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Iowa’s Favorite Son
December 10th, 1987
“It seems that in 1988, in this unbelievably important election year, my Democratic colleagues are scared to go against the party establishment.
Some of my ‘upstanding’ peers, who I won’t call out by name, they know who they are, I believed to be honest. I thought they would use their sound judgement to endorse the candidate they truly believe in, not the choice made by Democratic elites.
I was wrong.
Time and time again, I’ve seen my fellow congressmen endorse candidates who they barely know - who they may not even agree with.
They do this not out of genuine care for our nation but to forward their own careers.
To this, I say: enough!
I’m going to endorse the candidate that I believe in, the candidate who I honestly believe would make the best President out of this crop of Democrats, and career forwarding be damned.
The man I am endorsing today is Paul Simon.
He will win here in Iowa!
He will win in November!
And he will push this country into the twenty-first century!”
-Iowa Senator Tom Harkin endorsing PaulSimon for President
“It seems that in 1988, in this unbelievably important election year, my Democratic colleagues are scared to go against the party establishment.
Some of my ‘upstanding’ peers, who I won’t call out by name, they know who they are, I believed to be honest. I thought they would use their sound judgement to endorse the candidate they truly believe in, not the choice made by Democratic elites.
I was wrong.
Time and time again, I’ve seen my fellow congressmen endorse candidates who they barely know - who they may not even agree with.
They do this not out of genuine care for our nation but to forward their own careers.
To this, I say: enough!
I’m going to endorse the candidate that I believe in, the candidate who I honestly believe would make the best President out of this crop of Democrats, and career forwarding be damned.
The man I am endorsing today is Paul Simon.
He will win here in Iowa!
He will win in November!
And he will push this country into the twenty-first century!”
-Iowa Senator Tom Harkin endorsing PaulSimon for President
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