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C-Span Coverage of Green Party and Libertarian Candidates

Libertarian & Green Party Candidates

Libertarian & Green Party Candidates

TodayThis week on Road to the White House, we interview Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr. Also, coverage of the Green Party convention in Chicago. Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) is expected to accept the party nomination for president.

Chicago Public Radio: McKinney Chosen To Lead Greens


Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente are surrounded by Green Party supporters
Photo posted on Chicago Public Radio Blog

In this photo, to Cynthia’s right: Rosa Clemente, VP Running mate; Jesse Johnson, GP Presidential Candidate, from West Virginia; Kat Swift, GP Presidential Candidate from Texas. To Cynthia’s right: Kent Mesplay, GP Presidential Candidate fro California.

I am very proud of ALL of our candidates, Kat, Jesse, Kent, SKCM Curry, Jared Ball, Cynthia, and Rosa. They all worked very, very hard on this road to nomination and are truly valuable assets to the Green Party of the United States.

C-Span Coverage of Green Party and Libertarian Candidates

Libertarian & Green Party Candidates

Libertarian & Green Party Candidates

TodayThis week on Road to the White House, we interview Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr. Also, coverage of the Green Party convention in Chicago. Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) is expected to accept the party nomination for president.

Green Party VP Rosa Clemente Shout-Out

Thank you to On the Wilder Side for posting this.

Green Party VP Nominee Rosa Clemente’s Acceptance Speech

Green Party Nomination – Transcript of Vice Presidential Acceptance Speech – Spoken by Rosa A. Clemente – July 12, 2008 – Chicago, IL

Davey D Interviews Rosa Clemente About Accepting Bid to Run w/ Cynthia McKinney

Davey D‘s interview is posted on hip hop news:

http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8va3BmYS5vcmcvYXJjaGl2ZXMvaW5kZXgucGhwP2FyY2g9MjcyNDc=

We sat down with Rosa and she explained why accepted the invitation to join Cynthia McKinney on the Green party ticket.
In our interview Rosa Clemente addresses the following issues;

1-Is the Green Party Relevent?
2-Why should we not go for the Democratic Party?
2-Is she and Cynthia taking away votes from Obama? Can they really win?
3-Should we be concerned about who gets to appoint judges to the Supreme Court?
4-How her bid for VP will impact Hip Hop?
5-Obama is considered a candidate from the Hip Hop generation, what issues is he not addressing that is important to Hip Hop?
7-How she feels about other Hip Hop generation candidates like kevin Powell and Reverend Markel Hutchins?
8-The role women should be playing in this race?
9-Can this system really work? Will my vote really count?

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Cynthia McKinney: Please Help Get Her on the Ballot in Utah


Utahns for McKinney needs volunteers to help gather the 1,000 signatures needed to get her on the ballot for this year’s election.  The deadline is late August to complete the drive.

Please contact Dee if you can help.

Posts from Green Party Watch on GPUS Convention Today

Corporate media catches up
Rosa Clemente officially nominated VP
McKinney wins on first round
State voting for President

More GPUS Convention Headlines

McKinney named Green Party candidate (UPI)

McKinney running for president as Green candidate (CNN)

Cynthia McKinney wins Green Party Nomination, Defeats Nader (Now Public)

McKinney wins Green Party nomination (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Cynthia McKinney Beating Nader at Green Party Convention, Rapper running Mate (Politisite)

McKinney Wins Green Party Nomination (FOX News)

Green Party names McKinney as presidential pick (Reuters)

John Gibson and E.D. Hill Promote Green Party As Danger To Obama (News Hounds)

Listen to LIVE Broadcast from Chicago – Green Party Convention – Sunday, July 13th — On No Lies Radio (911 Blogger)

On the Wilder Side Reports – GPUS Convention – Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente

cynthia mckinney on educationonly a sick government would place a banker between a student and her education…
cynthia on peace and justice the green party is a peace party, the green vote is a peace vote…need real discussion of race and gender.
cynthia celebrates her family – her son growing up in her legislative office, how her mom helped keep peace between cynthia and her dad when they had political differences…we need an opposition party…we will proclaim our presence in every nook and cranny in the nation…
cynthia speaks – if green party values were implemented in our country…no one would be denied their place in the union based on discrimination…oh if it could be true that the values of the green party could be implemented in our public policy….while bear sterns gets a bailout, you and I are forced to sink or swim…those who delivered us into this mess cannot be trusted to deliver us out of this mess…
rosa clemente wraps up… – reads off names of political prisoners and freedom fighters present and past…mumia, harriet tubman, leonard peltierm, fannie lou hayma…we will no longer be fooled by george bush, the republicans, or the democrats…another world is possible…drop the democrats…go on monday and join the green party…standing ovation…clapping…she is still speaking…power to the people…dig at obama…can’t accept the lesser of two evils…don’t waste your time on people already moderating themselves to the right…celebrate puerto rico…the green party is that revolution…pero ahora, yo soy verde…
what can hip-hop do? – rosa says…we can lead a nation with a microphone…the green party will blow the speakers out…
rosa speaks… – a hip-hop progressive radical movement…rosa clemente says…bring it on dick cheney I am ready to debate you…will fight structural racism…militarism
rosa clemente speaks – back on track. rosa asks the house to play some hip hop music before her speech. rosa acknowledges her family friends and supporters including her husband and young daughter. and rosa thanks her friend jared ball. and a list of wbai producers. thanks to best radio network …pacifica. coila clark on stage was a professor and mentor to rosa.