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Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney considers run for President on Green Party Ticket
McKinney has not yet made a commitment to run as a Green, or independent,
but supporters say she is expected to make her final decision public this
week.
but supporters say she is expected to make her final decision public this
week.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, October. 3, 2007
Contact: John Morton – 510-610-1773 jlm108 [at] yahoo.com
http://www.RunCynthiaRun.com
Attention: Assignment Desk
Former Democratic Party Rep. Cynthia McKinney
considers run for President on Green Party ticket,
will hold a series of talks in SF Bay Area this week
OAKLAND – Six-term U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia Cynthia McKinney – who
may enter the 2008 California Presidential Primary on the Green Party
ticket – will speak at a series of events throughout the Bay Area this
week, according to "California Greens to Draft Cynthia McKinney in 2008."
McKinney has not yet made a commitment to run as a Green, or independent,
but supporters say she is expected to make her final decision public this
week.
McKinney will deliver a talk, "Confronting Empire," which covers the
arrogance of the Bush regime, spinelessness of the Democratic Congress,
plight of the under-represented and abused, corporate takeover of our
military and our government and what Americans can do about it.
She is scheduled to speak Thursday in Oakland (9 p.m., Oakland Branch
Library, 1801 Adeline), Friday in Berkeley, where "American Blackout" will
be screened (6 p.m., Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar),
and several yet-to-be-announces San Francisco spots Friday and Saturday.
McKinney will also appear at "Impeach at the Beach #4" on Sunday, 11 a.m.,
with Cindy Sheehan and many others.
In the Georgia state primary in 2006, McKinney lost her Congressional seat
to an opponent sponsored by a Democratic Party leadership outraged by her
questioning of its policies. McKinney's last official act in the House of
Representatives was to file Articles of Impeachment against George Bush,
Dick Cheney, and Condoleeza Rice.
The recent documentary, "American Blackout", describes the 2004 election
abuses conducted by the government, and shows McKinney confronting Donald
Rumsfeld at an Armed Services Committee hearing.
Since the end of her last term in Congress, McKinney has been active in a
wide variety of progressive causes and actions. She has spoken out
forcefully about the stolen elections of 2000 and 2004, the Bush
Administration cover-up of the facts of 9/11, the trillions of dollars
missing at the Pentagon, the war in Iraq, U.S. pollution and forest
clear-cutting, and human rights abuses by the U.S. at home and abroad.
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Wednesday, October. 3, 2007
Contact: John Morton – 510-610-1773 jlm108 [at] yahoo.com
http://www.RunCynthiaRun.com
Attention: Assignment Desk
Former Democratic Party Rep. Cynthia McKinney
considers run for President on Green Party ticket,
will hold a series of talks in SF Bay Area this week
OAKLAND – Six-term U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia Cynthia McKinney – who
may enter the 2008 California Presidential Primary on the Green Party
ticket – will speak at a series of events throughout the Bay Area this
week, according to "California Greens to Draft Cynthia McKinney in 2008."
McKinney has not yet made a commitment to run as a Green, or independent,
but supporters say she is expected to make her final decision public this
week.
McKinney will deliver a talk, "Confronting Empire," which covers the
arrogance of the Bush regime, spinelessness of the Democratic Congress,
plight of the under-represented and abused, corporate takeover of our
military and our government and what Americans can do about it.
She is scheduled to speak Thursday in Oakland (9 p.m., Oakland Branch
Library, 1801 Adeline), Friday in Berkeley, where "American Blackout" will
be screened (6 p.m., Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar),
and several yet-to-be-announces San Francisco spots Friday and Saturday.
McKinney will also appear at "Impeach at the Beach #4" on Sunday, 11 a.m.,
with Cindy Sheehan and many others.
In the Georgia state primary in 2006, McKinney lost her Congressional seat
to an opponent sponsored by a Democratic Party leadership outraged by her
questioning of its policies. McKinney's last official act in the House of
Representatives was to file Articles of Impeachment against George Bush,
Dick Cheney, and Condoleeza Rice.
The recent documentary, "American Blackout", describes the 2004 election
abuses conducted by the government, and shows McKinney confronting Donald
Rumsfeld at an Armed Services Committee hearing.
