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ten reasons not to vote for obama or macain
…and to vote for Cynthia McKinney

1. Both support the bombing of Pakistan.
2. Neither one is in favor of a compete military withdrawal from Iraq. Ever!
3. Both support a military escalation of the war in Afghanistan.
4. They wholeheartedly buy into the untrue story that Russia started the Georgia conflict.
5. Both are pushing for the Ukraine to join the EU even though only 17% of the people there even slightly want it.
6. They continue to demonize the democracy movements in South America.
7. Both support a declaration of war, through a naval blockade, of Iran.
8. They fail to realize that the cold war is over and will not normalize relations with Cuba.
9. They want to surround Russia with nuclear missles.
10. They support a continuation of the military-industrial complex.

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Why I Voted for Cynthia McKinney

October 19, 2008 by lisakristine

If you are interested in real change, vote third party. That’s what I ultimately decided for the 2008 election. Now I know many of you are thinking, “A third party vote is a vote thrown away. She’s not going to win any more than Nader is going to win!” I know that, and don’t get me wrong, I almost got carried away with all the commotion from the Obama crowd. I do like Obama and I think he’ll make a good president if he wins. But he doesn’t have my vote and this is why:

While the public and the media has celebrated that we have a viable Black candidate for president, they have failed to give any attention to the other Black candidate, Cynthia McKinney. She was a congresswoman from Georgia and she is the presidential candidate for the Green Party. Apparently, our public isn’t truly looking for change and diversity, or perhaps you would have heard McKinney’s name by now. A woman and a minority? HELLO CNN! Here’s a story for you. But … no. They have left her quite alone in the empty corner reserved for third party candidates. No one has celebrated the diversity she brings to the 2008 race, and no one has cared to look into what she stands for. Once you inform yourself about McKinney, you would no longer look at Obama as the diverse “change” candidate.

Clearly, McKinney will not be elected President. That is not why I am voting for her. Voting for a third party candidate is a political tactic to pressure the two major parties (dems and reps) into addressing issues that remain at the periphery of mainstream public debate. This tactic has historical significance and effectiveness: For instance, third party interests swayed the platform of William J. Bryan (D) in 1896. Bryan changed his platform in order to steal votes from the populist movement (a third party movement). Another example: Charles Evans (R) in 1916, changed the republican platform in order to steal votes away from the Republican-turned-Progressive (third) Party candidate, Theodore Roosevelt. More recently, in 2000 Ralph Nader ran on the platform of breaking corporate control of government, and this directly influenced both Obama and McCain after this to talk about the need for campaign finance reform, shifting their stances to reflect that of the Independent Party.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

HERE IS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE GREEN PARTY IS ABOUT:
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Rosa Clemente, Green Party Vice Presidential candidate, talks about the Green Party and race.

http://www.rosaclemente.com

Craig Seeman
NY