Newsom Busted Trying To Manufacture Green Protest Against Gore?

“In a desperate and bizarre attempt to continue making party politics a wedge issue in the nonpartisan race for mayor, the Newsom campaign sent out an email ---(also posted on the sf.indymedia.org website http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/11/1662388.php ) --- disguised as an activist advisory from the Green Party – to encourage Green Party members to protest a Tuesday Newsom event with former Vice President Al Gore. The Newsom campaign used a free Web-mail provider for anonymity, not realizing that the Web-mail provider recorded the Internet address. The address recorded – 216.100.140.9 – belongs to “GavinNewsomFor” according to the American Registry of Internet Numbers (http://www.arin.net)….

….Susan King, co-chair of the California Green Party’s Campaigns and Candidates Working Group, confirmed that no email was issued to protest the Gore event. The Green Party has never had any plans to protest Newsom’s campaign event with Al Gore,” said King.”

See entire press release on Matt’s web site:
http://www.mattgonzalez.com/article.php?id=227

Protest Gore Getty Posts on sf.indymedia.org :
(Notice that most of the reader comments advise that a protest would be a BAD idea - could only help Newsom.)

STOP THE MACHINE - PROTEST GORE GETTY (posted Nov. 28th):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/11/1662388.php

Protest Getty-Gore-Gavin (posted Nov. 25th):
http://www.indybay.org/news/2003/11/1661684.php