Jag får då och då epost från Kerrys presidentkampanj. Det kan vara intressant att se vad dom skriver:
Dear Lennart,
Before I let you know what is happening out on the campaign trail, I wanted to say thank you for your overwhelming response to yesterday's email from Mary Beth Cahill. Thousands of you stepped forward to help us by supporting the Democratic Party. This will have a tremendous impact between now and Election Day.
Since the convention, I have been traveling by bus, train, plane, and even boat through more than a dozen states. Our nation is amazingly beautiful, and seeing it from a train is a wonderful experience. If you ever have the opportunity to cross the country in this way, I really recommend it. I have been even more amazed by the thousands of people who have met us at stations in even the smallest of small towns -- all coming to be a part of this campaign.
One of my favorite moments of this trip came as we passed through Winslow, Arizona, where supporters had gathered along the tracks. One group held up two bed sheets with messages painted on in giant print: "You give us 10 minutes -- We'll give you eight years." I stopped the train and gave them fifteen.
Yesterday, after switching from train back to bus, I attended a town hall meeting with elderly Americans in Henderson, Nevada. Like so many other moments along this trip, it reinforced how much is at stake in this election. We heard from a first grade teacher who cannot retire because of rising costs of living; a Vietnam veteran and victim of Agent Orange who cannot collect his full disability pay while receiving his pension; and a woman whose insurance plan does not cover treatments she needs.
The rising cost of health care is hardest to bear for our nation's seniors, especially when it comes to the price of prescription drugs. It is causing millions of seniors real pain, and yet this it is a problem that can be solved with a simple, commonsense plan.
Yesterday, I called on the Bush administration to stop blocking the re-importation of safe, FDA-approved drugs from Canada. Leaders from both parties, including Trent Lott, John McCain and Ted Kennedy, agree on this issue, and it's time the White House did too.
Drug prices have risen 11.5% in just the last year alone, and prescription drugs sometimes cost twice as much in America as they do in Canada. As a result, members of the greatest generation are still making the greatest sacrifices when they should be enjoying retirement. They're cutting their pills in half. They're choosing between filling their prescriptions and heating their homes. At the same time, we are told that the best we can do for them is a Medicare bill that's riddled with waste, corporate handouts, and rules that inexplicably bar Medicare from negotiating with drug companies for lower prices.
This is unacceptable and, as president, I will fight for a real Medicare drug benefit -- one that doesn't force seniors into HMOs and doesn't put protection for the sky-high drug costs into law. We need a Medicare drug benefit that serves our country's seniors, not one that gives hand outs to big insurance companies. Read more about my plan for America's seniors here:
http://www.johnkerry.com/communities/seniors/
Together, we'll build a better America for all generations.
In the coming days, we will make several more stops on our "Sea to Shining Sea" tour. You can continue to follow along on our blog at JohnKerry.com. Once again, thank you for your support yesterday, and I will write again soon.
Sincerely,
John Kerry
P.S. You can sign up to be involved in "Seniors for Kerry-Edwards" here:
http://www.johnkerry.com/communities/seniors/
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