[statecom] Statement from the Nader campaign
Lawrence Fine
lorenzonine at earthlink.net
Thu May 22 12:52:44 EDT 2008
By GOD ( for those of us who believe in god ) , it seems that, under
duress,
the work is getting done, in a timely fashion and LEGALLY, by the
co-chairs, with the unrelenting support of the majority.
On May 22, 2008, at 9:20 AM, mikeheichman at verizon.net wrote:
> May 22, 2008
>
> Dear God,
>
> Please send me by registered mail a letter promising that each day
> will
> begin with the “sun-rising” and will end with
> the “sun-setting”. I need it for the people that I work with in the
> Green-Rainbow Party.
>
> Love,
>
> Mike
>
>
> May 22, 2008
>
> Dear Mike,
>
> I’m very busy with a number of campaigns and I only have a moment
> for a
> quick letter.
>
> As I have made clear for a very long time, every day begins with the
> “sun-rising” and ends with the “sun-setting”.
>
> I refuse to send you a message by registered mail. I have a policy
> of not
> complying with stupid and crazy requests. I
> expect more from my children.
>
> What’s going on with your meshuganah friends?
>
> Love,
>
> God
>
>
> Dear Members of the State Comm:
>
> I do not believe that Jim Hammerman's letter was necessary. I
> believe that
> the decisions made by Mr. Ball, Ms. Brown
> and Mr. Nader have been very clear and transparent for quite some
> time.
> They are no longer or have never been
> candidates pursuing the Green Party's nomination.
>
> If Mike Richardson's letter from the Nader campaign to Jim will be
> helpful
> to any member of State Committee or
> Adcom, I will be grateful. If not, I request that we stop bothering
> Mr.
> Nader’s campaign. Frankly, I find it to be very
> embarrassing.
>
> I hope that the members of Adcom will have an open discussion this
> weekend
> and come up with a resolution to our
> conflict.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Heichman
>
> PS Would someone please post this to Adcom because I don't have
> posting
> privileges?
>
> -----------------------
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Jim Hammerman jim_hammerman at terc.edu
> Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 19:57:08 -0400
> To: statecom at green-rainbow.org
> Subject: Re: [statecom] Statement from the Nader campaign
>
>
> Hi Merelice,
> I tried mightily to get language about "release of delegates" from the
> Nader campaign. They couldn't understand why Mr. Nader's public
> statements
> and actions didn't already serve that purpose, but also seemed
> resistant
> to saying anything that they haven't already said.
>
> I do think that the statement I forwarded _is_ significant for another
> reason. If Mr. Nader "is not and has never been a candidate for the
> 2008
> Green Party nomination" then there is reason to question whether he
> should
> have been on the ballot in the first place, and certainly whether he
> qualifies to receive delegates according to our plan, as the plan only
> assigns delegates to "candidates" or "no preference". It may be this
> natural interpretation that the Nader folks are assuming we also would
> have that leads them to find repeated calls for specific language
> about
> "release" to be an annoyance. Perhaps AdCom can discuss these
> issues of
> implementing the intent of our plan when they get a chance to meet
> about
> the delegate allocation.
>
> By the way, Merelice, I also find it troubling that you so blithely
> acknowledge that you went around the agreed upon process because
> you were
> afraid that there might not be a consensus. While you may have had
> good
> intentions in acting in this way, we all know that the ends don't
> justify
> the means.
> -Jim
>
>
>
>
> Merelice <merelice at gmail.com>
> Sent by: statecom-bounces at green-rainbow.org
> 05/21/08 06:46 PM
> Please respond to
> State Committee Official Business <statecom at green-rainbow.org>
>
>
> To
> "State Committee Official Business" <statecom at green-rainbow.org>
> cc
>
> Subject
> Re: [statecom] Statement from the Nader campaign
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> Maybe Mike Richardson can exercise some influence in getting Nader or
> someone in the national campaign office to release delegates. I
> suggested that once before to Jim Hammerman and would welcome his
> continuing his efforts along those lines. Unfortunately, the statement
> from Mike Richardson is not sufficient. Here are the facts:
>
> There is no doubt that Nader (and Ball and Brown) is not seeking the
> Green Party nomination.
>
> There is no doubt that most of us do not want to send delegates to the
> convention to vote for someone who is not seeking the nomination.
>
> There is no doubt that Mass. Law and our current delegate selection
> plan compel the party to allocate delegates to those candidates on the
> Mass. primary ballot who received enough votes to get delegates. That
> fact has been reaffirmed by the legal opinion from the Elections
> Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
>
> There is no doubt that the candidates who are no longer seeking the
> nomination can release the delegates that have been assigned to them.
>
> There is no doubt that the letters that were mailed to the withdrawn
> candidates on Monday (before all of AdCom had the opportunity to
> approve them) quite firmly encouraged such candidates to release their
> delegates and provided a release form and return envelope for them --
> or someone authorized within their campaign -- to do so. It was
> further explained that simply withdrawing from the race does not meet
> the requirements of Mass. state law and our delegate selection plan in
> regard to releasing the delegates they earned.
>
> There is no doubt that StateCom consensed on April 12 to amend the
> delegate selection plan to release delegates after the first ballot in
> the event that the candidates neglected to do so, thereby
> acknowledging that possibility.
>
> That is the process that has been followed. At this point the party
> can follow up with the candidates and await the results. Or a few
> members of the party can challenge state law, the delegate selection
> plan, and StateCom's consensus, using the pretense that their
> objection is that the co-chairs did not abide by the plan because one
> of them mailed the letters too soon -- letters which quite likely
> would not have received Adcom's full approval, given previous patterns
> of dissent. Then where would the party be and when would the party
> ever assemble a convention delegation?
>
> So, yes, Jim. Please help the party move forward by helping us legally
> get through the delegate allocation process and then getting the
> candidates to release the delegates they received as a result of the
> presidential primary.
>
> Thanks,
> Merelice
>
>
>
> On 5/21/08, Jim Hammerman <jim_hammerman at terc.edu> wrote:
>> Dear StateCom,
>> I've spent a substantial amount of time talking with folks at the
>> Nader
>> campaign about Mr. Nader's status in relation to the Green party
>> nomination. They are clear that Mr. Nader's statements in the press
> make
>> very clear his status and don't think further clarification is
> required.
>> I'm attaching the letter I received from Mike Richardson
>> describing the
>> campaign's position on this. I hope this helps us move forward.
>> All the best,
>> Jim Hammerman
>>
>> ------
>> Jim!
>>
>> As we discussed on the phone, Ralph Nader is not and has never
>> been a
>> candidate for the 2008 Green Party nomination. Mr. Nader has
>> already
>> announced his decision to not seek the Green nomination in a news
> release
>> earlier this year that you are familiar with. Here in
>> Massachusetts we
>> are preparing an "unenrolled" petition for an independent ballot
>> line
> in
>> November. Any Green-Rainbow Party member interested in helping
>> Ralph
>> Nader appear on the Massachusetts ballot may be directed to me for
>> petition circulation information.
>>
>> Mike Richardson
>> Ballot Access Coordinator
>> _______________________________________________
>> StateCom mailing list
>> StateCom at green-rainbow.org
>> http://www.green-rainbow.org/mailman/listinfo/statecom
>>
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