{news} GP RELEASE Greens to antiwar voters: vote Green, defeat warhawk Dems

Tue Aug 15 19:41:07 EDT 2006

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

 For Immediate Release:
 Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
 mclarty at greens.org
 Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,
 starlene at greens.org

Greens to peace voters: support the Green 'Peace
 Slate' for Congress, not warhawk Democrats in the
 November election

 . Criticism directed against MoveOn.org and other
 'peace' groups supporting Democrats who cosigned
 the Bush agenda on Iraq, Middle East, Iran

. List of Green candidates facing prowar Dems in
 congressional races

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In the wake of Sen. Joe
 Lieberman's primary defeat in Connecticut, Green
 Party leaders called on voters to defeat all
 warhawks, Democrats as well as Republicans, who
 are running for Congress in the November
 election.

"The Green Party's 'Peace Slate' is challenging
 prowar Democrats and Republicans alike in
 numerous U.S. House and Senate races," said Byron
 De Lear, congressional candidate in California's
28th district (Studio City).  "Both parties are
 responsible for the U.S.'s disastrous policies in
 Iraq and in the Middle East.  We especially seek
 the defeat of Democrats who, like Sen. Lieberman,
 have supported the Bush agenda.  My opponent,
 Rep. Howard Berman (D) is the Joe Lieberman of
 the House.  Continuing to support the Iraqi War
 is completely at odds with upwards of 80% of our
 constituents who oppose the war."

Greens described the following candidates as
warhawks:

. Democrats and Republicans who supported the
 2003 invasion of Iraq; who voted to transfer war
 power from Congress to the White House in
 October, 2002, in violation of the U.S.
 Constitution.

. Democrats and Republicans who favor maintaining
the U.S. occupation of Iraq; who have opposed
resolutions for an exit strategy.

. Democrats and Republicans who have supported
 Israel's attacks directed against Lebanese and
Palestinian civilians and military incursion into
Lebanon and the Bush Administration's refusal to
seek a ceasefire (Boehner resolution in the
House; Frist resolution in the Senate).

. Democrats and Republicans who have supported
the Bush Administration's threats of a military
assault against Iran, or have refused to rule out
the possibility of such attacks.

"Democrats who embrace Bush policy on the Middle
East and Iran are making the same deadly mistake
they made when they endorsed President Bush's
invasion of Iraq," said Kathleen Culver, Green
candidate for Congress in Tennessee's 7th
District.  "When antiwar groups like MoveOn.org
refuse to recognize that many of the 'peace'
Democrats they support have endorsed the Bush
Administration's belligerent policy on the Middle
East conflict or Iran, they make themselves
complicit in disasters that may eventually
outweigh Iraq."

Green Party leaders noted that Senate Democrats
Maria Cantwell (Wash.), Diane Feinstein (Calif.),
Edward Kennedy (Mass.), John Kerry (Mass.),
Barack Obama (Ill.), leader Harry Reid (Nevada),
and dozens of others voted yea on Sen. Bill
Frist's resolution supporting Israel's military
offensive, which killed over a thousand Lebanese
civilians and destroyed vital infrastructure.

List of Green candidates facing Democratic and
Republican warhawks in congressional elections
(the list is not comprehensive; for more
candidates, visit
<http://www.greens.org/elections>):

U.S. Senate races

. Todd Chretien (Green)
<http://www.Todd4Senate.org> vs. Sen. Dianne
Feinstein (D, incumbent), Dick Mountjoy (R),
California

. Aaron Dixon (Green) <http://www.aarondixon.org>
vs. Maria Cantwell (D, incumbent), Mike McGavick
(R), Washington

. Ralph Ferrucci (Green)
<http://www.ferrucciforsenate.org> vs. Ned Lamont
(D), Alan Schlesinger (R), Connecticut (See Mr.
Lamont's statement on the Middle East crisis
<http://nedlamont.com/issues/627/situation-in-the-middle-east>)

. Howie Hawkins (Green)
<http://www.hawkinsforsenate.org> vs. Hillary
Rodham Clinton (D frontrunner, incumbent), John
Spencer (R), New York

 . Chris Lugo (Green)
<http://www.chris4senate.com> vs. Harold Ford Jr.
(D), Bob Corker (R), Tennessee

. Carl Romanelli (Green)
<http://www.romanelli2006.com> vs. Bob Casey (D),
Rick Santorum (R, incumbent), Pennsylvania

. David Sole (Green) vs. Debbie Stabenow (D
incumbent), Mike Bouchard (R), Michigan

. Rae Vogeler (Green) <http://www.voterae.org>
vs. Herb Kohl (D, incumbent), Robert Lorge (R),
Wisconsin

. Kevin Zeese (Green) <http://www.kevinzeese.com>
vs. Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin (D), Michael Steele
(R), Maryland

U.S. House races

. Jim Brown (Green) vs. Peter King (R), New York
(3rd district)

. Kathleen Culver (Green)
 <http://www.kate4congress.com> vs. Marsha
Blackburn (R, incumbent), Tennessee (7th
District)

. Byron De Lear (Green)
<http://www.delearforcongress.org> vs. Howard
Berman (D, incumbent), Stanley Kesselman (R),
California (28th District)

. Wade Hannon (Green) vs. Collin Peterson (D),
Minnesota (7th District)

. Jeff Kravitz (Green)
<http://www.kravitzforcongress.org> vs. Doris
Matsui (D, incumbent), X. Claire Yan (R),
California (5th District)

. Krissy Keefer (Green)
<http://www.krissyforcongress.com> vs. Nancy
Pelosi (D, incumbent), Mike DeNunzio (R),
California (8th District)

. Bob Levis (Green) <http://www.boblevis.org> vs.
Jim Sensenbrenner (R, incumbent), Wisconsin (5th
District)

. Bill Paparian (Green)
<http://www.paparian4congress.com> vs. Adam
Schiff (D, incumbent), California (29th District)

. Aimee Smith (Green) vs. John Dingel (D,
incumbent), Michigan (15th District)

. Steve Warner (Green)
<http://www.stevenwarner2006.com> vs. Steny Hoyer
(D), Maryland (5th District)

MORE INFORMATION

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

Green campaign listings, news, photos, and web
sites http://www.gp.org/2006elections
Database of 2006 Green candidates
http://www.greens.org/elections
Video clips of Green candidates
 http://www.gp.org/2006elections/media.shtml

VotersForPeace pledge
 http://www.votersforpeace.us

"Why the Dems Have Failed Lebanon"
By Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy In Focus, August
9, 2006
 http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/3423

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