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Hello. I'm. Welcome to NH Outlook. |
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In this edition, On the campaign trail with Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich. We'll bring you a profile followed by analysis. |
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And later, a conversation with author and illustrator Tomie day-POW-la. He's the recipient of the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award from the NH Writer's Project. |
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First, Outlook is following all the candidates on the campaign trail to bring you their stories. Here is our look at Dennis Kucinich, Democratic candidate for president. |
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Kucinich: How many people here think war is inevitable? Raise your hands if you think war is inevitable. How many think peace is inevitable? Track: If there is one thing that Dennis Kucinich is known for, it is raising profound issues that question the tenets of American society - and then proposing unusual solutions. And it doesn't matter if his audience is business executives or high school students. Kucinich: In July of 2001, I introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to create cabinet level dept. of peace. And the whole idea is to look at those things that create violence in our society - violence in the schools, gang violence, racial violence. We kind of take those things for granted, and think there's not much we can do about them. Track: A difficult childhood laid the foundation for Kucinich's political path. Kucinich: Well my parents never had a home, and as the family grew we kept moving. Once the family grew to 7 kids we had lived in about 21 different places including a couple cars. Of course that's helped. Its given me a sense of compassion and connection w/ people who might find themselves in a difficult position. Standup: Kucinich chose politics as a way to make a difference. At 23, he won election to Cleveland's city council. At 31, he became mayor. But the city finances were troubled, and after Kucinich refused to sell the city-owned power company to raise funds, Cleveland defaulted on its loans. He lost the next election, but was vindicated years later as the city was able to keep electric rates lower because it still owned the company. Track: Kucinich launched his comeback and won election to the U.S. Congress where he now leads the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. His supporters, while not numerous, are passionate about their candidate. Man: I'd like to see a fair tax system with the rich paying their fair share. Track: At the gathering for Kucinich's official announcement, audience members shouted out their desires ranging from universal health care to corporate reform. Patch: Remember, you're talking to everybody. Lady: I'm Elsie van Buren from Hancock, and I want the Pentagon put on a budgetary diet. Track: The MC - legendary physician Patch Adams, who made his reputation by helping his patients find humor in their predicaments. Owww! Feel the possibilities. Track: And then it was Patch Adams' turn to introduce the first presidential candidate he has ever supported. Patch Adams: Dear citizens, if you want a president who will operate from a value system based on compassion and generosity, and not money and power-over, then let me entreat you to take this discussion to every corner of our country. Calling for love to stand up and be elected, Denis Kucinich on the care ticket…ladies and gentlemen, Denis Kucinich!! Kucinich: Hellooo New Hampshire!!! Kucinich: And you know that we've joined together over the last year and more in challenge this administrations march towards war. And now that they invaded Iraq, and now that they've bombed Iraq, and now that they've broken Iraq, this administration is continuing to pursue a path of occupation. I say that it is time for that occupation to end, bring the UN in, get the US out, and bring our troops home! Bring our troops home! Bring our troops home! Bring them home! "Bring troops home!" Kucinich: Now you know there are people who are saying, "Oh, no Dennis, look, we can't cut and run, we have a responsibility to