[Sosfbay-discuss] McKinney on possible Green run

[JamBoi]

Unfortunately this is the path she's been taking for
years now.  The Georgia Greens have been trying
literally for years to talk her into switching. 
Frankly I don't think she'll come over.  Too bad. 
However there are other good potential candidates out
there who will actually join the Green Party (a prereq
for being a Green Candidate!)  So we need to let her
go and move on.

Green Power: Organize, Energize, Coalize!

Drew

--- alexcathy at aol.com wrote:

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>  Dear Green Friends, 
> 
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> 
> 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."Â  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!"Â  Well, as we go into a summer of
> heavy politicking it is no longer too early.   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 
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> -----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
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> >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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