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</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>For Immediate
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For More Information Contact:</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>March 27,
2004
Press@cynthiaforcongress.com</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>Decatur, GA</font><font size=3> <br>
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</font><font face="Verdana" size=5><b> Cynthia McKinney Announces Bid For
Reelection to Congressional Seat</b></font><font size=3> <br>
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<br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4><i>"George Bush has given us
answers that don't answer, explanations that don't explain, and
conclusions that don't conclude."<br><br>
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</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>Decatur, GA - Today Cynthia McKinney
Announced her bid to retake the 4th Congressional District seat now held
by Denise Majette and released the following
statement.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"Four years ago, candidate Bush
made promises to the American people that he has failed to keep.
This jobs Presidency has lost jobs at a record pace; the Leave-No-Child
Behind Presidency has failed to put our children first; and this fiscal
conservative has presided over record national debt.</font><font size=3>
<br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"This week, in explosive but sad
testimony, the world watched as this country's top counterterrorism
advisor Richard Clarke, in public and under oath, apologized to the
American people for having failed them on September 11th. Richard
Clarke said, 'Your government failed you. Those entrusted with
protecting you failed you. And I failed you.' I would like to
commend Richard Clarke for speaking truth to power. But sadly, Mr.
Clarke will now see how virulent the Republican smear machine can
be. I know. It was unleashed on me.</font><font size=3>
<br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"Two years ago I asked, 'What did
the Bush Administration know, and when did it know it, about the events
of September 11th?' Today, the Bush Administration continues its
refusal to tell the American people how it was that all fail safe
mechanisms and standard operating procedures failed to operate for the
four separate hijackings that took place on that single day.
Furthermore, the American people only have assurances from the Bush
Administration that the measures put in place since September 11th will
actually protect us from another such tragedy.</font><font size=3>
<br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"But now, we are painfully aware
that we cannot trust the assurances coming from the Bush
Administration.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"Deputy Secretary of State
Richard Armitage, appearing before the 9-11 Commission, in trying to
explain how September 11th happened stated, 'I just don't think we had
the imagination required to consider a tragedy of this
magnitude.'</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"If we accept this as an official
explanation from the Bush Administration on how September 11th happened,
then it is painfully clear that it is time for the George W. Bush
presidency to end.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"Instead, the Bush-Cheney
campaign has already begun its reelection efforts using images of the
September 11th tragedy. New York City's firemen have complained;
the families of the victims have complained. And incredibly, the
American people will have to endure the spectacle of the Republican Party
Convention being held in New York City, just minutes from the Sacred
Ground of Ground Zero.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"It is clear that the Bush
Administration would rather posture publicly on friendly media than face
the American people in public and under oath at the
Commission.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"Furthermore, our children are
fighting and dying in Iraq on George Bush's worthless assurances; it's
time to bring them home now.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"Two years ago Republican Party
votes attempted to silence the voice of Georgia's Fourth Congressional
District. They may have changed the face, but they didn't change
the fact that the Democrats of the 4th Congressional District will not
allow Republicans to select their representatives.</font><font size=3>
<br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"While in Congress, I authored
legislation to deny a tax break to companies who move their plants
overseas. I voted to support the Clinton budget surpluses.
And I tried to stop the pernicious effects of globalization on America's
working families.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"I continued to point out that
America must speed up equal access to the American dream and that waiting
1,664 years (according to the State of the Dream Report, 2004 produced by
United For A Fair Economy) to close the home ownership gap between
America's black and white families is too long for America to wait.
And, I never stopped speaking out on human rights issues at home and
abroad.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"I will resume the fight for
economic development in the Fourth District, focusing on technical
assistance so our businesses can grow and succeed.</font><font size=3>
<br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"I will continue to tackle the
problems of foreclosures and landfills.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"I will work to reignite debate
on the issue of comprehensive medical insurance coverage for
all.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"I will resume work on
transportation alternatives that will unclog our streets and decrease
pollution in the air that we breathe.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"I will work with the District's
school systems to help them acquire the best teachers possible so that we
never leave any children behind in education.</font><font size=3>
<br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"And I will resume work to
celebrate the rich diversity of the 4th Congressional District and to
protect the right of all Americans to live rich and full lives, free from
discrimination.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>"And finally, I will continue to
be a voice for justice and peace at home and abroad. Since I have
been out of office, I have seen more than what was done to me; I have
seen what was done to the people. George Bush has given us answers
that don't answer, explanations that don't explain, and conclusions that
don't conclude.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>I am pleased to launch this bid to
invigorate the public debate and help get more power to the
people.</font><font size=3> <br><br>
</font><font face="Verdana" size=4>-end-</font><font size=3> <br><br>
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