[Texgreen] FW: RELEASE Sen. Mike Gravel supports Green pres. candidate Jesse
Johnson
Alfred Molison
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> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:40:30 -0700> From: dcsgpnews@yahoo.com> Subject=
: RELEASE Sen. Mike Gravel supports Green pres. candidate Jesse Johnson> To=
: dcsgpnews2@yahoo.com> > Forwarded by the DC Statehood Green Party> http:/=
/www.dcstatehoodgreen.org> > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE> 11 March 2008> > Contac=
t:> Joel Brown, 703 864 5199, joelbrown88@yahoo.com > Steve Kramer, 240 426=
3338,> scooter@the-exchange-us.com> Committee to elect Jesse Johnson> > Ch=
ris Petherick, 703 980 8055, chris@gravel2008.us> Jon Kraus, 203 209 7736, =
jon@gravel2008.us> Gravel for President> > > National Statesman and Interna=
tional Hero Senator Mike> Gravel Supports Jesse Johnson=92s Bid for Preside=
nt> > > In what has to be the most unprecedented cross party> statement of =
support Democratic Party Candidate for> President Mike Gravel announced tha=
t he has decided to> support the campaign of Green Party Candidate Jesse> J=
ohnson running for the nomination on the Green Party> Ticket.> > After a me=
eting between the two in Washington DC> Friday, Gravel stated, =93My politi=
cal party long ago> walked away from taking the necessary steps that will> =
safeguard our nation=92s and our children=92s futures. I> worked dedicatedl=
y throughout my career as a U.S.> Senator to protect the precious resources=
our country> had within it=92s boundaries as well as to mitigate the> nega=
tive impact our businesses and individuals were> having on the planet. I ha=
ve watched the ever> important job of stewarding these gifts vanish from> t=
he political landscape and I hold the Democratic> Party leadership responsi=
ble for giving up that> fight.=94> > Why did Gravel choose Johnson from amo=
ng the other> candidates vying for the nomination in all the> campaigns of =
all available political parties? Gravel> explains, =93I=92m supporting Jess=
e because he began his> political career with the determination that the> e=
nvironmental plundering must stop. He placed every> other interest on hold =
to run for office, in his home> state and now nationally, to challenge the>=
corporations that destroy our national resources and> then harvest from th=
is practice a toxic energy source;> coal. The mountain top mining practices=
devastate the> landscape by blowing apart mountains and then carbon> belch=
ing plants burn the coal creating a form of> energy that serves as one of t=
he major contributors> for global climate change.=94> > Gravel continues, =
=93We must have a voice in the> political realm speaking earnestly and inte=
lligently> about all of our environmental needs. Johnson and the> Green Par=
ty have that environmental credibility that> we Democrats have lost.=94> > =
Senator Gravel intends to travel and campaign with> Jesse Johnson as their =
schedule allows. > > Jesse Johnson, former chair of the West Virginia> Moun=
tain Party and two time candidate for statewide> office, said that this sor=
t of cross party support> =93was just the kind of non-traditional, selfless=
act> that we have come to know Senator Mike Gravel to make.> When he read =
the Pentagon Papers into the> Congressional record, or filibustered to end =
the draft> he had his eye =96 at all times =96- on the big picture> and the=
needs of others. I am not surprised that a> true patriot and advocate of t=
he citizen as leader of> our country would take such an unprecedented and b=
old> stand. And I am honored and humbled that he has> selected my campaign =
and the Green Party as his allies> in this very important race to save our =
environment> from the actions of humans.=94> > Gravel closed by saying, =93=
We=92ve seen the havoc the two> parties can wreak, on a global scale, by lo=
cking out> the voices of reason -=96 by eliminating the third party> voices=
. I want to amplify those voices to save our> country from our own shortsig=
hted and greedy actions.> If we want to end the war in Iraq, provide health=
care> to all citizens, educate our young people, we=92re going> to have to=
start not only working together with these> alternate parties: but literal=
ly working to support> them. That=92s why I=92m supporting Jesse Johnson=92=
s> campaign for President.=94> > > > > > > > > ____________________________=
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> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:40:30 -0700<BR>> From: dcsgpnews@yahoo.co=
m<BR>> Subject: RELEASE Sen. Mike Gravel supports Green pres. candidate =
