[Texgreen] Jim Hightower: Candidates Who Shun Corporate Cash Are Winning
Herbert Gonzales. Jr.
hgonzales410@hotmail.com
Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:52:07 +0000
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<P>The value of having candidates at this point for the Texas Greens is tantamount to saving the party from being irrelevant. Candidates must be run and with a frequency that is urgent and the message is run,run and run. Electoral politics is media and yes Greens need the media in Texas now, not in two years, but NOW!!!<BR></P>
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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>margaret <max104@io.com></I><BR>To: <I>Texgreen <texgreen@lists.gp-us.org></I><BR>Subject: <I>[Texgreen] Jim Hightower: Candidates Who Shun Corporate Cash Are Winning</I><BR>Date: <I>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:50:12 -0600</I><BR>>Candidates Who Shun Corporate Cash Are Winning<BR>>by Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. Posted February 26, 2007<BR>><BR>>Electoral reform isn't just starry-eyed theory: Clean elections are <BR>>taking place in states from Arizona to North Carolina, reversing the <BR>>big-money corruption that rampages throughout our political system.<BR>><BR>>A number of travel firms offer a "democracy tour" of Washington, DC. <BR>>They'll buzz you through the White House, let you behold the ornate <BR>>grandeur of the Senate and House chambers, give you a peek into the
<BR>>marbled halls of the Supreme Court, and generally introduce you to <BR>>symbols of American political power. But to see actual political <BR>>power in today's system, you'd need to take what amounts to an <BR>>"antidemocracy tour," following the money trail through our Capitol <BR>>City. Unfortunately, tourist buses don't go there.<BR>><BR>><snip><BR>><BR>>The advantages of clean elections are enormous -- not only for the <BR>>candidates, but also for the public good:<BR>><BR>>A GREATER DIVERSITY of candidates can come forward to give voters <BR>>real choices, for public funding means that a school teacher, cab <BR>>driver, small farmer, factory worker, artist, bookstore owner, <BR>>veteran, waitress, student or other regular person can run ... and <BR>>be competitive.<BR>><BR>>ELECTIONS ARE RUN on a more-level playing
field, giving "outsider" <BR>>candidates a better chance to buck the party bosses, funders, media <BR>>"selectors," and other power brokers.<BR>><BR>>BECAUSE CLEAN CANDIDATES spend zero time in corporate suites and <BR>>lobbying haunts collecting money, giving IOUs, and continually <BR>>reaching for handouts from special interests to fill the next <BR>>campaign's war chest, they are even free to toss pushy lobbyists <BR>>right out of the door.<BR>><BR>>RATHER THAN ADVANCING the selfish legislative agendas of big <BR>>funders, CE officeholders can stay focused on the common good, <BR>>dealing with the big challenges that face our society.<BR>><BR>>THERE'S NO NEED for publicly funded lawmakers to sit in a cubicle <BR>>three hours a day making money calls; instead, they might make <BR>>random calls to constituents back home and ask, "How ya'
doin'?"<BR>><BR>><snip><BR>><BR>>read the whole story<BR>>http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/48405/<BR>><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>texgreen mailing list<BR>>texgreen@lists.gp-us.org<BR>>http://lists.gp-us.org/mailman/listinfo/texgreen<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMAENUS/2755??PS=47575" target="_top">The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian.</a> </html>