[Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney announces entry into Presidential race in WI

[Drew Johnson]

Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 09:31:17 -0800 (PST)
From: Scott McLarty <scottmclarty at yahoo.com>
Subject: Release: McKinney announces entry into Wisc. Green
        Party pres. race
To: usgp-media at gp-us.org, natlcomaffairs at green.gpus.org,
        dcsgp at yahoogroups.com

Wisconsin Green Party
http://wisconsingreenparty.org/

For Immediate Release
December 5, 2007

CONTACTS:
Ron Hardy, Co-chair, Wisconsin Green Party
920-292-8129
Cindy Stimmler, Co-chair, Wisconsin Green Party
715-417-0637

Milwaukee Contact: Ruth Weill, 414-350-2107

Madison Contact: Larry Dooley, 608-260-8696

Cynthia McKinney/Power to the People campaign:
media-requests at runcynthiarun.org


Rep. Cynthia McKinney to announce entry into WI
Green Party presidential caucuses in State
Capitol and Milwaukee, Tuesday

NEW PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ENTERING WI FIELD


Six-term Congresswoman, former Democrat and now
Green Party member Cynthia McKinney is coming to
Madison and Milwaukee on Tuesday, December 11th,
as part of her "Power to the People" tour,
promoting her campaign to win the Green Party
nomination for President of the United States.

Congresswoman McKinney will announce her
candidacy and hold a press conference at the
Madison State Capitol, room 330 SW at 12:30 PM.
She will speak at UW Milwaukee Campus, Bolton,
room 150 at 7 PM, and will attend a fundraiser
directly after at Espresso Christoph coffee shop,
3116 N. Downer Ave., Milwaukee.

Rep. McKinney was the first African-American
woman from Georgia elected toCongress, serving
six terms in the House. Prior to completing her
most recent term, she introduced articles of
impeachment against President Bush charging him
with manipulating intelligence and lying to
justify the war in Iraq, failing to uphold
accountability and violating privacy laws with
his domestic spying program. The articles also
included charges against Vice President Cheney
and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

?Like Robert M. LaFollette Sr., Rep. McKinney has
abandoned the establishment parties and chosen to
run for president as a progressive, independent
of the two-party system,? said Ron Hardy,
Co-chair of the Wisconsin Green Party.  "During
World War I, that establishment demonized
Fighting Bob La Follette; today, during the Iraq
War, Rep. McKinney is their target.  We welcome
her into the Green Party, to join us in our
efforts to bring democracy, nonviolence, and
justice to our country.?

In addition to McKinney, other Green candidates
appearing on the Wisconsin Green Party?s
presidential ballot will be: Jared Ball ? college
professor from the District of Columbia, Jesse
Johnson ? filmmaker and film company owner from
West Virginia, Jerry Kann ? child welfare
non-profit administrative assistant from New
York, Kent Mesplay - air quality inspector from
California, Joe Schriner ? journalist and author
from Ohio, and Kat Swift - non-profit bookkeeper
from Texas.

[Distribution of this release by the Wisconsin
Green Party does not imply endorsement of any
candidate for the presidential nomination.]

For more information:

Jared Ball ? http://www.voxunion.com/jaredball/
Jesse Johnson ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMxgYnmdHfg
Jerry Kann ? http://kannforpresident.net/
Cynthia McKinney ? http://www.runcynthiarun.org/
Kent Mesplay ? http://www.mesplay.org/
Joe Schriner ? http://www.voteforjoe.com/
Kat Swift ?
http://www.bexargreens.org/katforprez/

Wisconsin Green Party
http://wisconsingreenparty.org/

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