stay there." Well the truth of the matter is that the longer that we're there, the longer we're gonna be there. Kucinich: Great. I've had oatmeal, wheat toast, bananas. I'm in good shape Track: In his pursuit of an ethical life, Kucinich became a vegan - which made for an interesting contrast at a recent Politics 'n Eggs political breakfast. Though his menu differed from the bacon and eggs being served, Kucinich worked to reach common ground with these business leaders on issues such as the environment. Kucinich: We have a responsibility to each other. You can not build the economy of one area by tearing down the economy of the other. And the damage that the acid rain has done to streams and lakes and to the natural environment of the north east really represents a transfer of wealth from one region to the other. I intend to see America take new and progressive steps, and not just environmental enforcement, but incentivising the transit from non renewable energy sources to renewable energy sources, from non sustainable energy sources to sustainable energy sources. Track: Aside from his stance on Iraq, Kucinich's biggest proposal is a universal single-payer health care system that would cover all Americans. Kucinich: So my plan is the following: I take the money that's in the system for local, state and federal expenditures - which is over $1 trillion. I'd match that with money that employers are paying - employers wouldn't have to pay as much under my plan. Instead of 8.5%, they'd pay 7.7%. That would raise about $917 billion. And then we'd have the savings that would come from turning the administration over to a single payer, instead of having all the private insurers handle all the paperwork and charge a premium for it. We'd have savings that would come from the federal govt. buying prescription drugs in bulk, because that's what we do for the Veterans Administration - and it saves a lot of money. Kucinich: This program can work, and I'm the only candidate who's saying that it's time to take profit out of healthcare - this market-oriented approach to healthcare - you know what it means? If you don't have the money, you don't get the care. Track: Kucinich says that his health care plan would also cover long-term care. Kucinich: Fundamental change! Challenge the system! Challenge the status quo! Challenge the corporations who are controlling health care, who own health care. It's time for the people to take control of our health care system in America. Track: Dennis Kucinich has promised a lot in his campaign. Kucinich: As president of the United States, my first act in office, therefore, would be to cancel NAFTA and the WTO and return to bilateral trade, to return to bilateral trade, condition on workers rights, human rights, and the environment. Kucinich: I believe that every young person in this country should have access to a free education from pre-kindergarten all the way through college. Track: Sometimes, those who want to believe all this can happen, ask how. Kucinich: This country is about spend as much money as you can, misappropriate that money, let those who can grab the most get the most. So tell me how you make the culture shift, particularly on the political front that you're talking about. Track: Kucinich replied by arguing that such a major culture shift had happened before - in 1932 with the election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Kucinich: The New Deal represented a shift for America. Now what did he do? He ran on that platform, he got the nomination, and then he brought in 100 new members of Congress. He essentially asked the American people to give him a Congress he could work with, and as the nominee, I would do the same thing. And the people would. Because - it's almost like the sense of knowing that your freedoms have been taken away and you have no way to access them again - they're just beyond your reach. All it takes is one person to break that spell, and that's what my candidacy is all about. Track: Kucinich himself has gone through a fundamental shift on the issue of abortion, which he once vehemently opposed. Kucinich: I think we want to make abortions less necessary, but the only way to do it is within a constitutional context that reflects not only a woman's