The Candidates On Issues - Kucinich By Far The Best

  http://www.inspirationfarm.com/candidates.html


Welcome Kucinich web travelers! At this point the chart below is still a 
_rough framework_. I welcome any and all input to help pull this project 
together as fast as possible. Please help me research these guys and 
together we can fill in the blanks. We would like to try and find short, 
to the point positions on each of the candidates for all of the issues.

    * If you can think of other _important_ issues that we left out let
      me know.
    * If you would like to sign up for a particular candidate or a
      favorite issue let me know.
    * To reduce redundancy let me know what you would like to work on so
      that I can post that they are being researched.
    * If you know of good web resources that you think I should post
      here for others to use please let me know.

When this chart is completed I will prepare it in PDF format for 
printing as well as make it available online to anyone.

You can Email me with your findings or input at gg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
<mailto:gg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> or if you prefer you can call me at 
360-398-8227 Thanks in advance for your input into this project! Brian 
Kerkvliet

Web Resources

http://www.ontheissues.org

http://www.capwiz.com/lwv/e4/dnet/?gridid=57361

http://www.lcv.org/

http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/index.asp

http://www.campaignfinancesite.org/giving/following.html

http://www.fec.gov/finance_reports.html

        
official candidates Web sites

edwards2004.org <http://www.edwards2004.org/home.asp>

johnkerry.com <http://www.johnkerry.com/>

georgewbush.com <http://www.georgewbush.com/>

        

kucinich.us <http://www.kucinich.us/>

deanforamerica.com <http://www.deanforamerica.com/>

sharpton2004.org <http://www.sharpton2004.org/>

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    *Tell it like it is guys!*


  *Issues*

        
Kerry
        
Bush
        
Kucinich
        
Edwards
        
Dean
        
Sharpten
*Foreign Policy*
        
*Iraq War*
        Voted for it and wants to send 40,000 more troops, stay for 5 years 
Lied to promote it. Wants to send 30,000 more troops, stay for ? 
years.We haven't come this far to falter unfinished. Saddam had 
WMD-related program activities.         Challenged the Weapons of Mass 
Destruction evidence from the beginning Opposes the war and occupation 
Has plan to get UN in & US out in 90 days       Supports staying the course

Voted for war in Iraq but against $87B-

        Was Opposed to the war. Supports staying in Iraq.       Opposes the war 
and 
Occupation
*Institutionalizing peaceful conflict resolution*
        ?       Doctrine: pre-emptive strikes for US defense.   Proposes a 
cabinet 
level department of peace       ?       ?       ?
*Economy*
        
*NAFTA / WTO*
        Supports Fix NAFTA-canceling it would be disastrous. All new trade must 
include labor and environmental standards.      Supports

Establish Free Trade Area of the Americas by 2005. Add Chile, Brazil, 
Argentina, & others to NAFTA.

        Would cancel both and replace with fair trade agreements as first act 
in office.      Voted YES on permanent normal trade relations with China.       
?       ?
*Labor Rating*
        /?      ?       Has a 98% voting record for unions      ?       ?       
?
*Health Care*
        
*Non-profit Universal single payer Health care *
        A plan that will reduce the cost of health care for all Americans, 
allow all Americans to buy into the same health plan that the President 
and Members of Congress give themselves         Absolutely opposed to a 
national health care plan.      plan to provide universal health care. 
?       ?       Deliver Universal Health Care for the nation, not hidden 
benefits 
to the health care industry. Proposed to add a health care amendment to 
the U.S. Constitution

*Civil Liberties*

        
*Patriot Act*
        Supported       Supports

Don't let Patriot Act expire

        Voted against the misnamed "Patriot Act". Would Repeal the PATRIOT Act: 
stop being driven by fear       Support the Patriot Act with rigorous review. 
PATRIOT Act ok, if watchdogs protect civil liberties.   ?       Fight to 
ensure women's rights are not stolen from them by the Republican Right.
*Right to choose*
        Supports. No criminalization of a woman's right to choose.      Opposes.

Would support - but not pursue - a pro-life Amendment. No funds to 
international groups that offer abortion.

        Supreme Court nominees must agree to uphold Roe v. Wade. Women aren't 
free unless they have the right to choose. Prevention, education, & 
health care, to minimize abortions.     Right to abortion is 
constitutionally protected.     Government should not make personal medical 
decisions.      Women can choose about their life and their body. Abortion 
is wrong, but let women choose. Supreme Court nominees will allow right 
to choose.
*Gay rights/ civil marriages*
        Supports same-sex civil unions so gay couples can benefit from the 
health benefits, inheritance rights, or Social Security survivor 
benefits.       Opposes         Would Allow gays and lesbians to marry.         
Let each 
state decide about civil unions and gay marriage.       ?       ?
*Environmental Protection*
        
*ANWR drilling*
        Once opposed, recently was quoted by "Teamsters" leader Hoffa as saying 
"He says, look, I am against ANWR, but I am going to put that pipeline 
in and we're going to drill like never before   supports        Opposed to 
drilling supports fuel economy and development of renewable and 
sustainable energy resources.   Voted YES on removing consideration of 
drilling ANWR from budget bill. Voted NO on drilling ANWR on national 
security grounds.       ?       ?
*Kyoto *
        Would revisit and improve upon the abandoned Kyoto Treaty       opposes 
supports        ?       ?       ?
*Energy*
        Create an "Energy Security and Conservation Trust", using oil and gas 
royalties to put $20 billion toward biofuels development and fuel cell 
research; increase fuel economy standards to 36 miles per gallon by 
2015; mandate that 20 percent of electricity comes from renewable 
sources by 2020.        Drill, Drill, Drill! Incentives for high-mileage cars, 
but drill for more oil. More exploration, more nuclear, more energy 
research.       Advocates for 20% renewable energy by 2010      Supports real 
increases in CAFE standards.

Voted YES on defunding renewable and solar energy

        ?       ?
*Chem. Bio. arms treaty*
        /?      opposes         supports        ?       ?       ?
*War as Ecoside*
        ?       Ignores         ?       ?       ?       ?
*Defence*
        
*StarWars program*
        Opponent of Reagan's Star Wars defense scheme. Instead, favored 
shifting those funds to the War on Drugs and care for our nation's 
Veterans        Supports        Opposes         ?       ??      ?
*Missile defense system*
        ?       Supports Missile defense for security, not for military 
advantage. 
Withdrew from ABM Treaty; now $9B for missile defense.  Opposes         ?       
Dean 
says he would end all funding for missile defense       ?
*Defence budget waste*
        In 2002, John Kerry voted for a large increase. This increase provided 
more than $355 billion for the Defense Department for 2003, an increase 
of $21 billion over 2002.       ?       Would cut by 15% by catching fraud and 
obsolete programs and redirect to education and health care 
programs        ?       ?       * Strengthen our REAL national security by 
fighting for 
human rights, the rule of law, and economic justice at home and abroad.

        
*Campaign funding*
        ?       Enron donated $1M to GOP & advised Bush on energy plan  Has "no 
strings attached" by virtue of taking no special interest money         ?       
?       ?

        
*Leadership/ Credibility*
        ?       ?       Has a proven ability to challenge corporate corruption. 
Is 
willing to call Bush a liar and expose contradictions and deceptions,
much more so than any candidate besides Sharpton        ?       ?       ?

        
        
        
        
        
        
        



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