DEAN AND CLARK ANNOUNCEMENTS ISSUED
Dean Supporters Urged
to Vote on Groundhog Day
February 2, 2004 - The State Director of the Dean for President campaign said, “Groundhogs and Wisconsin voters agree – it’s time for springtime in America, it’s time for a new direction in Washington, and it’s time to send George W. Bush back to Crawford, Texas. It was part of the announcement that 100 Dean supporters were expected to take advantage of Early Voting Rules in several Wisconsin communities on Groundhog Day.
Dean supporters in Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Manitowoc, Marinette, Appleton, Oshkosh, La Crosse, Stevens Point, Manasha, Neenah, Beloit, Janesville and Eau Claire would participate in early voting on Groundhog Day, according to Mike Tate.
In a statement released by Tate, the results of Groundhog Day could loosely be interpreted to be a political forecast as well as a weather forecast. The news release states, "in the three years since President Bush took office, Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow and cowered back into his home, signaling a long, cold winter ahead. But for all his skill predicting the weather, the groundhog could just as easily be seen as a potent political prognosticator," the statement reads.
The Dean for President Wisconsin Director also states, "during the three cold years of the Bush administration, America has lost 3 million jobs, millions more Americans fell into poverty, and the number of Americans living without health care grew by 2 million to a total of 43 million."
Civil Rights Leader
Vel Phillips Endorses Clark
MILWAUKEE (Feb.1, 2004) - Wes Clark’s presidential campaign received a boost today when Vel Phillips, one of the most admired and respected community leaders in Wisconsin, announced her endorsement of the retired General.
Phillips became the first African American member of the Democratic National Committee when she won a statewide election in 1958. She was both the first woman and the first African American to serve on Milwaukee’s Common Council, where she was a leader in the Civil Rights movement throughout the 1960s. In 1962, Phillips became the first member of the Common Council to introduce open housing legislation. Six years later, she scored a victory for the people of Milwaukee when that legislation passed, prohibiting discrimination in the city’s housing laws.
Phillips became the first African American in Wisconsin to serve in the judiciary in 1978. She was later elected to be Wisconsin’s Secretary of State, making her the first woman Secretary of State and the first African American elected to any statewide constitutional office in Wisconsin.
Phillips, who will join other luminaries such as U.S. Representative Charlie Rangel and former UN Ambassador Andrew Young on Wes Clark’s national campaign steering committee, issued the following statement announcing her support of Clark:
“We have some very fine candidates running for the Democratic nomination this year. When I went looking for the candidate I would support, I wanted someone I could get behind enthusiastically because of his leadership ability, his experience, and his positions on the issues—especially issues that affect African Americans."
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