[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [usgp-dx] Green Wave #3, Dec. 31 - Jan. 6: Write a letter: Greens replace Dems as opposition party!

Fri Dec 31 21:13:27 PST 2004

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>Green Wave #3, December 31-January 6
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>Please forward this to all Greens and all Green
>e-mail lists!
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>Dear Green Party members,
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>Let's continue Green Wave with letters, op-eds,
>and articles on the emergence of the GP as
>America's real opposition party, highlighting the
>Ohio & New Mexico recounts and Democratic
>retreats on abortion rights, gay rights, etc.
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>We want to get published in time for Congress's
>certification of the 2004 election on January 6,
>so write and send as soon as you can!
>
>Below is a list of talking points and a sample
>letter.  Write your own letter or column, or
>adapt one of the samples.  Keep your letter short
>and to the point, to make publication more
>likely, and identify yourself as a Green
>somewhere in the text.  If you send something to
>a web site, include a link or two if you can:
>http://www.gp.org http://www.votecobb.org
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>Be sure to post your letter, column, etc. on
>e-mail discussion lists for other Greens to read.
>  Notify the Media Committee <mclarty at greens.org>
>if your submission gets published, so we can
>circulate and archive it.
>
>Again, we challenge any Green who doesn't write a
>letter, column, etc. during the Green Wave to
>make a donation of $25 or more to the Green
>Party.  Donate on line at:
>https://secure.democracyinaction.org/dia/shop/Greens/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=26
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>Write now!
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>Thanks,
>Scott McLarty
>Media Committee co-chair
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>TALKING POINTS
>(Use some or all; add your own ideas; use your
>own words)
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>-- The Green Party can now be called America's
>true opposition party.  The Democrats have begun
>to surrender to the Republicans, and are about to
>abandon some of their most important traditional
>positions.
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>-- Many Democrats want to drop their party's
>support for full abortion rights.  Former Rep.
>Tim Roemer (D- Ind.), who opposes full abortion
>rights, is running for chair of the Democratic
>National Committee, with the support of prominent
>Democrats like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
>(D-Calif.).  Incoming Senate Democratic leader
>Harry Reid (D-Nev.) also opposes abortion rights.
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>-- Some Democrats blame gay Americans who seek
>same-sex marriage rights for John Kerry's
>(apparent) defeat on Election Day, and want the
>Democratic Party to reconsider its positions on
>gay rights.
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>-- The Green Party -- not the Democrats --
>initiated the investigation of alleged vote fraud
>and demand for a recount in Ohio and New Mexico.
>Will the Democratic Party join Rev. Jesse
>Jackson, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), and others
>who support 2004 Green presidential candidate
>David Cobb's challenge to President Bush's
>engineered victory?  Or will Senate Democrats
>remain silent when Congress certifies the 2004
>election on January 6 -- as they did in January,
>2001, despite evidence of manipulated and
>obstructed votes in Florida?
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>-- [For op-ed columns and longer articles] The
>capitulation of Democrats to the Republican
>agenda isn't new.  Under President Clinton's
>leadership, the Democratic Party dropped its
>longtime support for national health insurance.
>Mr. Clinton also retreated on measures to curb
>global warming, and obstructed enactment of the
>(already inadequate) Kyoto protocols in November,
>2000.  In October, 2002, Sen. John Kerry and many
>other Democrats in Congress refused to challenge
>President Bush's fraudulent reasons for invading
>Iraq, and voted to transfer Congress's
>constitutional power to declare war to the White
>House. [Other Democratic retreats and betrayals:
>siding with the Republicans on welfare 'reform'
>and abandonment of poor people; the USA Patriot
>Act; antidemocratic international trade
>authorities like NAFTA; Israel & Palestine; the
>death penalty; the war on drugs, etc., etc.]
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>-- The Green Party continues to support full
>abortion rights, same-sex marriage rights, and an
>end to the occupation and removal from office of
>public officials (including the President) who
>lied to the American people about the need to
>invade Iraq [as well as decisive measures to stem
>global warming, single-payer national health
>insurance, etc.].
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>-- Greens invite all Democrats and other
>Americans who are frustrated by the Democratic
>Party's retreat on major issues to consider
>joining the Green Party and pledging to vote for
>Green candidates.  Those who support full freedom
>of choice, full rights and equality for gay
>people, fair elections (especially reforms like
>auditable paper records of all votes), and other
>genuine American values will find a home in the
>Green Party.
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>SAMPLE LETTER
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>To the editor,
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>The Green Party is looking more and more like
>America's real opposition party.
>
>Abortion rights foe Tim Roemer (D- Ind.) is
>running for chair of the Democratic National
>Committee with the support of prominent Democrats
>like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
>(D-Calif.).  Incoming Senate Democratic leader
>Harry Reid (D-Nev.) also opposes abortion rights.
>  Some Democrats blame gay Americans who seek
>same-sex marriage rights for John Kerry's defeat
>on Election Day, and want their party to
>reconsider its position on gay rights.
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>In Ohio and New Mexico, it was Green presidential
>candidate David Cobb, not the Democrats, who
>initiated the investigation of election
>irregularities and alleged obstruction of African
>American and other voters and demanded a recount.
>
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>Green support for freedom of choice, equality for
>gay people, and election reforms like auditable
>paper records of all votes remains uncompromised.
>  The Green Party rejects the corporate
>contributions that motivated the removal of
>national health insurance from the Democratic
>platform under President Clinton and other
>surrenders to the Republican agenda.
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>Greens also opposed the invasion and occupation
>of Iraq, while Sen. John Kerry and other
>Democrats failed to challenge President Bush's
>fraudulent reasons for the invasion and voted to
>transfer Congress's constitutional power to
>declare war to the White House in October, 2002.
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>Will Senate Democrats remain silent when Congress
>certifies the 2004 election on January 6 -- as
>they did in January, 2001, despite evidence of
>manipulated votes in Florida?  If not, many
>Democrats might see such a capitulation as an
>invitation to find themselves a new party.
>
>Sincerely....
>
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>MORE INFORMATION
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>"Democratic Leadership Rethinking Abortion", LA
>Times, December 23, 2004
>http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1223-07.htm
>Cobb/LaMarche campaign http://www.votecobb.org
>Ohio Green Party http://www.ohiogreens.org
>Center for Voting and Democracy
>http://www.fairvote.org
>Beyond Voting Campaign
>http://www.beyondvoting.org
>November 3rd Democracy Movement
>http://www.nov3.us
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