Word: voting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...future isn't about scolding your friends who support George Bush. The future is getting involved now. Your write-in sticker vote for Saundra Graham will make a difference in her fight to keep a strong, progressive voice in the Legislature...
...vote sends an effective message not only to our representatives, but to all of Congress. The violent suppression of Palestinian rights in the West Bank and Gaza by the Israeli army should not be condoned by the United States simply because Israel is a trusted ally. The U.S. could and should attempt to use our leverage with Israel--which receives nearly half our overall foreign aid--to implement a land-for-peace policy. Even many Israelis believe this policy would be in the interests of all parties concerned, as well as crucial for preserving human rights...
...judical system. The court is already set to reconsider cases that have pushed civil rights and women's rights forward; Reagan nominees have shown that they are intent upon cutting them back. With three liberal justices poised for retirement, the next president, in effect, will cast the deciding votes. Bush supported the nomination of Robert Bork and he cast the tie-breaking Senate vote confirming reactionary Daniel Manion as a federal judge. He certainly would appoint justices who would send civil rights and civil liberties spinning backwards...
...touts the virtues of foreign intervention and the necessity of aiding the illegal war in Nicaragua. Twenty years ago, he was content to allow his family to keep him out of Vietnam. As a senator, he has voted against funding polio immunization programs. He has voted against school lunch programs. When asked how he could justify that vote to poor families, he responded: "They didn't ask me those questions." His civil rights rating is among the lowest in the Senate. In the area of foreign policy, he has said that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is merely a modern...
...please remember that tomorrow gives you your only chance in four years to do anything about the identity of the President besides disparaging it at the dinner table. In addition, the student vote does matter in Massachusetts legislative and statewide races. Do us all a favor and check the chart at the center of this issue, then get out and cast your ballot...