Moderate Republicans supporting Kerry (Oregon)

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1. Great - Eugene Republicans join other OR Repubs in fighting Bush

Eugene Republicans meet to garner support for John Kerry

Ben Brown
News Reporter

September 09, 2004

A group of five longtime Eugene-area Republicans are calling on moderate Republicans to vote for Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry this November.

In a public meeting at the University's Baker Downtown Center Wednesday, Republicans Donna Fogelstrom, Patsy Hand, Howard Ollis, Ken Shulman and Jean Tate, who started the Eugene group Republicans for Kerry, spoke in opposition to the Bush administration to an audience of about 40 people, encouraging local moderate Republicans to vote for Kerry.

The group believes Bush has strayed from traditional Republican values such as fiscal responsibility, states' rights and aid for the middle class, said Shulman, a local contractor and small-business owner. Shulman said he will vote for Kerry, because he does not like the way the Bush administration has mishandled the strong economy passed on by former President Clinton.

"I don't feel that we can take four more years of damage to our economy," Shulman said.

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