked with him and know him so well, I know that he has the courage to do what’s right for America. And he will fight for legislation to get America back on the right track. He is fighting to provide affordable health care, roll back tax cuts for the wealthy while creating jobs and invest in education.
John Kerry has shown courage throughout his lifetime – taking on the tough issues, making the hard decisions, telling the truth, and making a difference. He fought in Vietnam where he received the Silver Star, Bronze Star and three awards of the Purple Heart and came back to lead the effort against that war.
Now he is ready to take the fight to George Bush and put our country back on the right track. John has stood up to special interests, fighting against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, protecting a woman’s right to choose, and leading the way on national security issues.
He rejects George Bush’s vision of a government that comforts the comfortable at the expense of ordinary Americans, that lets corporations do as they please, that turns its back on the very alliances we helped create and the very principles that have made our nation a model to the world.
He has provided a specific plan to get the American economy moving forward and to create the nearly 3 million jobs lost under President Bush. John Kerry will roll back the Bush tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans so we can invest in education, health care, and the skills of our workers. And he wants to give the middle class a tax cut, not a tax increase. Under George Bush, too many middle class people are getting pummeled everywhere they turn – more bills to pay, a higher cost of living.
Let me talk about one issue that has always been very important to me – gun control. In John Kerry’s announcement speech he had the courage to say what too many politicians are afraid to acknowledge: He said,
“... courage means standing up for gun safety, not retreating from the issue out of political fear or trying to have it both ways. I’m a hunter and I believe in the Second Amendment but I’ve never gone hunting with an AK-47. Our party will never be the choice of the NRA -- and I’m not looking to be the candidate of the NRA.”
The Assault Weapon ban will expire next year. We need a President who will actively urge Congress to extend it. And John Kerry will do just that.
That is the kind of leadership and courage we need in a President.
In short, John Kerry has the right stuff. He will be an excellent President of the United States.
I am proud to endorse and support him.
John Kerry for President
September 16, 2003
Saying “I know that he has the courage to do what’s right for America,” Senator Dianne Feinstein of California today endorsed John Kerry for President.
Feinstein joins other prominent Californians such as State Controller Steve Westly, State Treasurer Phil Angelides, and Los Angeles City Councilman and former Speaker of the California State Assembly Antonio Villaraigosa in supporting Kerry.
“John Kerry has shown courage throughout his lifetime – taking on the tough issues, making the hard decisions, telling the truth, and making a difference. Now he is ready to take the fight to George Bush and put our country back on the right track,” said Feinstein. “John Kerry will roll back the Bush tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans so we can invest in education, health care, and the skills of our workers. And he wants to give the middle class a tax cut, not a tax increase.”
Feinstein has served California in the Senate since her election in 1992. She was the first woman on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the first woman Mayor of San Francisco, the first woman elected Senator of California and the first woman member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
“I am thrilled and grateful to have Senator Feinstein’s support in this race. She is an unquestioned leader on so many important issues facing our nation such as energy independence, public safety and keeping our country strong. In her years of service, she has been a tireless advocate for the millions of Californians she represents,” said Kerry. “I am proud to have her help and support in this campaign to protect the middle class, provide quality health care, preserve our environment and ensuring we are secure both at home and abroad.”
Feinstein also said Kerry’s support for banning assault weapons was another reason for her support.
“The Assault Weapon ban will expire next year. We need a President who will actively urge Congress to extend it,” said Feinstein. “And John Kerry will do just that. It is the kind of leadership and courage we need in a President.”
Statement of Senator Dianne Feinstein Announcing her Support of John Kerry For President
For the past decade, I’ve had the pleasure of working with John Kerry in the United States Senate and, for several years, as a member of the Foreign Relations Committee.
I know he has the strength, experience, leadership, and judgment to be an excellent President.
Because I have worked with him and know him so well, I know that he has the courage to do what’s right for America. And he will fight for legislation to get America back on the right track. He is fighting to provide affordable health care, roll back tax cuts for the wealthy while creating jobs and invest in education.
John Kerry has shown courage throughout his lifetime – taking on the tough issues, making the hard decisions, telling the truth, and making a difference. He fought in Vietnam where he received the Silver Star, Bronze Star and three awards of the Purple Heart and came back to lead the effort against that war.
Now he is ready to take the fight to George Bush and put our country back on the right track. John has stood up to special interests, fighting against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, protecting a woman’s right to choose, and leading the way on national security issues.
He rejects George Bush’s vision of a government that comforts the comfortable at the expense of ordinary Americans, that lets corporations do as they please, that turns its back on the very alliances we helped create and the very principles that have made our nation a model to the world.
He has provided a specific plan to get the American economy moving forward and to create the nearly 3 million jobs lost under President Bush. John Kerry will roll back the Bush tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans so we can invest in education, health care, and the skills of our workers. And he wants to give the middle class a tax cut, not a tax increase. Under George Bush, too many middle class people are getting pummeled everywhere they turn – more bills to pay, a higher cost of living.
Let me talk about one issue that has always been very important to me – gun control. In John Kerry’s announcement speech he had the courage to say what too many politicians are afraid to acknowledge: He said,
“... courage means standing up for gun safety, not retreating from the issue out of political fear or trying to have it both ways. I’m a hunter and I believe in the Second Amendment but I’ve never gone hunting with an AK-47. Our party will never be the choice of the NRA -- and I’m not looking to be the candidate of the NRA.”
The Assault Weapon ban will expire next year. We need a President who will actively urge Congress to extend it. And John Kerry will do just that.
That is the kind of leadership and courage we need in a President.
In short, John Kerry has the right stuff. He will be an excellent President of the United States.
I am proud to endorse and support him.
