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RON DANIELS FOR PRESIDENT

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Topic 121       RON DANIELS FOR PRESIDENT 
fscofi  elections.usa   12:24 pm  May 11, 1992 
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TO ALL PROGRESSIVE BROTHERS AND SISTERS: 

    I am posting this again to various conferences for a number of 
reasons. Firstly, the verdict and uprising in LA have shown us all 
a number of things; the utter desperation of individuals living in 
our cities, the bankruptcy of not only the Reagan/Bush years, but 
the poor responses by Democrats to Bush's incredulous remarks, etc.  
                                                                   
    30% of the American public is ready to support Ross Perot 
blindly because he says trust me, having no apparent program. I 
have seen articles in various left Journals on the need to support 
Clinton, Brown, and some even Perot.                               
                                                                   
    The point is now more than ever we need to come together to 
build alternative an movement that calls into question the real 
problems in this country. What candidate is talking about really 
cutting the defense budget, economic conversion from a military 
economy, ending racism, abortion rights, a real national health 
care policy, and most importantly a real progressive income 
tax?????????????                                                   
                                                                   
     Many of us who also worked in the Rainbow Coalition now see 
Jesse Jackson begging for a VP spot on Clinton's ticket. We all 
know that Jesse had the opportunity to build a movement and did 
nothing with that. Lastly, it is time to break away from both the 
Democrat and Republican parties, it is time to put forward a 
progressive agenda to the disgusted and disaffected voters, (those 
willing to vote blindly for Perot, those who are disgusted with 
both Bush and Clinton).                                            
                                                                   
      Ron Daniel's campaign is not at this point about "winning" 
the presidency, it is about empowerment, about educating, about 
letting people know that things don't have to be the way they are. 
Knowing that Clinton comes from a right to work state, that his 
state is 48th in environmental standards, that he formed the 
Democratic National Leadership Conference to combat the rainbow 
Coalition, that he flew back to Arkansas to oversee the execution 
of a mentally retarded African American (and is ready to do it 
again), that he supports aggression against Cuba, ie. Torricelli's 
Cuba "Democracy" Act, I could go on and on. I cannot in November 
morally walk into a voting booth and pull that lever for Bill 
Clinton.                                                           
                                                                   
     I am tired of voting for the lesser of two evils and believe 
that Ron Daniel's Campaign For A New Tomorrow is a start, just a 
start, and I urge other progressives to get involved. 

    


Frank Scofi