right to choose, but a deeper question here: about a woman's equal role in society. Because that's the underlying issue here. I support Roe v. Wade and as president would only appoint people to the Supreme court who would be willing to support Roe v. Wade. Track: Dennis Kucinich knows his candidacy is based more on hope than money. But he says hope is what made this country. Kucinich: One of the tragedies of 9/11 is that we've forgotten who we are as a nation. In the fear that's covered this country, we've forgotten about the optimism and hope that lead so many people to say all under that light of lady liberty, "Give me your tired, you poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free." Kucinich: I don't think I have to ask people to change the way they think. I ask people to consider the limitless possibilities of what it means to be an American. For each one of us within ourselves a dream of vision of how much better conditions for ourselves might be. We often that that people will respond to a leader who will aspire them to think about the expanded capacities which each individual holds in their hearts. Cause then the nation changes. Track: For NH Outlook, I'm Richard Ager Kucinich: We're going to change this country, make it better and make the world a better place. Thank you everyone. |
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Here to discuss Dennis Kucinich's campaign, we have Andy Smith of the U-N-H Survey Center and J. Mark Wrighton,assistant professor of political science at UNH. Thanks to you both for being here. |
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MARK I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE DENNIS KUCINICH'S CAMPAIGN? I THINK IT'S A MESSAGE CAMPAIGN. THE PLATFORM OF A PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN DOES PROVIDE SOMEONE WHO HAS A VERY STRONG AND COMMITTED MESSAGE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT WITH GREAT INTENSITY AND GREAT COVERAGE. WHAT'S YOUR SENSE, ANDY? I AGREE WITH WHAT MARK SAYS HERE BUT HE'S IN A POSITION WHERE HE HAS NOTHING TO LOSE. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO COUCH WHAT HE SAYS BECAUSE HE'S REALLY NOT IN A POSITION WHERE HE'S, I THINK, YOU COULD SAY HE'S GOING TO WIN THE NOMINATION. DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY OR THE POLLING NUMBERS NOW. HE'S VERY FREE TO SAY WHAT IS IN HIS HEART AND ON HIS MIND. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO TRIM HIS SAILS POLITICALLY THERE. CLEARLY, LITTLE MONEY, LOW ON IN THE POLLS. I MEAN, DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY ROOM FOR HIS CAMPAIGN TO GROW? I THINK THERE'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM. UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S GOT A LOT. HE'S GOT COMPETITION FROM HOWARD DEAN. ANY OF THE SUPPORTERS THAT HE MAY HAVE ARE GOING TO SAY, WELL, I LIKE DENNIS KUCINICH, I KIND OF LIKE HIS MESSAGE BUT THERE'S THIS GUY HOWARD DEAN WHO IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. HE HAS THE SAME SORT OF FIRE IN THE BELLY BUT HE HAS A CHANCE OF WINNING. ANYBODY WHO THINKS THAT HOWARD DEAN IS A LIBERAL AND LOOK SOMEWHAT TO THE LEFT AT DENNIS KUCINICH IT WOULD CERTAINLY CAST DEAN IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. DON'T YOU THINK? I THINK TO SOME EXTENT. THERE'S SOME TALK THAT GOVERNOR DEAN MAY BE CONSERVATIVE ON SOME ISSUES SUCH AS GUNS AND MAYBE THE BUDGET ISSUES. ON THOSE ISSUES THERE MAY BE SOME DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE TWO CANDIDATES. I MEAN, KUCINICH IS AS PURE A LIBERAL DEMOCRAT THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW. IN THIS RACE. WHO SUPPORTS HIM? WHO IS GIVING MONEY TO HIS CAMPAIGN TO KEEP HIM GOING. I IMAGINE HE'S GETTING MOST OF HIS MONEY OUTSIDE THE STATE TO BEGIN WITH. NEW HAMPSHIRE IS A DEMOCRATIC ELECTORATE TENDS TO BE HIGH INCOME, HIGH EDUCATION. THERE'S VERY LIBERAL PARTS OF THAT ELECTORATE. I THINK THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON HE'S APPEALING TO. HE'S REALLY REACHING OUT TO A VOTERS IN A MORE INTELLECTUAL LEVEL, LIKE A PURE POLITICAL THEORY OR POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY LEVEL THAN SOME OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES. YOU KNOW, JUST NOTING THE SORT