[Peace-discuss] AWARE table

[Al Kagan]

Jenifer,

AWARE does not have a position on endorsing a candidate for the 
presidential election.  AWARE is certainly against Bush but that does 
not translate into voting for Kerry, especially because Illinois may 
be a safe Democratic state.
Please come to a meeting if you want to further discuss this.


At 9:01 PM -0400 7/26/04, jencart wrote:
>Hmmm..... Letters to the editor using AWARE's name and admiring the 
>bright yellow signs which say REGIME CHANGE BEGINS AT HOME, VOTE OUT 
>BUSH - CHANEY.  Displaying, selling, taking orders for the same 
>signs @ the AWARE table.... I'd call that a position, wouldn't you? 
>It's certaining different from PEACE IS PATRIOTIC, UNITED FOR PEACE, 
>NO IRAQ WAR, etc
>
>Jenifer C.
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>Jenifer,
>
>The point is that AWARE doesn't have "a position."
>
>
>>No argument  re Nader votes losing IL to Bush, Carl.   Many voters
>>are concerned about the Nader effect in the non-safe states, afraid
>>that Nader votes could throw the election to Bush (again?!?!)  I've
>>heard that the Greens rejected Nader this time around (obviously)
>>and, unlike Nader, are encouraging voters in non-safe states to vote
>>Democratic, which seems in keeping w/ AWARE's position...
>>
>>Jenifer C.
>>--------------------------------------------------------------
>>But Illinois will vote Democratic in the presidential election.  And
>>many people are troubled about Kerry's not being an anti-war
>>candidate.  As residents of a "safe" Democratic state, we're free to
>>vote for a candidate opposed to the war on terrorism and pre-emptive
>>war.  Illinois' electoral votes will end up in Kerry's column
>>anyway.  I'm sure many in AWARE (like me) will vote for Nader or
>>Cobb.  --CGE
>>
>>
>>On Mon, 26 Jul 2004, jencart wrote:
>>
>>>   ...If we're displaying and selling yard signs (hot item, lotsa orders)
>>>   that say VOTE OUT BUSH - CHANEY it seems appropriate to discuss how to
>>>   actually accomplish this, there being only one way to do this, which
>>>   is not really an endorsement of a particular candidate either...
>>
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Al Kagan
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library Administration
Africana Unit, Room 328
University of Illinois Library
1408 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801, USA

tel. 217-333-6519
fax. 217-333-2214
e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu