[North-NV-Greens] Fwd: [usgp-dx] GREEN RELEASE Power grab by GOP imperils US democracy, security, say Greens

[Paul Etxeberri]

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>GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
>http://www.gp.org
>
>For Immediate Release:
>Monday, November 29, 2004
>
>Contacts:
>Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
>cell 202-487-0693, mclarty at greens.org
>Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576,
>nallen at acadia.net
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>GREENS SEE INDICATIONS THAT A 2nd BUSH
>ADMINISTRATION WOULD IMPERIL U.S. DEMOCRACY AND
>SECURITY
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>WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Greens warned that the second
>George W. Bush Administration, emboldened by his
>apparent 2004 victory, is pursuing agenda that
>threaten to destroy the integrity of U.S.
>democracy and place Americans at risk.
>
>"Like many Americans and most of the rest of the
>world, Greens see the second Bush Administration
>as a lawless menace," said Jake Schneider,
>treasurer of the Green Party of the United
>States. "We're urging Americans to remain
>vigilant, not tolerate Bush extremism, and be
>ready to stand up for our rights, freedoms,
>democracy, and the rule of law.  With a slim
>majority, Mr. Bush can claim no national
>mandate."
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>Greens listed several post-election indications
>of how President Bush may spend his "political
>capital":
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>-- The nomination of Condoleezza Rice as
>Secretary of State, replacing Colin Powell,
>signals a complete takeover of the Bush foreign
>policy by ideologues with little regard for
>internal dissent or responsibility to the
>American people.  Greens noted that Ms. Rice, as
>National Security Advisor during the first Bush
>term, misrepresented intelligence about the
>threat of Iraqi WMDs and dismissed clear warnings
>in mid 2001 about impending terrorism.
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>-- New CIA chief Porter Goss is enforcing
>adherence to the party line among all CIA
>officers, in an attempt to complete the
>transformation of the agency from an impartial
>collector of intelligence into an ideological arm
>of the Bush Administration.  Americans can look
>forward to more engineered intelligence and
>misleading propaganda on the deteriorating
>situation in Iraq.
>
>-- While Attorney General nominee Alberto
>Gonzales may lack many of the theocratic
>sentiments of John Ashcroft, he authored a memo
>arguing that the Geneva Conventions sections
>prohibiting torture did not apply to al-Qaeda or
>other Afghan prisoners.  The Bush Administration
>is in the process of dismantling international
>law, especially Geneva conventions and U.N.
>charter provisions regarding war, prisoner
>treatment, and pillage.
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>-- Privacy, freedom of speech and assembly,
>freedom from unwarranted searches, freedom to
>travel at will around the country, and due
>process are all on the table, as the U.S. faces
>enactment of a national ID card, possible
>expansion of the USA Patriot Act, and increased
>surveillance of American citizens.  President
>Bush is likely to name federal judges willing to
>back these measures and others -- including total
>or partial repeal of Roe v. Wade.
>
>-- The rule change proposed by Rep. Henry Bonilla
>(R-Tex.) and other Republicans to allow Rep. Tom
>DeLay (R.-Tex.) to keep his House majority leader
>position if he is indicted for crminal activity
>signals a new era of blatant political corruption
>and contempt even for the appearance of public
>accountability.
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>-- Voting irregularities, in evidence in Florida
>in 2000 and in Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, and
>possibly other states in 2004, have become a
>regular part of the political landscape;
>Republicans in Texas have already abandoned the
>once-every-decade rule and redraw district lines
>at will to ensure election and reelection of
>their own party members.  (Green presidential
>candidate David Cobb and Libertarian Michael
>Badnarik have filed for a recount in Ohio.)
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>"Four years of Republican rule herald an era of
>manipulated elections comparable to Latin
>American dictatorships of a generation ago," said
>Gray Newman, national co-chair of the Green
>Party.  "The eroded integrity of our electoral
>system isn't news to the Green Party.  Greens and
>other third parties have suffered curbs on our
>right to participate for many years, at the hands
>of Democrats and Republicans seeking to narrow
>both the political field and the public debate.
>George W. Bush is a product of two-party
>politics, and much of his reckless agenda has
>already been enacted with bipartisan consensus."
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>MORE INFORMATION
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>The Green Party of the United States
>http://www.gp.org
>1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
>Washington, DC 20009.
>202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
>Fax 202-319-7193
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>2004 Cobb/LaMarche Campaign: news on the Ohio
>recount
>http://www.votecobb.org
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Paul Etxeberri

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