Since the end of her last term in Congress, McKinney has been active in a
wide variety of progressive causes and actions. She has spoken out
forcefully about the stolen elections of 2000 and 2004, the Bush
Administration cover-up of the facts of 9/11, the trillions of dollars
missing at the Pentagon, the war in Iraq, U.S. pollution and forest
clear-cutting, and human rights abuses by the U.S. at home and abroad.
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If Cynthia McKinney ran as a Green, that might revitalize and invigorate the Green Party.
The big question: is it worth it?
The Green Party is currently disorganized and with a few bright exceptions, is largely leaderless.
Indeed, after the debacle of the 2004 election, and poor unity since-- the Party is currently on life support. It cannot even field its own candidate for mayor in San Francisco (instead it only endorses-- anybody know who that is?).
If Greens cannot commit themselves wholeheartedly behind McKinney or any other national leader, then any national level candidacy is unlikely to fly.
Almost all Greens can agree that McKinney would make an excellent candidate-- but the party is mired in indecisiveness and factionalism.
Many Greens believe that having an expressive and visible national-level candidate would promote the party and encourage more people at the grassroots to become involved through a shared goal.
Others believe Greens should forgo national and state level elections to build their own local bases of influence.
Whatever individual Greens believe, the party is hardly growing.
Maybe it is time to take a cue from Mickey Z and start a Rescue Party.
The Progressive Left today is under more water than New Orlean's 9th ward was during Katrina.
That is thanks to a total misdirection by many of its leaders who:
1) decided to pretend that 9/11 truth was a unimportant
2) dropped their ideals in the 2004 election to support a candidate (John Kerry) who promised to conduct the Iraq War better than Bush
3) promoted a succession of demonstrations that blew more smoke than demanded anything obtainable. Rather than call for an end to the war, the protests were organized on a raft of issues which the leaders themselves bickered over and which alienated mainstream America.
With the 2008 elections fast-approaching, those "progressive" leaders have appeared to have learned very little.
[disclaimer: As much as I like Mickey Z whose campaign is a novelty, I really want Cynthia McKinney for president. I will vote for Cindy Sheehan who decided to run against Nancy Pelosi as an independent. I think that all of us who care about the Constitution, Human Rights, International Law, and the Earth: Greens, Independents, Libertarians, Socialists, and angry Democrats and Republicans need to join together and RESCUE our country!]
The big question: is it worth it?
The Green Party is currently disorganized and with a few bright exceptions, is largely leaderless.
Indeed, after the debacle of the 2004 election, and poor unity since-- the Party is currently on life support. It cannot even field its own candidate for mayor in San Francisco (instead it only endorses-- anybody know who that is?).
If Greens cannot commit themselves wholeheartedly behind McKinney or any other national leader, then any national level candidacy is unlikely to fly.
Almost all Greens can agree that McKinney would make an excellent candidate-- but the party is mired in indecisiveness and factionalism.
Many Greens believe that having an expressive and visible national-level candidate would promote the party and encourage more people at the grassroots to become involved through a shared goal.
Others believe Greens should forgo national and state level elections to build their own local bases of influence.
Whatever individual Greens believe, the party is hardly growing.
Maybe it is time to take a cue from Mickey Z and start a Rescue Party.
The Progressive Left today is under more water than New Orlean's 9th ward was during Katrina.
That is thanks to a total misdirection by many of its leaders who:
1) decided to pretend that 9/11 truth was a unimportant
2) dropped their ideals in the 2004 election to support a candidate (John Kerry) who promised to conduct the Iraq War better than Bush
3) promoted a succession of demonstrations that blew more smoke than demanded anything obtainable. Rather than call for an end to the war, the protests were organized on a raft of issues which the leaders themselves bickered over and which alienated mainstream America.
With the 2008 elections fast-approaching, those "progressive" leaders have appeared to have learned very little.
[disclaimer: As much as I like Mickey Z whose campaign is a novelty, I really want Cynthia McKinney for president. I will vote for Cindy Sheehan who decided to run against Nancy Pelosi as an independent. I think that all of us who care about the Constitution, Human Rights, International Law, and the Earth: Greens, Independents, Libertarians, Socialists, and angry Democrats and Republicans need to join together and RESCUE our country!]
For more information:
http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publis...
>>The big question: is it worth it?
Yes. The disorganization recedes when someone inspiring comes along. Quickly.
