Kucinich: It's Time to Close Ranks
by Dennis Kucinich
There are
a lot of people throwing up their hands right now and saying, “Well, the
campaign isn't strong enough…the candidate this…the candidate
that….” Know what? The time's over for those discussions. We have to
close ranks. We have to get out there – knock on doors, put up signs,
and make phone calls, and rally people because there is a profound
difference between John Kerry and George Bush.
…Now's
the time we need to come together. This isn't even a close question.
This is not the time for temporizing about, you know, “What should we
do?”, “What can we do?”, “Can we win?” Of course, we can win!
Let
me give you an example. In Ohio, four years ago, I was contacted by the
Presidential campaign of our candidate then who told me they were
pulling out of Ohio because they had a poll that showed them 14 points
down. Said they couldn't win. You know what? We said, “We have to stay
in this anyway because of what we believe in. We're gonna keep
pushing.” And we persisted. And you know what happened? A 14 point gap
closed to within three points in Ohio. We could've won Ohio if only
we'd had a campaign that would've stayed with us. John Kerry's staying
with us in Ohio, and we're staying with him. And we're going to help
him win Ohio, and you can help him win not only Ohio, but every state
that's represented right now.
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