[Sosfbay-discuss] Peter Myers for Congress: 100 Days Left

[Peter Myers]

Dear Fellow Greens,

With 100 days left before the election, I'd like to reintroduce myself  
and my campaign, and ask for your help down the home stretch.

My name is Peter Myers, and I am running for the U.S. House of  
Representatives in the 15th District, a seat currently held by  
Democrat Mike Honda. I was raised in Los Gatos, earned a degree in  
journalism and international relations from Boston University, and  
served my country as a Peace Corps volunteer in the former Soviet  
republic of Moldova. I now live in Campbell and work as a computer  
teacher at the Apple Store in Los Gatos.

In my two years of Peace Corps service, I saw the tremendous  
possibility for American leadership in international development and  
diplomacy. I lived and worked with hundreds of men, women and children  
who would have considered America their worst enemy 20 years ago, and  
created ties of friendship that will last more than another 20 years.

While I was building a positive image of the United States through my  
Peace Corps work, my government was creating an image of the United  
States as a military occupier, a leading source of pollution, and a  
nation that couldn't provide for its own citizens after a natural  
disaster. The Iraq War, which I had vehemently opposed as a student  
newspaper columnist in 2003, now caused my eighth-grade Moldovan  
students to distrust America's motives.

I returned home to the U.S. in August 2007, and traveled around the  
country for three months by car. While driving, I talked with ordinary  
folks in over 30 states, and found that they, like myself, had started  
to question whether anyone in Washington represented them. I met  
veterans who couldn't understand their country's actions in Iraq, and  
I met dozens of New Orleanians who either were struggling to make ends  
meet in their hometown or had moved to Mississippi or Texas because  
they had given up hope. In "red" and "blue" states alike, I met  
American after American who felt that something was going terribly  
wrong in our country, and that we needed a change.

I used to think Democrats could deliver that change; their actions  
since taking control of Congress in 2006 have changed my mind.  
Democrats have failed the American people on improving fuel  
efficiency, in fixing our moribund health care system, and in getting  
our troops out of Iraq. Constitutionally, the Democrats could have  
stood up to the Bush administration as early as January 2007 and  
refused to further fund the Iraq War without a withdrawal date; they  
didn't. The Democrats in Congress have spinelessly allowed this failed  
imperialist occupation to continue, either because they have no  
political courage or, worse, because they stand to profit from  
American militarism just as much as Republicans.

I am running because Americans need to reclaim our country from the  
two-party system that has brought us nothing but war and recession for  
the last eight years. We need new elected officials who can bring  
peace, social justice and ecological wisdom to Washington.

In the next 100 days, I need your help. There are many ways to help,  
whether it's by inviting your friends to a candidate meet-and-greet at  
your home, by forwarding my e-mails to your friends, by contributing  
to my campaign via myersforcalifornia.com, by joining a phone bank  
party, by handing out flyers door-to-door, or by finding your own way  
to help. This campaign will succeed with your help.

To volunteer, please e-mail me at peter at myersforcalifornia.com or call  
me at 408-242-4212.

Together, we can bring a message of peace and Green living to the 15th  
District and the entire country.

Thank you,
	Peter


Peter Myers
Green Party Candidate
U.S. House of Representatives
California's 15th District
peter at myersforcalifornia.com
http://www.myersforcalifornia.com
408-242-4212