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

Tue Jun 26 13:18:22 PDT 2007

Possibly.  If so, that's a shame.  I would like to see good women  
running, especially black women who seem to have the backbone to  
stand up alone and vision to see what's going on to the down-in-the- 
trenches real citizens.  I wish white women and men would show that  
capacity.
A.

On Jun 22, 2007, at 4:16 PM, JamBoi wrote:

> I'll believe she's serious when she actually steps
> forward.  She's been teasing us for a very long time.
> Frankly I don't think she's going to go Green.  I
> think her ties are too strong to the Dems (including
> the need to retire Dem debt).  Feet stuck in
> concrete...
>
> Impeach for Peace!
>
> Drew
>
> --- Andrea Dorey <andid at cagreens.org> wrote:
>
>> 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,
>> â€œWith
>>>
>>>> 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 canâ€™t speak for me. I
>> am open
>>>
>>>> to a lot of ideas in 2008.â€ Thanks to Darcy
>>>
>>>> Richardson for this news.
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>> *  *  *  *  *
>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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