League of Conservation Voters endorses Kerry!

[curse10]

http://www.lcv.org/

CONCORD, NH – The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) today endorsed Senator John Kerry for President of the United States. This endorsement is the earliest ever in the organization’s 34-year history.

“John Kerry is a man whose unparalleled record on environmental issues has earned him an extraordinary lifetime rating from the League of Conservation Voters, and he is clearly the strongest environmentalist in the field,” said Deb Callahan, president of LCV. “John Kerry understands that the American people need a president who will never roll over to corporate contributors at the expense of the health and safety of the public.”

“I urge citizens and environmentalists in New Hampshire to cast their vote for John Kerry on Tuesday,” said Ms. Callahan.

Over the next three days in New Hampshire and later in other upcoming primary states, LCV and its local partners will be working tirelessly in a focused, independent, get-out-the-vote effort on behalf of John Kerry’s campaign.

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This is awesome!

[JI7]

1. this is no surprise

well deserved.

[curse10]

4. This is actually odd for LCV

they generally wait until much later in the primary season to endorse. This is GREAT news for Kerry! :-)

[JI7]

6. well, he REALLY deserved it

it wasn't just a good voting record but he has put much more effort into it. he met his wife at some environment thing.

[Nicholas_J]

22. Also

A good indication of where N.H. liberal swing vote will go, as most of the liberal independnets in that state are geared towards envoronmental issues. (Progressive and Green)

[JI7]

24. do you know

how big the environmental issue is overall in new hampshire.

[DJcairo]

2. It's the first itme they've ever endorsed in the primaries.

Go JK all the way.


Kerry/Edwards '04

[adadem]

3. Way to go!

Senator Kerry is a great environmentalist.

[THUNDER HANDS]

5. he deserved it

Got the best enviro record of any candidate. :)

[vi5]

7. But....but...he voted for the Iraq war!!!!

Doesn't this group know that the Iraq War is what they should base their endorsement on!!










Kidding....I'm kidding.

[curse10]

8. LoL

Skulls and bones! Skulls and bones! Don't forget that!

[Zomby Woof]

9. And BFEE!!!

:crazy:

[vi5]

11. God...I'm so f'n tired of this crap.....

I really am. I'm not even a Kerry supporter but I find the way people are reacting like nothing more than a bunch of overgrown tempermental babies to be pathetic. And I'm sick and f'n tired of people telling me what a good liberal has to base their vote on.

I really just want to stop coming here until the nominee (whoever it is) is picked so I don't have to watch a bunch of whiners preach to me about what is and isn't important and spit their conspiracy theories out at me. Of course I lack the will power to stay away and stay out of GD04.

[curse10]

15. thanks vi5

unfortunately I don't expect it to stop. As soon as Kerry took the lead in polls there have been non-stop threads about skulls and bones and other equally retarded stuff. Although I may not like some of the candidates I know that I have never stooped to the level of posting complete conspiracy bullshit. And I'm glad that there are others that are doing the same :-)

[JI7]

16. i think it's funny

the post about skull and bones members sitting naked in a coffin and telling all had me laughing for a long time.

[jpgray]

10. Wow! Usually they don't endorse so early.

Kerry totally deserves this one, whatever you think of him on other issues, he OWNS the environment more than anyone else in the field.

[Zomby Woof]

12. good job

:thumbsup:

[mitchum]

13. Thank you LCV

Kerry deserves it

[JI7]

14. would this help in new hampshire ?

anyone know how much this would help i new hampshire. since the primary is just a few days ago how effective could it be ? especially their independent get out the vote effort ? i assume they will take that to other states also, but was wondering about new hampshire specifically.

[dusty64]

17. He DOES have

a great envionmental record, I'll give him that. I believe he has a % (roughly) lifetime score vs. 68% for Edwards.

[JI7]

18. i believe it's in the high 90's

your post didn't show the percentage number.

[WiseMen]

19. We must assume LVC is and Skulls & Bones Club. Right?

[blm]

28. No. Environmentalists want corporatists for president

doncha know?

[Monte Carlo]

20. Kerry is as green as they come on environmental issues.

This endorsement is very well deserved. He's pushed for new fuel sources that don't pollute, tougher fuel-efficiency standards, greater national attention to global warming and the Kyoto protocols, and against ANWR drilling. He also has the endorsement of RFK Jr., who wrote that great article in the Rolling Stone about the environmental abuses of George W. Bush. It was a long article.

[HFishbine]

21. That's a biggie

for some people. Me included.

[curse10]

23. shameless kick

:kick:

[cindyw]

25. The only two endorsements that make any difference to me in every election

are the endorsement of the League of Conservation Voters and the firefighters. You can guess who I support in this primary.

[JI7]

27. and there was no difficulty in them

deciding on who to endorse. it was an easy decision. i didn't know lcv had a record of endorsing later so this was really telling. but i'm not surprised knowing kerry's great record on the issue. the same goes with firefighters. there was no question as to who they would support.

[George_Bonanza]

26. Expected, but still unbelievable

I think John Kerry's greatest strength is his environmentalism/energy politics. His other stuff's great too, but this is his ace. What's great about this is that this is an issue that reaches over the left-right wings. It's more like a people-corporation split, and we need those people's votes. Next up, the Sierra Club!