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PLYMOUTH, NH ?On Mon-day December 1, 2003 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Joe Li-eberman addresses a crowd from the Plymouth State University and the Plymouth community in the Fireplace Lounge in the Hart-man Union Building.Lieberman wasted no time. He began his speech by urging the crowd, consisting mostly of New Hampshire residents, to come to the polls this January and cast their votes for New Hampshire?s primary. Lieberman believes, New Hampshire, a state who hap-pens to have the earliest primary of all U.S. states, will have a lot to say about the outcome of the primary on January 27, 2004.According to Lieberman, New Hampshire residents ?have a unique opportunity here.? He went on to say that New Hamp-shire?s residents ?have a little more power than voters in other US states.?Lieberman said he?s pursuing the presidency out of his ?love for this country?Because of its values?And the pursuit of hap-piness,? and because he doesn?t believe that Bush is upholding those values. ?When Bush got to the White House he promised to restore honor and integrity, three years passed, he didn?t keep his promise,? he said. Lieberman believes that as the most pow-erful country in the world, ?we deserve better than that…we want a fresh start, and I?m running for President to give them that fresh start.?During his speech, Lieberman introduced what he calls his ?Valuing Families Agenda,? a plan geared towards expanding health care to children and small business. Lieberman believes that the due to the rising costs of healthcare, his plan will be a viable solution that will make healthcare and childcare costs more affordable for middle-class families.His plan will adjust healthcare costs on a sliding scale, provid-ing healthcare and childcare to families who can already afford it, in addition to providing the same healthcare and childcare opportunities to families who cannot afford it. As president, to pay for his plan, Lieberman said he would, ?Raise taxes on the top two percent,? meaning is that he would repeal the high-income tax cuts that were given out by the Bush administration. These tax cuts have corporations, up-per class, and the very wealthy paying less, and the middle-class paying more, and he believes it is not fair.His new plan will provide what he describes as, ?A system of health insurance that guar-antees every American access to affordable health insurance.? When asked how he planned on following through with his tax cut plan, Lieberman said, ?As president, this bill would be a priority.?As president, Lieberman?s priority is to see-through his tax plan and fulfill the interests of many of his supporters, supporters who are part of the heavily populated Ameri-can middle-class, protecting the in-terests of the largest class of Americans. ?The middle-class is the heart and soul of America,? Lieberman said.Lieberman plans to restore the confi-dence of American citizens by creating 10 million jobs in four years, and by rebuilding Ameri-can manufacturing jobs. Lieberman plans on taking back Bush?s high-income tax cuts and investing that money in public schools, and spending it to train workers for better jobs. These are ideas are the lifeblood of Lieberman?s tax cut plan.His supporters believe that his integrity and compassion for human values is his driv-ing force behind his campaign. Lieberman?s progressive rhetoric has grown popular among his supporters as it seeks to repair the damage that was created by the Bush administration?s bad decisions?and replace them with his own more thoughtful decisions.With the help of independent and undecided voters, Lieberman believes his campaign agendas will more accurately represent the interests of the American public, and by sharing his vision they can change the leadership of this country for the better. Lieberman believes the Bush administration?s role was a, ?Failure of leadership,? an idea that has worldwide consequenc-es and has, ?Made everybody hate Americans?Made young Americans worried about their futures?Made them unconfident about their futures…This is un-characteristic of the American,? Lieberman said.The incompetence of the Bush administration, and the lack of confidence among the Ameri-can people are what Lieberman said, ?Propels me?Helps me get through the long [campaigning] days and the short nights.?Being a self described ?inde-pendent-thinking? Democrat, Lieberman has garnered support from independents, undecided voters, and from supporters of Republican Sen. John McCain?supporters that he referred to as, ?McCainiacs.? Lieberman be-lieves that support coming from the other side is encouraging, he mentioned that, ?McCainiacs are becoming Liebermaniacs.?Lieberman ended his speech as he began it: By highlighting the role that New Hampshire plays in the January primary, and emphasizing the impact that the New Hampshire voter has in the January primary. He said that, ?Every American has the power to change their country?s leader-ship,? power that will remain unrealized by American voters lest they, ?Waste the opportunity to come out and vote,? he said. Lieberman mentioned that every vote counts, no matter if the vote was from the head of the biggest US lobbying group, or from a college student, the votes are worth the same. He points out that this is where we can make a change, and elect a president that we deserve.Lieberman said his visit to Plymouth State University was, ?A great experience in classic Granite State fashion.?