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<br>Aye, serious campaigns. Which is why I raised the issue of candidates' <br>allegiance with anti-semites after the forum on the 9th. Raising the issue<br>later amongst some mutual friends of Carol Brouillet's and mine, I'm quite <br>dismayed at the lack of interest in the subject. Has the Green Party not <br>established a policy on these things?<br><br>I consider anti-semitism to be the death of any political effort--on pragmatic <br>grounds as well as moral ones. The Green Party has the potential to pursue <br>important work by clearly defining a posture opposing the obvious crimes of <br>Israel while creating an environment where Jews feel welcome. Candidates' <br>expressions of support for notorious bigots should not go by without comment--<br>and sanctions.<br><br>Brian <br><br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br><br>> From: andid@cagreens.org<br>> Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:01:25 -0700<br>> To: tnharter@aceweb.com<br>> CC: sosfbay-discuss@cagreens.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Sosfbay-discuss] Report from Candidates Forum in Saratoga<br>> <br>> As long as we support the Democrats by not running serious campaigns <br>> against them, they have no reason to answer anything. And they never <br>> will.<br>> Andrea<br>> <br>> On Sep 10, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Tian Harter wrote:<br>> > The Libertarian Candidate was also there. His fliers were glossy card<br>> > stock, and three quarters of them were Libertarian Party boilerplate.<br>> ><br>> > I asked what the candidates would do about our oil addiction.<br>> > Anna said "vote for green jobs." The Libertarian said "get the price<br>> > signals right in the marketplace." Carol said something, but I forgot<br>> > what. I was hoping one of them would say something like "I drive less<br>> > than I used to", but none of them did.<br>> ><br>> > I asked what the candidates would do to make the political system more<br>> > interesting to more Americans. Anna Eshoo said "make campaign cycles<br>> > shorter." The Libertarian said "If I get elected Washington is <br>> > going to<br>> > be a lot more interesting place." Carol said something like <br>> > "impeaching<br>> > Bush would make politics much more interesting." I was hoping for <br>> > maybe<br>> > "live your politics and everything gets more profoundly interesting"<br>> > but nobody went there.<br>> ><br>> > The people in the crowd were much shyer than I'm used to. It was hard<br>> > to get conversations started. Maybe Carol gave away half a dozen of <br>> > her<br>> > Behind Every Bush There is a Terrorist DVDs.<br>> ><br>> > Tian<br>> ><br>> > Brian Good wrote:<br>> >><br>> >> About 20 people attended. Anna phoned in from Washington,<br>> >> the Republican didn't show up. Tian was there.<br>> >><br>> >> Carol was poised, composed, confident, and inspiring.<br>> >><br>> >> Anna gave her usual blather--"talk, talk, talk, I did this, I did<br>> >> that, it's such a privilege to serve, we have such a great<br>> >> future... blah blah.... okay, is it safe to stop now, or will you<br>> >> notice that I didn't answer the question?"<br>> >><br>> >> Anna made claims that she has made significant contributions<br>> >> to the defense of the Constitution in her committees, and 50<br>> >> years from now when the docs are declassified we'll know<br>> >> what a hero she was.<br>> >><br>> >> I submitted three questions. They didn't read one asking Anna<br>> >> to defend her gutless complicity in Bush's 8-year war on the<br>> >> values of democracy, and they didn't read one asking Carol<br>> >> how (and if) she distances herself from anti-semitism in the<br>> >> 9/11 Truth movement.<br>> >><br>> >> Afterwards, Carol tried to dismiss the antisemitism issue as<br>> >> mere semantics. She needs a better answer than that. Tian<br>> >> and I both pointed out that Carol's pitch ended with a her<br>> >> self-description as a truth-seeker when it should have ended<br>> >> with "Vote for me." (I'd put it "Vote for me, and here's why.")<br>> >><br>> >> In safe races where there's no danger of unseating the liberal,<br>> >> voters are free to vote Green without fear of unintended<br>> >> consequences, and we should be aggressively going after<br>> >> 30,000 votes to show the Democrats that smug, hack, gutless<br>> >> politics are not acceptable.<br>> >><br>> >><br>> >><br>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>> >> ---<br>> >> Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with <br>> >> Windows<br>> >> Live. 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