[Sosfbay-discuss] FW: Re: McKinney on possible Green run

[Andrea Dorey]

McKinney's probably a bit wary of the Greens after what happened to  
Nader—once a useful friend too soon becomes an enemy for perceived  
missteps?
Andrea

On May 29, 2007, at 10:36 AM, Curt Wechsler wrote:

> Cynthia's not "mulling a 'relationship'" wth the Democratic  
> Party... she's challenging the Greens to get off their collective  
> asses.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:
> To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org;sosfbay-discuss at greens.org
> Sent: 5/29/2007 10:16:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney on possible Green run
>
> Dear Green Friends,
>
> I am disappointed with this statement by Cynthia McKinney.   
> Frankly, I do not know why Cynthia is being so coy about this.  I  
> can't believe that after all she has been through she's still  
> mulling a "relationship" with the Democratic Party.
>
> Get a divorce, Cynthia!
>
> Each individual must travel her or his own path and we all  
> understand this.  Nevertheless, at this stage of the game I am  
> starting to get impatient even with some people inside the Greens  
> who can't quite get their brains around the fact that WE ARE an  
> independent political party.  I fear that some of our messy  
> internal disputes have something to do with people thinking of us  
> as an "interest group" rather than a "political party."  If you are  
> an "interest group" then you fight like hell over policy details  
> because influencing policy is the main thing interests groups do.   
> Thus, for example, when I was active with the San Jose Peace  
> Center, we had intense debates over how to handle the Palestinian- 
> Israeli question.  Early in the war we had fights over the  
> relationship of the San Jose Peace Center with International  
> A.N.S.W.E.R.  Those fights were painful but necessary because,  
> after all, agitating for peace is the main work of a peace center.
>
> On the other hand, if you are a "political party", then recruiting  
> and training good candidates, contesting elections, framing your  
> differences with the other guys, and ACTUALLY GOVERNING is the main  
> thing.  If you are the Green Party it's not important that some  
> people like bicycles and some people like electric cars.  The main  
> thing is getting people into office committed to breaking the  
> addiction to oil.
>
> For six months I've been saying "It's too early to talk about  
> 2008!"  Well, as we go into a summer of heavy politicking it is no  
> longer too early.&n bsp;  I like Cynthia McKinney so I guess I need  
> to write her a letter urging her to quit the Democrats, register  
> Green, and make a commitment to the Green Party. I would like her  
> to come back to Los Angeles and campaign for Daniel Brezenoff in  
> California's 37th Congressional District.
>
> Get a divorce, Cynthia!
>
>
> Alex Walker
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shane Que Hee <squehee at ucla.edu>
> To: gplac-forum at cagreens.org
> Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 7:22 am
> Subject: [GPLAC-Forum] McKinney on possible Green run in 2008;  
> Memorial Day speech in Georgia
>
>
> >Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 06:30:31 -0700 (PDT)
>
> >From: Scott McLarty <scottmclarty at yahoo.com>
>
> >Subject: McKinney on possible Green run in 2008;
>
> >Memorial Day speech in Georgia
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >Cynthia McKinney Radio Interview Asks About
>
> >Potential of Her Being Green Candidate for
>
> >President
>
> >
>
> >Ballot Access News
>
> >Edited by Richard Winger
>
> >May 28th, 2007
>
> >http://www.ballot-access.org/2007/05/28/cynthia-mckinney-radio- 
> interview-asks-about-potential-of-her-being-green-candidate-for- 
> president/
>
> >
>
> >On May 25, former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney
>
> >participated in a 23-minute interview on Radio
>
> >Station WBAI. The hosts asked her about the
>
> >possibility that she may seek the Green Party
>
> >presidential nomination in 2008. She said, “With
>
> >the failure of the Democratic Congress to repeal
>
> >the Patriot Act, the Secret Evidence Act, the
>
> >Military Tribunals Act, I have to seriously
>
> >question my relationship with the Democratic
>
> >Party. The idea has not been ruled out. All the
>
> >current Democrats running for president support
>
> >the principle of potential military action
>
> >against Iran; none of them is for impeachment of
>
> >the President. They can’t speak for me. I am open
>
> >to a lot of ideas in 2008.” Thanks to Darcy
>
> >Richardson for this news.
>
> >
>
> >
>
> >*  *  *  *  *
>
> >
>
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