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SF Green Party on Pelosi "Town Hall"
Green Party response to Pelosi "Town Hall" FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, January 14, 2006 San Francisco Green Party http://www.sfgreenparty.org Contact: Erika McDonald, 415-337-1499 Pelosi 'Town Hall' Meeting Disappoints; House Minority Leader Refuses to Halt War Funding or Support Impeachment SAN FRANCISCO - Members of the San Francisco Green Party who attended today's 'town hall' meeting with Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi at Marina Middle School were extremely dissatisfied with her support for funding the war in Iraq and her unwillingness to impeach President Bush. "If George W. Bush's crimes are not worthy of impeachment, then what is," said San Francisco Green Party (SFGP) Spokesperson Erika McDonald, who noted that the Green Party has long called for the impeachment of Bush. "The crowd seemed to agree that impeachment was the appropriate course of action," said McDonald, who attended this morning's meeting. Some Greens, including well-known peace activist Medea Benjamin, held up signs urging Pelosi to stop voting to fund the war during the 'town hall'. Pelosi stressed that she voted for war funding because of the troops, but acknowledged that the soldiers still do not have sufficient protective armor. The Green Party will continue to challenge Pelosi to represent the views of her district, and are expecting to run a candidate against her in November. Pioneer lesbian playwright Terry Baum was the Green Party's candidate against Pelosi in 2004, and received a record number of write-in votes after the SF Department of Elections removed her from the ballot, after ruling that many ballots in the primary election had not been correctly filled out.
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Comments (Hide Comments)Pelosi answers "hecklers"
Sunday Jan 15th, 2006 11:56 AM
Pelosi:
"I think we should solve this issue electorally," she said, urging audience members to channel their energy into the 2006 elections. Pelosi-- Out of our way!
Sunday Jan 15th, 2006 12:01 PM
The majority of Americans who know the truths about this criminal war:
"We will embarrass you. We will shine a spotlight on your cowardice, your opportunism, and your grotesque cynical hypocrisy." Matt Gonzalez For Congress
Sunday Jan 15th, 2006 1:50 PM
If Pelosi had to face a strong challenger in her own backyard...and possibly loose to someone like Matt Gonzalez, it would send a powerful message to the Democratic machine...that the people are ready to fight them, anywhere, anytime and piece by piece. Or it might give her a change of heart on Iraq.
It must be hard for Pelosi...because even though she isn't all bad..she carries with her the stench of congress. Anyone serving in congress carries that smell of corruption, taint, etc. Needless to say, those that were the most corrupt, the most stinking were the biggest boosters of the Iraq war. Need I say more? |