OF. THE WAY THE AUDIENCE WAS AT HIS ANNOUNCEMENT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. HIS SUPPORTERS SEEMED VERY INTENSE. THEY MAY NOT BE NUMEROUS BUT THERE'S REALLY STRONG FEELINGS VERY EVIDENT THERE THAT AT THE BEGINNING BEFORE HE WAS INTRODUCED WHEN PATCH ADAMS WAS ASKING PEOPLE TO LIST THEIR DESIRES THAT IT HAD THAT SORT OF REVIVAL MEETING KIND OF QUALITY. DO YOU SENSE THAT INTENSITY ON THE PART OF THOSE WHO DO FOLLOW 4I78? I THINK SO. I THINK IT'S REFLECTED BY THE CANDIDATE HIMSELF AS WELL. HE DOES OCCASIONALLY PUT ON THE FIRE AND BRIM STONE SPEECH AND REALLY DOES I THINK REFLECT SOME FRUSTRATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE POTENTIALLY BUT CERTAINLY AN INTENSE FEELING ON THOSE FRUSTRATIONS. I THINK MARK HAS HIT IT ON THE HEAD, THE FRUSTRATIONS AMONG THE LIBERAL WING OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. THEY GOT PUSHED TO THE SIDE WHEN GORE RAN IN 2000. SO I THINK THERE REALLY IS SOME DESIRE ON THEIR PART TO LET THE REST OF THE PARTY KNOW THAT THEY'RE STILL THERE AND THEY HAVE VERY IMPORTANT VIEWS. MOST CERTAINLY YOU DON'T SENSE A DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP COUNCIL INFLUENCE IN PROPOSALS FOR A DEPARTMENT OF PEACE, DO YOU? I'VE NOT SEEN THAT ONE YET. I KNOW HE HASN'T SAID WHO HE MIGHT NOMINATE AS SECRETARY. BUT YOU CAN WONDER THAT. A LOT OF IDEAS. CERTAINLY HE SEEMS TO BE A CANDIDATE OF A LOT OF IDEAS. BIGGEST ONE PROBABLY IN TERMS OF THE MONEY INVOLVED IS UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE. DO YOU THINK THAT CAN CARRY HIM SOME DISTANCE? THE DIFFICULTY THAT HE'S GOT IN THIS CAMPAIGN IS THAT THE ISSUE REALLY IS IRAQ. SOME OF THESE MORE POLICY-BASED ISSUES THAT HE'S PROPOSING, THE OTHER CANDIDATES HAVE SOMETHING THAT MAY BE SIMILAR AND PROPOSING UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS STILL SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK MOST AMERICANS EVEN MOST AMERICANS IN THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTORATE ARE READY TO TAKE THAT STEP YET. I THINK IT CERTAINLY SOLIDIFIES HIS CANDIDACY AS SOMEBODY WHO IS WILLING TO TAKE AN IDEOLOGICAL POSITION, FOLLOW IT THROUGH TO ITS LOGICAL POLICY CONSEQUENCES AND STANDBY THEM. WELL, WE HAVE SEEN HIM MIX IT UP WITH GOVERNOR DEAN AND OTHERS ON THE ISSUE OF IRAQ PARTICULARLY THIS PAST WEEK WITH THE ADS THAT CAME OUT FROM THE DEAN CAMPAIGN AND THE KUCINICH REACTION TO THAT. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE KUCINICH FOLKS ARE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER AS FAR AS A RESPONSE. I BELIEVE HIS OBJECTION TO THE DEAN ADS WAS THAT THOSE ADS WERE PORTRAYING DEAN AS THE ONLY PERSON TO OBJECT TO THE WAR. KUCINICH HAS BEEN MAKING PRETTY CLEAR ALL ALONG HE ACTUALLY LED A LOT OF THE OPPOSITION IN CONGRESS TO IT ALTHOUGH OF COURSE IT DOESN'T CARRY THE DAY. I THINK THE PROBLEM THAT KUCINICH HAS OVERALL IS THAT HE'S COME INTO THIS AS SOMEBODY WHO IS NOT REALLY KNOWN, DOESN'T HAVE NATIONAL STATURE. HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO ATTRACT THE MONEY. HE'S RUNNING AT THE EDGE OF HIS PARTY. HE'S SEEN REALLY AS A MESSAGE CANDIDATE. SOME PEOPLE MAY SEE HE'S A VANITY CANDIDATE. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE HERE. HE'S RUNNING BECAUSE HE WANTS HIS MESSAGE HEARD N THIS SENSE HE'S SIMILAR TO A GARY BAUER OR ALAN KEYS RUNNING IN 2000 ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE. NOT MUCH CHANCE THAT THEY'LL GET THE NOMINATION BUT THEY WANT TO BE SURE THEY'RE UP ON THAT PLATFORM. THEY'RE ON THE STAGE WITH THE OTHER CANDIDATES AND THAT THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM AND IMPORTANT TO A FAIRLY SMALL BUT IMPORTANT SEGMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ARE HEARD. CLEARLY IF YOU GO TO HIS WEB SITE YOU WILL SEE NOT ONLY TEN KEY ISSUES THAT HE IDENTIFIES BUT ALSO POSITIONS THAT HE HAS TAKEN ON A REALLY LONG LIST OF OTHER THINGS: GAY RIGHTS, FREEDOM TO TRAVEL TO CUBA, THINGS LIKE THAT. BASICALLY TOUCHING PRETTY MUCH EVERY ISSUE INCLUDING PRETTY HOT BUTTON ONES THAT OTHER CANDIDATES MAY WISH TO AVOID OR REMAIN A LITTLE UNCLEAR ON. AS A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR A LONG TIME HE'S HAD OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE LOTS OF POSITIONS AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE DISTRICT THAT HE REPRESENTS IN OHIO. THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE BEST ONES TO BE TAKING AS FAR AS GETTING RE-ELECTED. AND I'M SURE HE SINCERELY SUPPORTS THOSE POSITIONS AS WELL. