{news} GP's Scott McLarty's letter published NYT, "'The Clean Green Party"

[Justine McCabe]

Thanks to all who sent letters in response to Thomas Friedman's recent editorial in NYT (May 3, 2006 
 Op-Ed Columnist:  Let's (Third) Party  By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN 
"With no major party in America offering a solution to our energy needs, the situation is ripe for a third party. . . ." 

Yesterday, the Times  published the letter of GP media coordinator Scott McLarty.
For those inclined, please send letters to NYT asap in response to Scott's letter at letters at nytimes.com
Thanks, 
Justine 
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  http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/08/opinion/l08green.html?_r=1&n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fLetters&oref=slogin


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May 8, 2006
The Clean Green Party (1 Letter) 
To the Editor:

Re "Let's (Third) Party" (column, May 3):

Thomas L. Friedman yearns for a third party that's willing to defy oil producers, but says that the Green Party represents a "narrow and liberal" agenda and that he prefers a "centrist" insurgence.

A party that positions itself in the negligible crack between Democrats and Republicans will do little to expand the public debate. What America needs is a permanent, noncorporate third party.

Any party that challenges the power of oil producers isn't going to do so effectively while accepting corporate money - which Greens refuse.

Without the Greens, voters face years of dreary variations on Bush vs. Kerry. Electing a few Greens to Congress would shock Democrats into stronger opposition to the Republican agenda and strengthen the movement for conservation and other steps necessary to stem global warming.

Scott McLarty
Washington, May 4, 2006
The writer is the media coordinator of the Green Party of the United States. 
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