{news} Fw: GREEN RELEASE Greens launch post-election 'Morning After' ad campaign in NYT

[Justine McCabe]

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org

 For Immediate Release:
 Monday, November 15, 2004

 Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-487-0693,
 mclarty at greens.org
Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576, nallen at acadia.net


 GREEN PARTY LAUNCHES 'MORNING AFTER' AD CAMPAIGN

 Greens offer a cure for the Election 2004 hangover in a full-page New York
 Times ad on November 16.

 Downloadable PDF copy of the ad: http://www.gp.org/morningafter.pdf


 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Green Party of the United States has launched its
 first-ever ad campaign with a full page ad to run in the New York Times on
 Tuesday, November 16.

 "Sick of cleaning up after other people's parties?" asks the ad, which
 depicts the back ends of a donkey and an elephant.  "Join the party that
 won't make a mess of things."  The ad encourages citizens to "Register
 Green.  Vote Green.  Give Green."

 "In the wake of the 2004 election, it's clear that America needs a strong
 independent, noncorporate party more than ever," said Jody Grage Haug,
 co-chair of the national party.  "America can do better than widespread
 election fraud, ballooning deficits, massive job losses, and a disastrous
 war in Iraq that has made the world less safe."

 The full-page New York Times ad, a first for the Green Party, is an unusual
 choice for the noncorporate Greens.

 "We're reaching out with this campaign because the American people deserve
 to know that there are progressive political voices and choices in this
 country," said Kara Mullen, national fundraising director for the Green
 Party.  "The Green Party is rolling up its sleeves in communities across 
the
 country to clean up the mess left by Democrats and Republicans."

 One such action has been undertaken by Green presidential nominee David
 Cobb, who recently announced his intention to file a formal demand for a
 recount of presidential ballots cast in Ohio, due to widespread reports of
 voting irregularites there.

 A series of Green election successes in 2004, including Maine Legislator
 John Eder and San Francisco Board of Supervisors Ross Mirkarimi, show that
 the Greens are building the party from the grassroots up.

 "We're growing in number, running better and stronger campaigns, and 
winning
 key elections across the U.S.," said Brent McMillan, the Green Party's
 national political director.

 Ms. Mullen said that the national Green Party will continue to place
 "Morning After" ads in other national publications to promote the party and
 raise issues that are not adequately covered by the American media.

 For a list of story ideas about Green Party election successes in 2004,
 visit <http://www.gp.org>.


 MORE INFORMATION

 The Green Party of the United States
 http://www.gp.org
 1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
 Washington, DC 20009.
 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
 Fax 202-319-7193


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