{news} Re: [newhavengreens] Great email to copy and send out! "HOW TO END THE IRAQ WAR- VOTE GREEN!!

Wed Oct 10 15:01:12 EDT 2007

NO shit, what in the hell do think Cynthia McKinney was doing?   She drew a lot of democrates.  But some are against this.  What was done to Diana Urban was a damn shame.

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  Subject: [newhavengreens] Great email to copy and send out! "HOW TO END THE IRAQ WAR- VOTE GREEN!!

  Hey Greens

  As Drew Johnson said in a message he sent a few
  minutes ago, the collapse of the Democrats as an
  opposition party and the frustration of the
  public are "a huge opportunity for us" and we
  should use it as much as possible, especially in
  preparation for the 2008 election.  

  Drew noted that we should especially target
  disillusioned & angry Democrats.  We won't get
  their support by vilifying progressive & antiwar
  Dems or by denouncing Kucinich for having the
  right positions in the wrong party.  We'll win
  them over by welcoming them -- by inviting them
  to join the GP as it becomes more & more obvious
  that Kucinich has no chance of winning the DP
  nomination and will have no effect on the Dem
  platform.

  Below is a set of arguments, a list of talking
  points on the importance of voting Green in 2008
  in the context of the Iraq War.  It can be sent
  out as an e-mail message, adapted for flyers &
  other hardcopy media, used for campaign positions
  & for talking points when speaking publicly or
  writing letters & articles, etc.  It's a very
  rough draft - edit as you see fit.  If used in
  connection with Green campaigns, insert your
  candidate's name wherever possible.

  Now is not the time to sit on our hands!

  Scott

  PLEASE REPRINT AND SEND OUT THE FOLLOWING;

  *  *  *  *  *

  HOW TO END THE IRAQ WAR:
  VOTE GREEN

  It's time to face the truth: voting for Democrats
  is not going to end the war or change the
  direction of the US.

  * Democratic Party leaders supported the invasion
  of Iraq from the beginning.  In October 2002,
  they voted with Republicans to surrender
  Congress's constitutional war power over to the
  Bush White House.

  * Democrats won't use their power in Congress to
  stall on Bush's requests for more war funding,
  which would result in a quick withdrawal of US
  troops.

  * Democratic Party leaders will only support
  vague and delayed "timetables" for bringing home
  US troops.  Clinton and Obama won't promise that
  all US combat troops will be out of Iraq by 2013.

  * Democrats have rejected impeachment and won't
  hold Bush & Cheney responsible for criminal
  abuses of power: deceiving the American people
  about why we invaded Iraq, torture, surveillance
  of US citizens without warrant, detention without
  trial, violation of international laws, inaction
  and racist response to environmental emergencies
  (Hurricanes Katrina & Rita), tampering with
  scientific research on global warming.

  * Top Democrats limit their criticism to Bush's
  strategic military mistakes in Iraq.  They won't
  talk about how the war itself is a crime -- an
  invasion of country that posed no threat to the
  US, based on manipulated intelligence and lies to
  the American people.

  * Democrats want to plunder Iraqi oil: 
  Democratic leaders have endorsed the Iraqi
  hydrocarbon law "benchmark" that would place 2/3
  of Iraq's oil resources under the control of
  major US and UK energy companies.  This would
  require continued US military presence in Iraq to
  protect corporate investments.  The same oil
  companies that contribute to Republicans also
  give campaign checks to Democratic candidates.

  * Top Democrats also take money and orders from
  the pro-Israeli-government lobby (AIPAC), which
  demanded the invasion of Iraq and now demands an
  attack on Iran.

  * Clinton, Obama, and Edwards have signed on to
  Bush's threat of a US attack on Iran -- which
  could touch off World War III.

  *  *  *

  Whether we elect a Democrat or Republican to the
  White House in 2008, the war will continue.  Our
  only hope for bringing home US troops safe and
  sound is to elect Green Party candidates to
  Congress!

  * Greens are committed to an immediate withdrawal
  of all US troops and to impeachment of Bush &
  Cheney for their crimes.

  * If Greens win seats in Congress, it'll shock
  Democrats (and some Republicans) into stronger
  action to end the Iraq War. Democrats and
  Republicans will no longer be each others' sole
  competition for votes.

  * The few genuine anti-war Democrats and
  Republicans in Congress aren't getting help from
  their own parties.  They need Greens in Congress
  to create the political bloc necessary to end the
  war.

  * Thanks to the two-party monopoly on elections,
  America has moved toward more war, greater
  corporate power, and less democracy.  This
  direction will continue... until new political
  voices get elected.

  * Green candidates take no money from powerful
  corporations.  Democrats and Republicans take big
  campaign checks from oil companies, arms makers,
  credit card companies, media conglomerates, HMOs,
  insurance firms, pharmaceutical manufacturers,
  Wall Street, K Street, and other corporate
  lobbies.

  * If you oppose the Iraq War and you vote for a
  pro-war candidate, you're throwing away your
  vote.  Vote for the real Peace Party -- the Green
  Party!

  Do we really want a future that's limited to
  Democrats & Republicans and the narrow points of
  view that they represent?  We The People deserve
  a party and candidates to speak for our own
  ideals, interests, and needs.  Help us build
  America's party of the 21st century -- the Green
  Party!

  *  *  *

  Bring US Troops Home Now
  Cancel War Funding
  Impeach Bush & Cheney
  Save Our Democracy
  Save America's Future

  Support America's PEACE PARTY
  Support the GREEN PARTY
  Vote for Green candidates in 2008
  Register Green
  Donate to the Green Party
  http://www.gp.org<http://www.gp.org/>
  http://www.gp.org/impeachbush/<http://www.gp.org/impeachbush/>
  http://www.gp.org/welcome.shtml<http://www.gp.org/welcome.shtml>

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  Tim McKee cell (860) 778-1304 or (860) 643-2282
   National Committee Member of the Green Party(Connecticut)

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