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CAMPAIGN LIKE DENNIS KUCINICH IS IS IN THE LOW SINGLE DIGITS AND THE FINANCIAL DONATIONS REFLECT THAT STANDING, IS THERE A ROLE THAT A CAMPAIGN LIKE HIS PLAYS BEYOND THE SMALL SLICE OF THE ELECTORATE THAT IT IS COMMANDING? DOES IT HAVE A EFFECT ON THE OTHER CAMPAIGNS OTHER CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING? I THINK IT CERTAINLY DOES AND THE DEBATES ARE THE BEST EXAMPLES OF THAT WHERE HE CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND PUT OUT RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS ON THE DEBATE THAT FORCE THE OTHER CANDIDATES TO THINK ABOUT THAT AND SAY WHY THEY'RE DIFFERENT BECAUSE A LOT OF HIS RESPONSES ARE VERY CLEAR AND AGAIN THEY FOLLOW FROM A IDEOLOGICAL POSITION DOWN TO POLICY. THE OTHER CANDIDATES SOMETIMES MANEUVER THROUGH THAT MINE FIELD A BIT. SO I THINK HE DOES HELP FOCUS THE DEBATE, MAKES THE OTHER CANDIDATES RESPOND TO MORE POINTED ISSUES. JUST BEFORE WE GO, WE SHOULD CLEAR SOMETHING UP TOO. THAT WAS THAT THERE HAD BEEN A REPORT THAT THE GREEN PARTY IN THIS STATE HAD ENDORSED HIM BUT IN FACT I BELIEVE, MARK, THAT'S NOT QUITE THE CASE. NO IT'S NOT. I BELIEVE SOME MEMBERS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE GREEN PARTY HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ENDORSE THE CONGRESSMAN BUT THE PARTY NATIONALLY HAS DISAVOWED THAT AND SAID THEIR CONVENTION WILL GO ON IN JUNE. THEY WILL CHOOSE SOMEONE TO HOLD THEIR STANDARD IN THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER OF 2004. MAYBE BUSH. WE'LL SEE IF WE GET ANY KIND OF A REPEAT OF THE RALPH NADER KIND OF THEM. HALF A MINUTE LEFT. ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU THINK HE'S GOING TO DO? IS THIS A CAMPAIGN TO THE FINISH? YEAH, I THINK HE'S GOING TO STICK AROUND. HE CERTAINLY DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT RAISING THAT MUCH MONEY. HASN'T HAD THAT MUCH TO BEGIN WITH. HIS EXPENSES ARE PRETTY LOW. HE HAS TO KEEP IN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL STATES UNTIL IT GETS DOWN TO ONE OR TWO MAJOR CANDIDATES AND THEN THE PARTY MIGHT PUSH HIM ASIDE. DO YOU THINK HE'S GOING TO HANG ON? I THINK FOR A LONGER HAUL PARTICULARLY TO KEEP THE MESSAGE OUT AND RESONATE INNING THE PARTY. OKAY. WELL HE'S IN IT. WE ARE OUT. WANT TO THANK BOTH OF YOU FOR JOINING US VERY MUCH. WE'LL PICK UP ON THE NEXT CANDIDATE IN JUST A MATTER OF A FEW WEEKS. |
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Finally tonight, we continue our series of conversations with authors. Each has been honored with a literary award from the New Hampshire Writer's Project. Producer Barrett Lester sat down with Tomie day-POW-la who is this year's recipient of the Award for Lifetime Achievement. DePaula looked back at his forty-year career and talked about what inspired him to write and illustrate his books. |
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I'M INTERESTED IN THAT YOU HAVE SKILLS AS BOTH A WRITER AND AN ILLUSTRATOR. CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THAT? YEAH. I MEAN, I STUDIED ART PROFESSIONALLY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. I WENT TO PRATT INSTITUTE WHICH IS PROBABLY AT THE TIME IN THE EARLY '50s, WHICH WAS PROBABLY AND STILL IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST PROFESSIONAL ART SCHOOLS IN THE COUNTRY. BUT I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO BE AN ARTIST WHEN I GREW UP, WHEN I WAS ONLY FOUR. I SAID TO PEOPLE, "I'M GOING TO BE AN ARTIST WHEN I GROW UP AND I'M GOING TO WRITE STORIES AND DRAW PICTURES FOR BOOKS" BECAUSE READING WAS PROBABLY THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME. IT ALL DEPENDED. WHEN I WAS READING, THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME. WHEN I WAS DRAWING THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME. WHEN I WAS TAP DANCING ON THE STAGE THAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME. I STARTED OUT AS AN ILLUSTRATEOR. I DIDN'T GET MY FIRST BOOK TO ILLUSTRATE UNTIL I WAS 30. THAT WILL