[statecom-discuss] Re: [candidate-development] War issue, as approached in Maine

Fri Sep 29 11:21:48 EDT 2006

Great stuff.
It is hard to believe that Patrick is getting all this love from the  
"left."
It all comes down to anybody but Healey.  Trash.  We will get a  
conservative Dem or a "moderate" Republican, virtually  
indistinguishable, or a real alternative.
In fact the best political body in this state is probably the SJC  
(Supreme Court) and let's see - which Dem named Margaret Marshall as  
Chief Justice?  Oh it was a Republican.

I am beginning to see Jill's frustration last time with the "spoiler"  
argument.  We should say it is good to be a spoiler - that is the  
only way the Dems will change for those who really believe the Dems can.
If you want to change the Dems vote Green/Rainbow.  And if they still  
don't change (the real outcome), you will have built the GRP.  Win/win.
jw
Keep on truckin'.  excelsior.

On Sep 29, 2006, at 8:53 AM, graccross at aol.com wrote:

> The BigDig was built by Bechtel.  Bechtel is rebuilding Iraq for  
> the second time - in the meantime they sold weapons components to  
> Iraq while US-sponsored UN sanctions were supposed to keep Iraq  
> from developing weapons.
>
> Oregon has a system of an independent review board for all public  
> projects and they don't have cost over-runs.
>
> I have space to raise whatever issues we want right now - BUT I  
> have not gotten the environment in let alone the war.  The  
> activists have to make War an issue, then I can ride that and I will.
>
> Patrick just met with 60 - 120 corporate leaders (of the top  
> variety) - his business cabinet that will advise through his  
> administration and he will be meeting with the regularly through  
> Nov. 7th.  Grassroots campaign?  Sweet heart of the unions?
>
> Two of three chairs are CEO's of Blue Cross/Blue shield & top  
> pharmeceutical - no wonder he just isn't personally ready for  
> single payer.
>
> What does this portend to you?
>
> What needs to be said?  and we are talking to all the regular  
> people of the state, not lefties with lefty rheotoric - Love, grace
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: etwee at earthlink.net
> To: john.walsh at umassmed.edu; jim at jdhenderson.com
> Cc: candidate-development at green-rainbow.org; NeedToKnow at green- 
> rainbow.org; statecom-discuss at green-rainbow.org;  
> jstein at massmed.org; graccross at aol.com; isis at isisdesign.com;  
> owen.broadhurst at gmail.com; etwee at earthlink.net
> Sent: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:04:56 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [candidate-development] War issue, as approached in Maine
>
>    Maine has an effective Clean Elctions law, under which LaMarche  
> qualified for a
> million and a half dollars. Hence the strategic importance of "the  
> democracy
> issue."
>
> We do not have the capacity this year to alter the media's choice  
> of the central
> issues. We do have a choice how to respond to those issues.  
> Whenever they bring
> up the Big Dig, we should be saying that such projects should not  
> be built in
> the first place. The truth is, these projects ALWAYS involve huge  
> cost overruns
> and corruption. Only the idolatry of technology and engineering  
> makes people
> believe otherwise. The bigger truth is, more highways ALWAYS bring  
> more traffic,
> and this one has just pushed the gridlock out from the cebnter into  
> the suburban
> road system. The biggest truth is that we must STOP building new  
> environmentally
> destructive infrastructure which will soon be obsolete anyway. Our  
> roads and
> bridges program should focus on maintenance of what we already  
> have, the
> deterioration of which is obvious to people all over the state....
>
> Imperialism and war are intimately related to the destructive  
> "development"
> strategy that pushes stuff like the Big Dig. The mindset is the  
> same, the
> politics and the firms that profit from it are the same.
>
> How our candidates could say this, I don't know. As a former  
> candidate for the
> much lower office of city council, I can say it isn't easy to make  
> the points
> you think you should. It would be interesting to see specific  
> examples of how it
> is being done in other states.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Walsh <john.walsh at umassmed.edu>
>> Sent: Sep 28, 2006 8:25 AM
>> To: James Henderson <jim at jdhenderson.com>
>> Cc: candidate-development at green-rainbow.org,
> NeedToKnow at green-rainbow.org,
> Discussion List for StateCom members <statecom-discuss at green- 
> rainbow.org>, Jill
> Stein <jstein at massmed.org>, graccross at aol.com, Daniel Melnechuk
> <isis at isisdesign.com>, Owen Broadhurst <owen.broadhurst at gmail.com>,
> BillCunningham <etwee at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [candidate-development] War issue, as approached in  
>> Maine
>>
>> Right on!  Now there is a Central Issue - not just an item on a
>> laundry list.  Now we  see that both Maine and CA gubernatorial
>> campaigns are making this a Central Issue.  But not us.
>>
>> However, it may be a bit late now to make this the Central Issue in
>> Grace's or Jill's campaigns.   They have already chosen poverty and
>> democracy as the central points, resepectively - at least that is how
>> press and public perceive it now.  That is their choice since the
>> Party did not decide on a key strategy for the slate as a whole.
>> That in my view is not good.
>> In fact the press really has focused on Grace's persona (a real plus)
>> as it did  on Jill's (also a plus).  Of course that is a way for them
>> to overlook our issues so it is a double-edged sword.
>> jw
>> p.s. BUT I honestly think it is late in the game to make this turn so
>> we will probably have to wait.
>> AND notice that the LaMarche is up on TV (in a cheaper media market,
>> true).  We need more infrastructure and money.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sep 28, 2006, at 8:11 AM, James Henderson wrote:
>>
>>> Good morning to all.
>>>
>>> In case you have not seen this, go to the following URL to see how
>>> Pat LaMarche is approaching the war issue in Maine:
>>>
>>> http://www.pat2006.org/issues/national_guard/
>>>
>>> Jim Henderson
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>>>
>>
>> John V. Walsh, MD
>> Professor of Physiology
>> University of Massachusetts Medical School
>> 55 Lake Avenue, N.
>> Worcester, MA, 01655-0127
>> Phone (work): 508-856-3360
>> Phone (cell): 508-868-1653
>> email: john.walsh at umassmed.edu
>>
>>
>
>
> Bill Cunningham
>
>
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