Kerry To Deliver Saturday Spanish Dem Radio Address

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Senator Kerry Joins Social Security Birthday Celebration
11 August 2005



Saturday is the 70th birthday of Social Security, the most successful social program in our country’s history. The DNC has been celebrating the occasion by offering a new fact each day to highlight “how this program positively affects the lives of millions of hard-working Americans.” Saturday, Senator Kerry will deliver the Spanish language Democratic radio address discussing the benefits of Social Security to the Hispanic population.

According to the DNC’s fact of the day, the poverty rate among Hispanic seniors would triple without the Social Security program,

The poverty rate among African American seniors would more than double,

Social Security lifts 1 million children above the poverty line.

More facts from Campaign for America’s Future:

In 1935, nearly half of all seniors lived in poverty. Today—thanks to Social Security—poverty among seniors has been nearly eradicated. (The Century Foundation and The Center for American Progress)

For 70 years, Social Security always paid benefits on time. Through national tragedies, natural disasters and economic downturns, Social Security never missed a payment. (Social Security Administration)

Today, Social Security provides financial security for 33 million retired workers and their dependents, 7 million survivors of deceased workers, and 8 million disabled workers and their families. (Social Security Administration)

Join Senator Kerry in marking this historic occasion by signing Sojourner’s “70 More Years Petition”, joining one of Americans United’s numerous house parties, or by sending a Happy Birthday e-card sponsored by Campaign For America’s Future. You can also watch an inspiring 2 minute clip of President Roosevelt signing Social Security into law.

Uphold this “Covenant for the Common Good”. As Jim Wallis says, “Social Security is an expression of national values.”

LINKS:
http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/?view=plink&id=1313

[politicasista]

1. Thanks for posting this

I have only heard him speak Spanish once. I heard Momma T speak it too.

[Noisy Democrat]

2. Does anyone know

where we can hear it?

[sandnsea]

4. Afterwards

They might post it here, although they haven't posted one since July. Maybe if we bombard them with emails.

http://www.democrats.org/a/press/radio_address/

[Noisy Democrat]

5. CSPAN Radio

On the CSPAN website claims to have a slot for "presidential and Democratic radio address" on Saturday. I don't know whether they've actually been running the Democratic ones on Saturdays. Also don't know whether the Spanish one is taking the slot of the 'regular' one or if the Spanish one is something extra and so not likely to run there.

[MH1]

3. Way cool.

Thanks for posting.

I knew that he speaks decent French, but Spanish? That's new to me.

The best I can do in any foreign language is ask for "a beer please" in several (that is a crucial phrase, after all) and figure out if bug notes that a certain German software company forgot to translate to English actually have anything to do with whatever is my problem of the moment.