BE 40 YEARS NEXT YEAR. I'LL BE 70 NEXT YEAR. IT WAS AFTER I HAD ILLUSTRATED MAYBE FIVE OR SIX BOOKS THAT FINALLY AN EDITOR ASKED ME IF I HAD ANY STORIES IN ME. OF COURSE I SAID NO I HAVE NO IDEAS. I HAVE OF COURSE 3 MILLION IDEAS. SHE ENCOURAGED ME WITH MY VERY FIRST MANUSCRIPT. THEN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS I JUST STARTED WRITING MORE AND MORE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS AGO I GOT A KALD COT IN 1976 BUT JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I GOT A NEWBURY HONOR AWARD FOR MY FIRST CHAPTER BOOK, SO I COULDN'T DENY THAT I'M ALSO NOT ONLY AN ILLUSTRATOR BUT ALSO A WRITER NOW. I DO SEE MYSELF WEARING BOTH THOSE HATS. THEY ARE DIFFERENT HATS, TOTALLY DIFFERENT HATS. NOW THAT YOU'RE WEARING BOTH HATS AND THEY ARE SO DIFFERENT, WHICH ONE DO YOU FOCUS ON FIRST WHEN STARTING A BOOK? OH, ALWAYS THE STORY. ALWAYS THE MANUSCRIPT. I ALWAYS START WITH THE MANUSCRIPT. FIRST OF ALL, THE IDEA COMES FIRST. THAT IDEA MIGHT TAKE YEARS IN DEVELOPING OR IT MIGHT JUST BE A FLASH LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHT BULB OVER YOUR HEAD LIKE IN THE CARTOONS BUT THE IDEA ALWAYS COMES FIRST AND THEN SOMETIMES THE IDEA TAKES TIME TO DEVELOP. THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS DISCUSS WITH MY EDITOR FIRST. I NEVER ALLOW MYSELF TO THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATIONS UNTIL THE MANUSCRIPT IS TOTALLY DONE. I WAS INTERESTED WHERE YOUR MANY STORIES COME FROM. I WISH I NEW. THE INSPIRATION COMES FROM EVERYWHERE. I GET A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM MY OWN MEMORY OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE BEING A CHILD. OCCASIONALLY JUST ONE THING, JUST ONE THING I GET, LIKE I GOT A CHRISTMAS CARD TWO YEARS THAT REALLY INSPIRED THE BOOK I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. IT'S A PHOTOGRAPH OF A SOPRANO AND IT SAID MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OLGA CLAUS AND IT SAID SANTA'S LESS POPULAR SISTER. RIGHT AT THE MOMENT I'VE GOT THIS, I HAVE TO WRITE A BOOK, SANTA INVITES HIS ENTIRE DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER. THAT'S HOW THAT ONE HAPPENED. 26 FAIR MONTH AVENUE MY CHAPTER BOOKS I'M JUST GOING BACK AND REMEMBERING THINGS FROM MY OWN CHILDHOOD. MY STRAGANONA BOOKS, I DON'T WRITE THOSE. I CHANNEL THOSE BECAUSE SHE'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT CHARACTER NOW. I'M AMAZED AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHO SHE IS AND HAVE READ ALL THOSE BOOKS. THEN OCCASIONALLY MILE PUBLISHER WILL SAY WE'D LIKE YOU TO DO A. LIKE A MOTHER GOOSE, A NURSERY RHYME, A NURSERY TALE BOOK. I ALWAYS KEEP TWO YEARS AHEAD SO I DON'T RUN OUT OF IDEAS. IT'S MY LITTLE SECRET. SO I DON'T HAVE WRITER'S BLOCK. I HAVE TWO YEARS TO CATCH UP IF I. BUT SO FAR SO GOOD. FOR FOUR YEARS I'VE HAD PLENTY OF IDEAS. HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE YOU DONE? OVER 200. I'VE WRITTEN AND/OR ILLUSTRATED. SO I'VE BEEN BUSY. YOU HAVE BEEN. I'VE BEEN A BUSY MAN. SPEAKING OF WHICH, CAN YOU READ US AN EXCERPT. I'M GOING TO READ YOU AN EXCERPT FROM MY LAST CHAPTER BOOK CALLED THINGS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME. THIS IS THE CHAPTER WHERE I WRITE ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER TOM WHO WAS. WHO I WAS NAMED AFTER. ALSO HE WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. WHEN WE WENT TO A AMUSEMENT PARK IN CONNECTICUT, A VERY FAMOUS AMUSEMENT PARK CALLED SEVEN ROCK. AS WE WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE THE PENNY ARCADE, WE SAW A BOOTH WITH A SIGN "MAKE YOUR OWN RECORDS." WELL, TOM SAID, LET'S GIVE COUSIN MORTON A RUN FOR HIS MONEY. MY MOTHER'S FIRST COUSIN WAS MORTON DOWNEY WHO WAS AN IRISH TENOR ON THE RADIO IN THE '30s AND '40s. TOM AND I WENT INTO A LITTLE ROOM WITH A GLASS WINDOW IN IT AND A MICROPHONE HANGING FROM THE CEILING. OKAY, THE MAN OUTSIDE SAID. HE HAD ALL HIS EQUIPMENT IN FRONT OF HIM. HIS VOICE CAME OVER A SPEAKER. COUNT TO TEN. YOU FIRST, GRANDPA. GREAT. NOW YOU LITTLE BOY. I'LL GIVE YOU A COUNT OF THREE AND YOU START. TOM INTRODUCED US AND HE SANG, I WENT TO THE ANIMAL FAIR. THEN I SANG MY RECITAL SONG, I AIN'T AFRAID OF A POLICEMAN. WHEN WE FINISHED, THE MAN SAID WE WERE TERRIFIC AND HOW WOULD WE LIKE