[Peace-discussion] FW: McKinney: Please Help Me Qualify For Matching Funds NOW!

[henry duke]

FYI, this week Cynthia and her supporters sent this out!

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Running a national campaign without even mentioning the green party?

If you have resources or know people who do please consider the wisdom or
use of donating money to the GPUS or McKinney; better to fund local greens
and progressives, as all true grassroots opposition is local.

If you want to build a national campaign contact the Nader/Gonzalistas at
http://www.votenader.org



About Cynthia, why is she still seeking our nomination even though the
overwhelming # of green voters voted for a Ralph Nader ticket?

Should she be nominated, continue to not receive as much money from
progressive democrats as she expected, we will see the green voter chosen --
the Nader/Gonzalez ticket -- continue to expand access for greens in over 40
states, qualify for matching public funds, and make it into national
debates.

I am now hearing that people feel sorry for Cynthia McKinney, that she was
promised all sorts of support from McMillan, McLarty, and the non-profit of
Dean Myerson.

The green party is risking a vertigo of debt and liabilities. Do we need a
new one that is more accountable to the voters?

Should the McKinney campaign - like the Cobb campaign before it - lose us
even more ballot lines that had been won with the collaboration and help of
Nader, it will be high time to remove the guardians and captains of the
treasury and its ship.

We should consider the risk and financial liability McMillan, McLarty will
have us in after the convention.

If you have resources or know people who do please re-consider donating
money to the GPUS or McKinney, the opposition is local and if you want to
build a national campaign contact the Nader/Gonzalistas at


For the people,
Henry Duke
http://www.votenader.org/action/california/



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-----Original Message-----
From: GPUS_FreeSpeech@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:GPUS_FreeSpeech@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Don DeBar
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 4:10 AM
To: Don DeBar
Subject: [GPUS_FreeSpeech] McKinney: Please Help Me Qualify For Matching
Funds NOW!

[from the desk of Cynthia McKinney]


Dear Supporters of the Power to the People Presidential Campaign:

I am writing to thank you for your sustained support for my campaign and to
urge you to give me an extra boost in the next three weeks to help me
qualify for federal matching campaign funds.

I have long supported public funding in all aspects of our campaigns, but
now we really have the opportunity to participate in the power of public
funding.  However, that participation can only happen when the Power to the
People Campaign has demonstrated its broad appeal in at least 20 states with
each having raised $5,000 where the first $250 of each contribution is
matchable.  In other words, in order to qualify for public matching funds,
you've got to qualify me.

I have traveled to 24 states and I've heard from many of you.  I've tried to
put a foundation in place for the Power to the People Committee.  But the
fact is that I want to be able to give you the kind of campaign that you all
deserve and that I envisioned, but that takes money to buy the yard signs
and handbills, pay the airfare necessary for my travels, and to meet the
payroll necessary to staff the campaign.

To meet our campaign needs in the new and exciting period ahead, we have to
turn the corner on our finances -- and the first step in this direction is
raising at least $5,000 in each of at least 20 states to qualify for federal
matching funds. So far, we have only met this objective in seven states --
though 11 additional states are well on their way toward that goal. The
deadline for raising these funds is July 12th.

My campaign is not funded by the military-industrial-financial-media
complex, nor the energy, pharmaceutical or other corporate interests that
bankroll the parties of war: the Democrats and Republicans. I can only count
on you, the people who produce the wealth in this country, to finance my
campaign.

I need your support to get out the political message of our Power to the
People campaign to voters all across the country.

The message of our campaign is necessary now, more than ever: Congress is on
the verge of caving in on more funding for the occupations of Iraq and
Afghanistan; our country bombs Somalia and Pakistan with impunity and none
of the major party contenders mentions it; the American people are losing
their homes at a record pace, Congress is yet to offer a solution; and our
country is even more mired in debt.  Our platform is the only one that
genuinely addresses the needs and aspirations for real change that have been
expressed by voters nationwide.

With your help, we can achieve our goal of raising the $100,000 in 20 states
needed to obtain the federal matching funds. Please go to our website today
(http://www.runcynthiarun.org <http://www.runcynthiarun.org/> ) and make as
generous a donation as you can. Then send all your friends, coworkers, and
neighbors to this site, asking that they match or exceed your donation.  I
do believe in the power of the people.

Please help me put this first campaign milestone behind us, so we can get
the Power to the People campaign on every ballot possible nationwide -- so
that we can provide a genuine alternative to the No Impeachment, War Parties
and their candidates. Our communities deserve so much more and the Power to
the People campaign is ready to deliver.  Your donation now will help us
deliver with an impact.  Thank you in advance for your contribution to this
effort.

In struggle and solidarity,

Cynthia McKinney,
Presidential Candidate,
Power to the People Campaign


--
"And advanced forms of biological warfare that can 'target' specific
genotypes may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to a
politically useful tool."
PNAC, Rebuilding America's Defenses, p. 60

The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and
policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish
idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two
parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can "throw
the rascals out" at any election without leading to any profound or
extensive shifts in policy.
-- Carroll Quigley, Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in our Time