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2008-08-27 18:07:08 UTC
Dennis Kucinich Rocks DNC: 'Wake Up America!'
Posted by Rep. Dennis Kucinich at 9:17 PM on August 26, 2008.
"If there was an Olympics for misleading and mismanaging this Administration
would take the gold."
It's Election Day, 2008. We Democrats are giving America a wake up call.
Wake up America. In 2001, the oil companies, the war contractors and the
neo-con artists seized the economy, and have added four trillion dollars of
unproductive spending to the national debt.
We now pay four times more for defense, three times more for gasoline and
home heating oil, and twice what we paid for health care. Millions of
Americans have lost their jobs, their homes, their health care, their
pensions. Trillions of dollars for an unnecessary war paid with borrowed
money. Tens of billions of dollars in cash and weapons disappeared into thin
air, at the cost of the lives of our troops and innocent Iraqis, while all
the President's oilmen are maneuvering to grab Iraq's oil.
Borrowed money to bomb bridges in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. No money
to rebuild bridges in America. Money to start a hot war with Iran. Now we
have another cold war with Russia while the American economy has become a
game of Russian roulette.
If there was an Olympics for misleading, mismanaging and misappropriating
this Administration would take the gold. World records for violations of
national and international laws. They want another four year term to
continue to alienate our allies, spend our children's inheritance and hollow
out our economy. We can't afford it America.
Wake up America, the insurance companies took over health care. Wake up
America, the pharmaceutical companies took over drug pricing. Wake up
America, the speculators took over Wall Street. Wake up America, they want
to take your Social Security. Wake up America, multinational corporations
took over our trade policies, factories are closing, good paying jobs lost.
Wake up, America. We went into Iraq for oil. The oil companies want more.
War against Iran will mean $10 a gallon gasoline. The Oil Administration
wants to drill more -- into your wallet. Wake up, America. Weapons
contractors want more. An Iran war will cost five to ten trillion dollars.
This Administration can tap our phones. They can't tap our creative spirit.
They can open our mail. They can't open economic opportunities. They can
track our every move. They lost track of the economy while the cost of food,
gasoline, and electricity skyrockets.
They skillfully played our post- 911 fears and allowed the few to profit at
the expense of the many. Everyday we get the color orange, while the oil
companies, the insurance companies, the speculators, the war contractors get
the color green.
Wake up America. This is not a call for you to take a new direction from
right to left.
This is call for you to go from down to up. Up with the rights of workers.
Up with wages.
Up with fair trade.
Up with creating millions of good paying jobs rebuilding our bridges, ports
and water systems. Up with creating millions of sustainable energy jobs to
lower the cost of energy, lower carbon emissions and protect the
environment.
Up with health care for all.
Up with education for all.
Up with home ownership.
Up with guaranteed retirement benefits.
Up with Peace.
Up with Prosperity.
Up with the Democratic Party
Up with Obama - Biden
Wake up, America.
Wake up, America.
Wake up, America.
Dennis Kucinich represents the 10th District of Ohio in the U.S. House of
Congress.
Posted by Rep. Dennis Kucinich at 9:17 PM on August 26, 2008.
"If there was an Olympics for misleading and mismanaging this Administration
would take the gold."
It's Election Day, 2008. We Democrats are giving America a wake up call.
Wake up America. In 2001, the oil companies, the war contractors and the
neo-con artists seized the economy, and have added four trillion dollars of
unproductive spending to the national debt.
We now pay four times more for defense, three times more for gasoline and
home heating oil, and twice what we paid for health care. Millions of
Americans have lost their jobs, their homes, their health care, their
pensions. Trillions of dollars for an unnecessary war paid with borrowed
money. Tens of billions of dollars in cash and weapons disappeared into thin
air, at the cost of the lives of our troops and innocent Iraqis, while all
the President's oilmen are maneuvering to grab Iraq's oil.
Borrowed money to bomb bridges in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. No money
to rebuild bridges in America. Money to start a hot war with Iran. Now we
have another cold war with Russia while the American economy has become a
game of Russian roulette.
If there was an Olympics for misleading, mismanaging and misappropriating
this Administration would take the gold. World records for violations of
national and international laws. They want another four year term to
continue to alienate our allies, spend our children's inheritance and hollow
out our economy. We can't afford it America.
Wake up America, the insurance companies took over health care. Wake up
America, the pharmaceutical companies took over drug pricing. Wake up
America, the speculators took over Wall Street. Wake up America, they want
to take your Social Security. Wake up America, multinational corporations
took over our trade policies, factories are closing, good paying jobs lost.
Wake up, America. We went into Iraq for oil. The oil companies want more.
War against Iran will mean $10 a gallon gasoline. The Oil Administration
wants to drill more -- into your wallet. Wake up, America. Weapons
contractors want more. An Iran war will cost five to ten trillion dollars.
This Administration can tap our phones. They can't tap our creative spirit.
They can open our mail. They can't open economic opportunities. They can
track our every move. They lost track of the economy while the cost of food,
gasoline, and electricity skyrockets.
They skillfully played our post- 911 fears and allowed the few to profit at
the expense of the many. Everyday we get the color orange, while the oil
companies, the insurance companies, the speculators, the war contractors get
the color green.
Wake up America. This is not a call for you to take a new direction from
right to left.
This is call for you to go from down to up. Up with the rights of workers.
Up with wages.
Up with fair trade.
Up with creating millions of good paying jobs rebuilding our bridges, ports
and water systems. Up with creating millions of sustainable energy jobs to
lower the cost of energy, lower carbon emissions and protect the
environment.
Up with health care for all.
Up with education for all.
Up with home ownership.
Up with guaranteed retirement benefits.
Up with Peace.
Up with Prosperity.
Up with the Democratic Party
Up with Obama - Biden
Wake up, America.
Wake up, America.
Wake up, America.
Dennis Kucinich represents the 10th District of Ohio in the U.S. House of
Congress.