TO HEAR THE RECORD. WELL, HE PLAYED IT OVER A LOUD SPEAKER AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND TO LISTEN. WHEN THE RECORD WAS OVER, THE PEOPLE CLAPPED. MAYBE WE COULD SEND IT TO COUSIN MORTON AND MAYBE HE'LL PLAY IT ON THE RADIO I SAID TO TOM. TOM LAUGHED. THAT'S WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. HOW DO YOU STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR FANS? OH, WELL, I GET ABOUT 100,000 FAN LETTERS A YEAR. WOW! I CERTAINLY CAN'T ANSWER ALL OF THEM. BUT I SEND THEM ALL A BOOK MARK AND A PRE-PRINTED LETTER. I HAVE A WEB SITE, I FINALLY GOT A WEB SITE JUST RECENTLY IN OCTOBER. TOMMIE.COM. WWW.TOMIE.COM, YES. GOING BACK TO YOUR WEB SITE I NOTICE YOU HAVE A BLOG ON YOUR SITE. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? I CALL IT MY MUSINGS. EVERY MONTH I'M JUST GOING TO WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER I WANT TO WRITE ABOUT. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/30/03 22:00 HOST: Richard Ager Length:18:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, on the campaign trail with Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich. NH Outlook brings you a profile followed by analysis. And a conversation with author and illustrator Tomie dePaola. He's the recipient of the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award from the NH Writer's Project. Outlook has followed all the candidates on the campaign trail to bring you their stories. Here is our look at Dennis Kucinich, Democratic candidate for president. Here to discuss Dennis Kucinich's campaign, Andy Smith of the U-N-H Survey Center and J. Mark Wrighton,assistant professor of political science at UNH. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Rep. Dennis Kucinich\Democratic Presidential Candidate, Patch Adams\Kucinich supporter, Andy Smith \UNH Survey Center, J. Mark Wrighton\UNH Political Science Department |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 10/30/03 22:00 HOST: Richard Ager Length:7:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, on the campaign trail with Democratic Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich. NH Outlook brings you a profile followed by analysis. And a conversation with author and illustrator Tomie day-POW-la. He's the recipient of the 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award from the NH Writer's Project. Finally we continue our series of conversations with authors. Each has been honored with a literary award from the New Hampshire Writer's Project. NH Outlook sat down with Tomie dePaola who is this year's recipient of the Award for Lifetime Achievement. dePaola looked back at his forty-year career and talked about what inspired him to write and illustrate his books. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Barett Lester NAME OF PARTICIPANTS:Tomie dePaola\Author/Illustrator |
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-- The one-way toll experiment at the Hampton toll booth is scheduled to end Saturday. The six-week experiment doubled the fees at the northbound toll from one-dollar to two dollars while letting southbound drivers sail through. The plan began after Governor Craig Benson was stuck in an hour-long backup at the Hampton toll booth. Transportation officials say the experiment did ease traffic tie-ups, but there is concern the state is losing money from drivers taking side roads to avoid the higher fee. Benson will hold a news conference today to discuss the experiment and the planned return to two-way tolling for the winter months. |
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-- The principal of Portsmouth Middle School says he thinks a student is responsible for two written bomb threats found inside the boys bathroom. Two messages found in a stall earlier this week warned of a device exploding in the building. The second message declared Halloween as the date the bomb would go off. Halloween is tomorrow. The principal says the handwriting of the two messages matched and he believes it is the work of one student who will be immediately suspended when caught. The school is considering bringing bomb-sniffing dogs in tomorrow morning as a precaution, but administrators say they don't believe this is a credible threat. |