[Peace-discuss] [Fwd: Ballot in 13th District]

[Carl G. Estabrook]

The only way to cast a vote against the murderous military and  
economic policies of the US government in the March 20 Illinois  
primary here in the 13th Congressional District is to take a  
Republican ballot (it's an open primary) and vote for Ron Paul - and  
for his delegates.

Assuming Paul is not nominated by the Republicans and does not run as  
an independent, one can vote for the candidate of the Green party or  
of the Justice party - both of whom oppose the current military and  
economic polices - in the November election.

The presidential election is largely irrelevant to changing those  
polices - our sham election system insulates policy from politics -  
and popular pressures to change them must be extra-parliamentary, as  
they were in the civil rights and anti-war movements of a generation  
and more ago - and as they are growing in Europe, Asia, and Africa  
today.

Someone recently characterized our leaders - the tools of the 1% -  
with a line from F. Scott Fitzgerald:  “They were careless people –  
they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into  
their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept  
them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”

--CGE


On Feb 13, 2012, at 5:56 AM, E. Wayne Johnson wrote:
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:
> [ronpaul-305] Ballot in 13th District
> Date:
> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 20:34:48 -0500
> From:
> Scott <scott.schmucker at gmail.com>
> Reply-To:
> ronpaul-305 at meetup.com
> To:
> ronpaul-305 at meetup.com
>
>
> Ron Paulers:
>
> As you speak to voters in the Urbana-Champaign area, be aware of  
> this fact:
>
> Rick Santorum does not have any delegates on the ballot in our  
> district.  Santorum voters can vote for him, but when they go to  
> vote for delegates (the only thing that really matters) they won't  
> find any.  The candidates with delegates on the ballot here in the  
> Illinois 13th district are:
>
> Romney
> Paul
> Gingrich