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STAMFORD
DEMOCRATS TAKE TO THE STREETS
OF
NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR LIEBERMAN
| November
16, 2003. Why are Stamford Democratic
activists taking to the streets of the Granite State?
They have joined a team of hundreds of volunteers
from throughout Connecticut who are making regular trips
to New Hampshire to spread their enthusiasm for Joe
Lieberman with the voters who will decide the first
Presidential primary on January 27, 2004.
On
Sunday, November 16 Stamford Democratic activists Jim
Diamond, Hattie Clayburn and Harvey Goodman left Stamford
early in the morning to drive to Hartford. They met
up with a large contingent of activists there from all
over Connecticut, all eager to help the man who has
served Connecticut for more than thirty years.
Vans took the group to Manchester NH for a day of visiting
with voters.
Joe
Lieberman grew up in our City, said Hattie Clayburn.
Clayburn is a Stamford City Committee member
serving the Third District. I've known him
most of his life and am thrilled to tell the voters
in New Hampshire the kind of president he will be,
she said. Clayburn was stationed at the Lieberman campaign
headquarters in Manchester, where she hit the telephones
and called hundreds of voters over the course of the
day. The voters in New Hampshire were very eager
to talk to me. They take their politics very seriously,
she said.
Jim
Diamond, the coordinator of the Lieberman campaign for
the Stamford Democrats, headed up a three person team
that walked Manchester's
Fifth Ward, knocking on doors and conversing with voters.
Harvey Goodman also canvassed a city ward.
All told, about one hundred and fifty volunteers visited
with voters in Manchester that day.
The New Hampshire voters are interested in hearing
that we actually know Joe Lieberman and that his mother,
Marcia still lives in Stamford, Diamond said. They
want to know what we think of him as a Senator and
what we think of him as a person, he said.
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Jim
Diamond converses with a New Hampshire
voter in the Fifth Ward, Manchester, NH
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Joe
is happy to meet up with longtime supporter,
Hattie Clayburn.
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|  Above:
Marcia Lieberman looks on as McCain supporters
endorse Joe in Manchester.
Below:
Hattie Clayburn with Harvey Goodman in front of
the "Joe Mobile."
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| Lieberman,
who was also knocking on doors, met up with the team
at 1:00. The volunteers joined the Senator's
family, along with a group of New Hampshire McCain supporters
and a group from the State of Delaware. Several
McCain supporters canvassed with
Lieberman on Sunday, while others prepared to send out
25,000 letters urging other McCain voters to join them.
"We fell short of our goal to elect an independent-minded
President in 2000," reads the letter being sent
this week. "With Joe Lieberman, we have an opportunity
to return integrity to the White House." |
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Below:
Lieberman goes door
to door discussing
his presidential campaign with voters in Concord, NH.
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Bob
Stone, who served as chairman of McCain's campaign
in Charlestown, said the two senators share a key
trait: honesty. "I don't know just what I'm looking
for, but the others aren't it," he said. "You
don't have to listen to Lieberman very long before
you realize he has very deep interest in the United
States and the whole world, whereas I think some of
them are just looking out for themselves."
Stone, a lifelong Republican, recently switched parties
to support Lieberman. "I'm 77 years old,"
he said. "I've been listening to this crap for
a long time, and I'm extremely disappointed in some
of our politicians, especially the present president."
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Delaware
will hold its primary on February 3, 2004 -- one week
after New Hampshire. Delaware
State Treasurer Jack Markell said, "Joe
Lieberman is leading in Delaware because he speaks from
the heart, is a true moderate on issues and favors substance
over spin," he said. "Getting the chance to
talk with New Hampshire voters, we learned that we share
the same concerns. We need help cutting taxes for middle
class families, expanding access to health insurance,
and fiscally responsible leadership to bring budgets
back into balance." |
Below:
Joe with Delaware State Treasurer, Jack Markell
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Stamford group returned home Sunday evening. It's exciting,
said Diamond. How often can you work on a presidential
campaign for a terrific candidate who grew up in your
city,? he asked.
The
November trip was the third voyage for Stamford Democrats.
Diamond was joined by Stamford attorneys
Harold Bernstein and Toby Schaffer for a canvassing
trip to Nashua, NH on September 14. On July 4, Diamond,
along with City Representative John Zelinskie and City
Committeewoman Barbara Griffin marched with Lieberman
to in two New Hampshire parades.
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