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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Mr. Whist who wrote (227477)2/15/2002 2:48:39 PM
From: jlallen  Read Replies (2) of 769668
 
Rats desert sinking ship.......

Thursday, Feb. 14, 2002
Bronx Dem Jumps to GOP


Here's something you probably didn't know: "Since George W. Bush was elected president, at least 25 Democrat elected officials have switched to the GOP," United Press International reported today.

The latest convert: New York state Sen. Pedro Espada Jr., a native of Puerto Rico who represents the South Bronx.

Fed up with being regarded as the property of the Dems, whose decades of costly schemes have failed to improve his blighted district, Espada issued his own emancipation proclamation:

"The citizens of my district have signaled that they no longer want to be taken for granted. They want to not only talk about diversity; they want to diversify. They are tired of being poor and powerless.

"Hence, today I, Pedro Espada Jr., affirm and declare my and their political emancipation. Today, I officially enroll as a member of the Republican Party."
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