Yes. The disorganization recedes when someone inspiring comes along. Quickly.
McKinney could do it.
This writer is not a Green Party member but would vote for Cynthia McKinney if there were no socalist running on the Peace & Freedom ticket (that is, if P&F supports McKinney). That aside, I heard Cynthia McKinney on KPFA's Flashpoints, 5 p.m., 94.1 FM on 10/4/07, reiterate that she has a dream of completing her Ph.D. at UC Berkeley. As she is not getting any younger (age 52), and education should always come first, I think she should follow her dreams. These elections should never be an impediment to education.
As to the presidential election, it is simply a referendum on the economy in a country of 300 million people. We have 200 million adults, 100 million of whom vote, the other 100 million non-voters being mostly the workingclass, those who sell their labor for less than $76,000, usually much less. Any peace candidate by definition is appealing to the workingclass, a difficult task as it requires massive voter registration. Her candidacy might energize people who are already politically active but it will have little effect on the outcome. The black vote which the Democrats need to win is clearly mobilized as usual to vote 90% Democrat and McKinney cannot change that McKinney's idol as she stated on the same Flashpoitns program, longtime Democrat and former IBM lobbyist, Oakland mayor Ron Dellums, has just proclaimed himself to be a Clinton supporter. Senator Clinton, a friend of the Bush family and proud warmonger herself, is already the hand-picked ruling class winner, so the election fraud that put Bush in office in 2000 and 2004 is apparently on hold.
As to Green Party endorsements, their endorsements at http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem
state that they like Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai, Quentin Mecke, Josh Wolf, Lonnie Holmes. The one with long time roots in the workingclass community is Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai. See http://www.ahimsa4mayor.com/ Dr. Sumchai won the Bay Guardian's online poll for mayor. As to the propositions, it is obvious that it is best to vote Yes on B, E and K and No on all the rest. You can skip the reactionary district attorney and sheriff. That's it for the small November 6, 2007 San Francisco election. The February presidential primary, the June primary for everyone else and the November election, all accompanied with a long list of propositions are coming up shortly.
Stay tuned and remember ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL. How about some large banners at our October 27 peace demonstration calling for BANNING THE NAVY'S BLUE DEATH AND FLEET WEEK? That will certainly bring San Francisco voters, who overwhelmingly oppose the Navy's Blue Death, to our peace demonstration. That is one way to build the peace movement and peace parties, Green and Peace & Freedom.
As to the presidential election, it is simply a referendum on the economy in a country of 300 million people. We have 200 million adults, 100 million of whom vote, the other 100 million non-voters being mostly the workingclass, those who sell their labor for less than $76,000, usually much less. Any peace candidate by definition is appealing to the workingclass, a difficult task as it requires massive voter registration. Her candidacy might energize people who are already politically active but it will have little effect on the outcome. The black vote which the Democrats need to win is clearly mobilized as usual to vote 90% Democrat and McKinney cannot change that McKinney's idol as she stated on the same Flashpoitns program, longtime Democrat and former IBM lobbyist, Oakland mayor Ron Dellums, has just proclaimed himself to be a Clinton supporter. Senator Clinton, a friend of the Bush family and proud warmonger herself, is already the hand-picked ruling class winner, so the election fraud that put Bush in office in 2000 and 2004 is apparently on hold.
As to Green Party endorsements, their endorsements at http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/campaigns.gem
state that they like Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai, Quentin Mecke, Josh Wolf, Lonnie Holmes. The one with long time roots in the workingclass community is Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai. See http://www.ahimsa4mayor.com/ Dr. Sumchai won the Bay Guardian's online poll for mayor. As to the propositions, it is obvious that it is best to vote Yes on B, E and K and No on all the rest. You can skip the reactionary district attorney and sheriff. That's it for the small November 6, 2007 San Francisco election. The February presidential primary, the June primary for everyone else and the November election, all accompanied with a long list of propositions are coming up shortly.
Stay tuned and remember ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL. How about some large banners at our October 27 peace demonstration calling for BANNING THE NAVY'S BLUE DEATH AND FLEET WEEK? That will certainly bring San Francisco voters, who overwhelmingly oppose the Navy's Blue Death, to our peace demonstration. That is one way to build the peace movement and peace parties, Green and Peace & Freedom.
For more information:
http://www.sfgreenparty.org/campaigns/camp...
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