Green Party Taps McKinney

AS I SIT HERE IN ALABAMA, trying to avoid lookin or listen to the Democratic " Woodstock Festival" I feel compelled to say that I have not voted for Republican OR DEMOCRAT FOR pRESIDENT SINE 1988. So I feel that I have not contributed to the downfall of America over the last20 years.

WILL Made in AMEUCA " EVER MEAN ANYTHING ANYMORE! NO! First Japan and now China is sell us junk not worth being shipped across the Oceans ...

Lastly I guess I'll be going green this year YEA Ms McKINNEY NOW I STILL HAVE ACHOICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

McKinney is the only honest candidate in the race with a record to match her vision. For voters who demand more than nice-sounding rhetoric, McKinney is the best option. Voters who don't care about the bill of rights or getting out of the middle east can still vote for Obama; let the rest of us vote for a candidate we can believe.

First a comment about when McKinney regained her seat in 2004: Tapper wrote "After her successor unsuccessfully ran for US Senate, McKinney reclaimed her US House seat in 2004, only to be defeated in the primary again in 2006." That doesn't appear to be accurate. I would say 'while' her successor unsuccessfully ran for US Senate, she went about reclaiming her seat. It's not like McKinney waited until after Majette lost to enter the race to reclaim her seat.

As to some of these comments that appear to be so hate-full: so you don't like McKinney? don't vote for her. But to make a big deal about her spending $ to fly Isaac Hayes to Georgia while being willingly complicit as Congress and the current Resident of the White House spend billions of dollars to murder across the planet, allow the Defense Department, Halliburton and Blackwater to lose millions of dollars, is sadly laughable. And please don't tell me you are not willingly complicit. If you vote democrat or republican, or fail to oppose them, you ARE willingly complicit.

I was planning on attending the Green National Convention about a year ago, but while volunteering for the Draft Nader '08 effort , my local Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party proved to be either completely incompetent, or downright unethical. For instance, they gave McKinney workers contacts while she wasn't even a registered Green, but failed to give myself (a life-long Green Party member) and the Draft Nader folks any contacts at all (instead, vacillating back and forth between "yes" and "no" replies). A day or two before the Primary Election, they gave me my hometown contact list--a far cry from the catering they conducted for McKinney. Very strange behavior, indeed...

Thankfully, we have a HIGHLY accomplished Independent candidate to support and vote for: Ralph Nader. His record of achievements for the American people dwarfs that of McKinney, McCain, Obama, and Barr--maybe even all together!

Go Nader/Gonzalez!

Best,
Nigel

The right isn't happy with McCain. The left isn't happy with Obama. It could be a really fun year for a 3rd party. So far Barr, Nadar and McKinney haven't impressed my positively but a lot of other people may be interested.

Cynthia is crazy and racist against white people.

I'll be voting for McKinney and Clemente. I usually vote Green anyways but was leaning towards Obama. His vote on the FISA bill just proved to me that he's just another Democratic politician that looks ever so close to a Republican.

Run Cynthia Run. I'm sending her some $$ today.

At last the Greens nominate somebody who has federal experience--and would be able to call in favors if elected. I will vote for McKinney and be pleased to do this.

She's black, she's female and Dems it looks like run with Obama.

I think McKinney looks very good right now, despite the crazy-photo collection the Obama-campaign spewed out five minutes after she won the nomination.

I just think Willie Horton when I hear Al Gore's name. Why did he come up with that one in the 1980s for DuKaKis, giving H.W. something to which he could beat the Democratic nominee across the head?

Race relations is a tough business. Who really knows?

Just a comment on McKinney's idiotic remark about Al Gore.

Gore had a longtime aide in Thurgood Marshall Jr. Gore invited Harold Ford Jr. to be the keynote speaker at the Democratic convention. And he had warm relations with leading African-Americans in Tennessee too numerous to mention.

Well first off, if you "democrats" were truly democratic, and there were some truth to the spoiler argument you would force your candidates to support instant run off voting and proportional rep. Personally, I think you like being able to lean on minor parties when YOU field lame candidates like Al Gore.

As for the "convention"...Greens refuse corporate donations, and are not a recognized major party. 5% in a national vote would get substantial public funds to have a more professional convention, and money could be re-directed to field candidates who are hesitant to party from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. You can complain about our candidate, but you can't deny that green issues 8 years ago were democratic issues this time around, at least in the primary. So we nominate a black congresswoman who couldn't keep her seat. You nominated an empty suit, with a stolen campaign (check out the Deval Patrick one that I worked on), and clear lack of interest in properly representing the people who cast their votes for a fake populist. If Obama had any backbone he would've stuck to his primary platform on FISA NAFTA and publicly funding his campaign, gotten serious on healthcare, and wouldn't have anything to worry about from "some whacko fringe party".

And seriously... cool it on Nader. It's funny that supposed liberals enjoy trash talking one of the most dedicated, and successful public advocates when it was their party,along with the GOP who made it impossible for him and others like him to work as they had before. Why else would such a stubborn narrow-minded man change his ways and decide to run for president?

Ms. Mckinney... I would personally like to say to you that i have never voted in a local or national election, not once registered in any state... I am 44 yrs old and many times I'm asked in the Black community why am i wasting the efforts of MLK and the many others who marched and died in order that we can vote. My answer to them is simple, those leaders of yesterday marched/died in order that I like you can have the right to make that CHOICE not only of who to vote for or whether or not i want to vote at all at that particular time for any of the canidates running. And the most important part of the answer is that when a canidates runs whom i feel is worthy of my vote then AND only then will i register and vote... Thaks to you Ms. McKinney that day is today!!!

it's really kinda dumb that you let people like cynthia on TV, i have to ask... who is paying cynthia mckinney to attempt to dilute Obama's votes? Her platmorm is almost identical to Obama's but claims to be a better option...Please Cythia...learn to see the bigger picture, you are not helping at all.

"The Green Party lost any creditability it every had by nomination this crazy women."

On the other hand, McKinney's never taken any mansions from mobsters.

The Green Party lost any creditability it every had by nomination this crazy women. She reminds of those tin horn , arrogant, self centered dictators of Africa.

She care for the earth as much as a baby cares for his diapers.
BC

It's Tuesday, November 4th 2008. Both John McCain and Barack Obama are 15 electoral votes short of the 270 needed to be the 44th POTUS. It all comes down to Georgia. The results come in 51% to 49% McCain Wins!!! Cyntia McKinney receives 3% for the Green Party
in Georgia. Whoosh!!! 4 more years of Bush policies, $8 gas, war with Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan, Roe v. Wade reversed, recession to depression, no change to NAFTA, Bush tax cuts for the rich continued, etc., etc., etc., I could go on but it's much to frightening
Thank You Cynthia (infer sarcasm)

Wow, you guys are really not in touch with the people on the grassroots level....WE LOVE CYNTHIA McKINNEY. The only reason she lost in Ga. where I live is because of cross over voting. She says in public what the people who isn't brainwashed (meaning the mass of the blinded who are caught up in the MATRIX)or should I say conservative or rednecks what ever you care to call them....I like Obama, I love McKinney
I'm one of those who never voted cause I never felt like there was anyone who really gave a darn about the truth, just what's popular....Then along came Obama but he has turned out to be another kiss ***. "What did this administration know and when did it know it, about the events of September 11th?"

Who the heck is this crazy looking woman? What a crappy ''convention'' on C-span. It's a joke, right? She assaulted a Capitol guard, for heaven's sake. That's all I know, or care to know about her.

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