Kings County Green endorsements
Thursday night, the Kings County Green Party Organization met and voted to endorse several candidates. In addition to endorsing the 'Peace slate' of statewide candidates, it also endorsed a couple of democrats for local races. While it was not a suprise that the Greens endorsed Ken Diamondstone and Chris Owens, what was suprising was that there was very little dissent in the meeting for these endorsements, which passed by consensus. The room included several people who in the past have opposed any endorsements of democrats of any stripe, prefering a more pure (and therefore less politically feasible) Green party.
Since Diamondstone has already gotten the WFP nod, he will not likly be seeking the Green Party line.
However Greens, myself included, will be taking on the difficult task of getting the 3500 valid signatures to get Chris Owens on the ballot as a Green. If we are successful, this would set up a potential face-off in November with Yassky, if he does somehow win the Dem primary.
Those endorsed Thursday night:
Governor - actor/writer Malachy McCourt http://www.malachyforgovernor.com/ - 50,000 votes needed for Ballot status to make these endorsements more mean ingful in the future)
Lt. Governor - labor and LGBT activist Allison Duncan (http://www.alisonduncan.org/blog/)
Comptroller - 2001 Mayoral candidate Julia Willebrand
Attorney General - Rachel Treichler
U.S. Senate - Syracuse Teamster and peace activist Howie Hawkins
(http://www.hawkinsforsenate.org/)
State Senate Dist 25 - Ken Dimaondstone
CD-11 - Chris Owens (http://voteowens.com/)
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2006 Elections | Brooklyn | CD-11
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Tasini et, al
Submitted by Green in Brooklyn on 4 July 2006 - 11:16am.
Well, we support Tasini in spirit, but he doesn't seem to be getting much traction in the press. I think there has actually been some discussions between Greens and the Tasini camp. Either way, this way there is an anti-war candidate on the ballot in November, too. Our entire slate is running as the 'Peace Slate' - this is a big issue for us, and has been since we started bombing and supporting the warlord/druglords in Afganistan.
As for endorsing Dems, the Owens endorsement may be a shift in Green thinking in New York (or just an incredible opportunity for us - depending on who you ask). We're very careful NOT to choose our candidates the way the WFP does (badly - Schumer and Clinton are but two of the worst endorsements - have either ever publicly mentioned the WFP, let alone done much to advance their causes? I think not). Greens are trying to grow a party that represents the people, not work to solve a corrupt system from within.
In short
Submitted by Bouldin on 5 July 2006 - 10:40pm.
"Greens are trying to grow a party that represents the people, not work to solve a corrupt system from within."
Greens just prefer to be spoilers; this because the real problem in America aren't republicans that start wars and pogroms, but actually democrats who just aren't good enough for the exquisite taste of the greens.
I have no use for the greens. The people? The greens laugh at and mock the concerns of ordinary people, and the green party itself is a cult of white super-lefto elitists that seeks to impose a nihilistic ivory-tower vision on the rest of us. Wankers.
Curious...
I understand reluctance to endorse Democrats from the point of view of someone who only cares about the Green Party. But in terms of actual political effectiveness, isn't it smarter to help out Democrats when appropriate? Getting sympathetic Democrats elected will only help, no?
And in terms of Senate, why not Tasini (who I always want to call Tisani). Is it only because he is running as a Dem? Or are there ideological reasons?