Publishing this now, as is; there’s much more to say, but I’ve been sitting on this for long enough. More to come.
As we all know by now, Cynthia McKinney won the Presidential nomination of the Green Party on the first ballot last weekend in Chicago, and chose Rosa Clemente, a hip-hop activist from New York, as her running mate. Most are reporting that the atmosphere was very positive and congenial.
I was unable for financial reasons to make the trip to Chicago and participate as a member of the Maryland delegation, but as most out there also know, I was actively involved in the campaign and my candidate didn’t win.
Now some would be interested in hearing what I have to say about this. After all, I’m a former co-Chair of the Party, I was actively involved, as I said, and I have a blog and a podcast dedicated to, in part, news of the Green Party. And I’ve been weighing this carefully, because there’s a lot to say. I don’t want it to seem like sour grapes because my guy didn’t win – that’s really not the case – and I want to make sure that the GP itself isn’t getting damaged. Not being a “major” party, we can’t really afford to have a lot of people forming caucuses and such that work at cross-purposes. Continue reading
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