Jesse Johnson<BR>> To: dcsgpnews2@yahoo.com<BR>> <BR>> Forwarded b=
y the DC Statehood Green Party<BR>> http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org<BR>&=
gt; <BR>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<BR>> 11 March 2008<BR>> <BR>> C=
ontact:<BR>> Joel Brown, 703 864 5199, joelbrown88@yahoo.com <BR>> St=
eve Kramer, 240 426 3338,<BR>> scooter@the-exchange-us.com<BR>> Commi=
ttee to elect Jesse Johnson<BR>> <BR>> Chris Petherick, 703 980 8055,=
chris@gravel2008.us<BR>> Jon Kraus, 203 209 7736, jon@gravel2008.us<BR>=
> Gravel for President<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> National Statesman and =
International Hero Senator Mike<BR>> Gravel Supports Jesse Johnson=92s B=
id for President<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> In what has to be the most unpre=
cedented cross party<BR>> statement of support Democratic Party Candidat=
e for<BR>> President Mike Gravel announced that he has decided to<BR>>=
; support the campaign of Green Party Candidate Jesse<BR>> Johnson runni=
ng for the nomination on the Green Party<BR>> Ticket.<BR>> <BR>> A=
fter a meeting between the two in Washington DC<BR>> Friday, Gravel stat=
ed, =93My political party long ago<BR>> walked away from taking the nece=
ssary steps that will<BR>> safeguard our nation=92s and our children=92s=
futures. I<BR>> worked dedicatedly throughout my career as a U.S.<BR>&g=
t; Senator to protect the precious resources our country<BR>> had within=
it=92s boundaries as well as to mitigate the<BR>> negative impact our b=
usinesses and individuals were<BR>> having on the planet. I have watched=
the ever<BR>> important job of stewarding these gifts vanish from<BR>&g=
t; the political landscape and I hold the Democratic<BR>> Party leadersh=
ip responsible for giving up that<BR>> fight.=94<BR>> <BR>> Why di=
d Gravel choose Johnson from among the other<BR>> candidates vying for t=
he nomination in all the<BR>> campaigns of all available political parti=
es? Gravel<BR>> explains, =93I=92m supporting Jesse because he began his=
<BR>> political career with the determination that the<BR>> environme=
ntal plundering must stop. He placed every<BR>> other interest on hold t=
o run for office, in his home<BR>> state and now nationally, to challeng=
e the<BR>> corporations that destroy our national resources and<BR>> =
then harvest from this practice a toxic energy source;<BR>> coal. The mo=
untain top mining practices devastate the<BR>> landscape by blowing apar=
t mountains and then carbon<BR>> belching plants burn the coal creating =
a form of<BR>> energy that serves as one of the major contributors<BR>&g=
t; for global climate change.=94<BR>> <BR>> Gravel continues, =93We m=
ust have a voice in the<BR>> political realm speaking earnestly and inte=
lligently<BR>> about all of our environmental needs. Johnson and the<BR>=
> Green Party have that environmental credibility that<BR>> we Democr=
ats have lost.=94<BR>> <BR>> Senator Gravel intends to travel and cam=
paign with<BR>> Jesse Johnson as their schedule allows. <BR>> <BR>>=
; Jesse Johnson, former chair of the West Virginia<BR>> Mountain Party a=
nd two time candidate for statewide<BR>> office, said that this sort of =
cross party support<BR>> =93was just the kind of non-traditional, selfle=
ss act<BR>> that we have come to know Senator Mike Gravel to make.<BR>&g=
t; When he read the Pentagon Papers into the<BR>> Congressional record, =
or filibustered to end the draft<BR>> he had his eye =96 at all times =
=96- on the big picture<BR>> and the needs of others. I am not surprised=
that a<BR>> true patriot and advocate of the citizen as leader of<BR>&g=
t; our country would take such an unprecedented and bold<BR>> stand. And=
I am honored and humbled that he has<BR>> selected my campaign and the =
Green Party as his allies<BR>> in this very important race to save our e=
nvironment<BR>> from the actions of humans.=94<BR>> <BR>> Gravel c=
losed by saying, =93We=92ve seen the havoc the two<BR>> parties can wrea=
k, on a global scale, by locking out<BR>> the voices of reason -=96 by e=
liminating the third party<BR>> voices. I want to amplify those voices t=
o save our<BR>> country from our own shortsighted and greedy actions.<BR=
>> If we want to end the war in Iraq, provide health care<BR>> to all=
citizens, educate our young people, we=92re going<BR>> to have to start=
not only working together with these<BR>> alternate parties: but litera=
lly working to support<BR>> them. That=92s why I=92m supporting Jesse Jo=
hnson=92s<BR>> campaign for President.=94<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>=
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