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  • Ward Boss May Bow Out for Bush (Powerful African-American Ward Boss in Pittsburgh)

    09/27/2004 4:15:26 AM PDT · by Vigilanteman · 11 replies · 1,046+ views
    Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | 27 September 2004 | By Sandra Tolliver
    For the second time in his 32 years as one of Pittsburgh's most powerful Democratic ward chairmen, Dock Fielder Jr. might throw his support to a Republican -- George W. Bush. It's not that he dislikes U.S. Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic nominee. But Fielder complains the Kerry campaign staff hasn't responded to his overtures and now he'd like to talk to Bush campaign staffers in Pennsylvania. "Bush is going to beat him anyway," said Fielder, whose influence drew phone calls at home from President Jimmy Carter. He supported Carter only after extracting his promise to funnel money into the...