[Northampton-GP] Statement to the Nader 2004 PEC

[Jim Bosman]

Unlike our well-respected friend formerly of Hadley, I
support a strong Green run for president in 2004. 

Keep in mind that in Massachusetts, Nader isn't even
going to get on the primary ballot unless he makes a
decision very, very soon.

If you are interested in who HAS declared at this
point, take a look at:

http://www.gp.org/convention/candidates.html

Jim Bosman


--- Scott McGinley <scott.mcg at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Here is a copy of my statement to the Nader 2004
> Presidential Exploratory
> Committee.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Scott McGinley
> -------------------------
> To the Nader 2004 Presidential Exploratory
> Committee:
> 
> I re-registered Green in '00 due to Nader's '00
> campaign and have been an
> active grassroots local and regional organizer ever
> since.  I've also spent
> a year serving on the Green-Rainbow Party state
> committee in Massachusetts.
> Together with a handful of other Greens, we started
> a local club in Hadley,
> Mass. and our Green club campaigned for Green state
> rep and gubernatorial
> candidates in '02 which effectively tripled the size
> of our membership.
> We've done signifcant work in organizing locally
> against the war and against
> sprawl and commerical development.
> 
> I, along with the majority of Greens I've been in
> contact with recently
> oppose a Green presidential bid, and especially a
> Nader bid.  We're indebted
> to Nader for his past inspiration, but I feel a
> future Nader presidential
> campaign would be a disservice to the organizational
> future of the Green
> Party, to the building momentum of a cohesive
> progressive movement in our
> country and to our most vulnerable and at-risk
> citizens.  We need to get
> Bush ejected: this is our priority.
> 
> Might I recommend Mr. Nader seeks office as a
> Senator or Governor instead?
> We at the local level have been working too hard on
> creating a sustainable
> and viable alternative to the two-party system at
> the local and regional
> level to see it damaged by a presidential campaign
> that would leave our own
> Party, let alone many others, fractured and
> confused.  I think that
> ultimately Nader in '04 could tear our
> party-building work apart, and we've
> worked too hard to see that happen.
> 
> I would be delighted to support Nader in a race for
> another office.  Or
> maybe he could be a Democratic vice-presidential
> candidate?  Furthermore,
> should Nader be on a Green primary ballot for
> president I would have no
> other choice than to vote against him.
> 
> Thank you for your consideration.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Scott McGinley
> Former Co-chair
> Hadley Green-Rainbow Party
> 42 Eton Street
> Springfield, MA 01108
> scott.mcg at earthlink.net
> 
> PS:  I am fowarding this statement to Green and
> Green-Rainbow party members
> whom I know and respect.
> 
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