{news} RE: [usgp-nc] WILD story about CT Greens Congressional race

[Amy Vas Nunes]

Here are some other" facts." The meeting between the local Greens including 
Pat  Kanewas in secret with The Dems Richard was not included.He was willing 
to do what the chapter wanted $5000 was supposidly offered by John Olsen for 
Richard  to drop out,this was not legal to do or take I have gotten these 
facts from co chairs Amy

>From: Green Party-CT <greenpartyct at yahoo.com>
>To: ctgp-news at ml.greens.org, Richard Duffee <richard.duffee at gmail.com>,NG 
>Votes <natlcomvotes at green.gpus.org>
>Subject: [usgp-nc] WILD story about CT Greens Congressional race
>Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 14:38:38 -0700 (PDT)
>
>John Walsh wrote>>>But let us not be naive about what the Dems want to do 
>to us - even
>the most "progressive" of them.  Look at what they did to Nader before.  
>And in CT, a "progressive" managed to convince a state com to push out a 
>Green who opposed her in a Congressional run.  She was "privately" prowar 
>she told them in secret but could not say so in public.  She lost - and of 
>course that kind of deal should never be struck by any Green Party.
>jw
>
>   Dear Folks,
>
>   This email on the National Committee email list concerns me very much.
>
>I do not know John Walsh or where he "heard" this story but several details 
>are dead wrong. First, Richard Dufee, in my personally opinion got started 
>late in a very close Congressional race that was spotlighted by both the 
>Dem and Republicans nationally. He wanted to run, but agreed, in advance, 
>to pull out of the race if the local chapter voted to ask him to pull out.
>
>   The state Greens were very opposed to him pulling out and spent a lot of 
>resources and time to get him on the ballot. State  Green  leaders had NO 
>say in that districts local plan to pull him out in that very close race, 
>which the Democrat progressive had a lead.
>
>   I don't know where he heard the story, that the Democrat Diane Farrell 
>was "secretly "pro war" and told Greens she could not say in public. " That 
>is a wild story!!  And as much as I hate the Democrats, even that one is 
>too much for me to believe. We have to be care full to not repeat unproven 
>wild stories!!
>
>   The local Greens in that districts tried to get some good press and 
>tried seem reasonable to local people in a press conference with the 
>Democrat in a race that was seen a razor close. They tried to say that they 
>would have access to the Democrat, if she was elected and she said that too 
>at the press conference.
>
>   BTW- it is not like Greens can just call up any old Congress person and 
>have access to them with our point of view!!
>
>   i personally would not have done that deal, but let's not create wild 
>stories or misstate what did happen!!
>
>   Tim McKee
>   CT
>   (Not even in that Congressional District!)
>
>
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