AMANDA RIDDLE, Associated Press Writer
Friday, July 11, 2003
(07-11) 23:00 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) --
Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards courted Hispanic voters Friday, touting his education agenda and telling them that President Bush is only concerned about the wealthy.
"I do not believe George Bush has spent 30 seconds thinking about the people you grew up with, the people I grew up with, since he was elected," Edwards said during a fund-raising dinner for the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, a national group seeking to register more Hispanic voters.
"George Bush believes in, honors and respects one thing: wealth," he added.
The North Carolina senator said that, if elected, he would offer bonuses to educators to teach in poor areas and provide a $500 tax refund credit for families to make downpayments on homes.
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He criticized Bush for pushing for tax cuts that he said benefit the rich and push the burden onto working-class families at a time when nine million U.S. children lack health care coverage.
"The values issue runs through almost everything the president does," he said. "This president is leaving millions of kids behind every single day."
It was Edwards' second speech in two weeks to the Hispanic community. He and five other Democratic presidential hopefuls spoke at a June 28 convention of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials in Phoenix.
Hispanic voters are the fastest-growing segment of California's voting population. About 25 percent of voters in the state's primary next March are expected to be Latino, according to the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project.
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Edwards is going to do very well with Hispanic and black voters. Go Edwards!
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