“I was actively discouraged from my original presidential run, because GP didn’t want to counter the Democratic nominee with a white male,” says former Green presidential hopeful now running for Congress, Alan Augustson.…
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Lies, damn lies, and statistics
By Gregg Jocoy on July 17, 2008 12:44 AM
The British Conservative statesman and literary figure Benjamin Disraeli is oft quoted saying, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” In a column titled The Progressive Mandate at Green Party Watch, writer Nate Nelson lays out statistics that he contends shows the US electorate taking what he calls a progressive turn while Obama and the Democrats turn to establishment policies the voters are rejecting.…
Short piece about GA’s dominance in third party politics
By Gregg Jocoy on July 17, 2008 12:01 AM
Richard Cooper, a self-described import/export manager, writes about Georgia’s larger-than-usual role in third party politics in a piece at Ground Report:
The Green Party nominated former Representative Cynthia McKinney (Democrat-Georgia) for President of the United States.Â
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Glen Ford of Black Agenda Report covers McKinney
By Gregg Jocoy on July 16, 2008 11:18 PM
Executive Editor Glen Ford writes at Black Agenda Report about the the McKinney / Clemente ticket. In a column titled “McKinney & Clemente: Black, Brown, Green and True”, Ford writes:
The Green Party’s brand new Cynthia McKinney-Rosa Clemente ticket is off and running, having captured an overwhelming proportion of delegates at the national convention, in Chicago.
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Newsweek interviews McKinney
By Gregg Jocoy on July 16, 2008 11:07 PM
In an online interview with the newly minted Green Party presidential nominee, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney is called a “firebrand politician” who “may have found the perfect political home.”…
Nader congratulates McKinney on winning Green nomination
By PJO on July 16, 2008 8:53 PM
The Hartford Courant reports on its website that Ralph Nader “issued a congratulatory welcome to the new Green Party candidate who will surely be speaking to the same type of voters that would be drawn to the independent Nader.…
Prediction: Jesse Ventura will be ‘the next Ron Paul’ if he runs
By Administrative Team on July 14, 2008 7:41 PM
Libertarian Bob Barr and Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin have both sought the mantle of “next Ron Paul” — i.e. the person who would carry on the R3VOLution through November.…
Workers Vanguard article criticizes 5 candidates, 4 parties, 1 non-party org
By Fred Church Ortiz on July 14, 2008 3:38 AM
In an article published earlier this month in Workers Vanguard, the newsletter of the International Communist League, a who’s who of the American Left is chastised for it’s role in the 2008 presidential campaign.…
McKinney’s acceptance speech
By Gregg Jocoy on July 13, 2008 8:28 PM
The Power to the People Campaign sent supporters a copy of her acceptance speech to the Green Party of the United States nominating convention, delivered yesterday.…