[Peace-discuss] [OccupyCU] why not give $10 to David Green's campaign?

Sun Oct 6 21:12:48 UTC 2013

I can easily support David Green's candidacy.  
Seeing Ann Callis standing proudly with Dick Durbin says it all for me.  
We are all faced with mind boggling distortions in political choices, and this one is coming into focus.

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 From: David Johnson <davidjohnson1451 at comcast.net>
To: Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>; Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org> 
Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2013 1:08 PM
Subject: Re: [OccupyCU] [Peace-discuss] why not give $10 to David Green's	campaign?

I gave $ 20.00 , myself and my wife at $ 10.00 each, and 
we plan to do it again next month and every month through the election in 
March.

My wife and I and most of us on this 
list are not well off by any means and at times struggle, but it is 
really rare that we get an oppurtunity like this. We know David Green and know 
that he is " un-bossed and un-bought " as Shirley Chisholm use to say. 
He is one of us, and the only way we are ever going to be 
able to improve things for the better in this country is to encourage and 
support Working people like David Green, who has a verified record in this 
community of speaking truth to power and doing the right thing, to run for 
public office.
Win or lose, David will have an impact on the issues 
discussed and debated in the campaign. That is no small matter in corporate 
controlled American politics in this day and age that controls " the parameters 
of acceptable debate ".
But the fact is that David has a good chance to win, but 
only if we help out the best we can, and not  allow the corporate 
propoganda of " oh he can't win " influence us into apathy or support for a 
corporate funded candidate.
This has become an all too familiar phenomena 
in recent years with disasterous results, ie. many democrats are 
indistinguishable from republicans. 
The primaries are the best oppurtunity to both get the 
importent issues discussed and the right people elected.
So please, do what ever you can to help David Green 
between now and the election in March.
My 2-cents for what it is worth.

David Johnson

----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Robert Naiman 
>To: Peace-discuss List 
>Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2013 12:40  PM
>Subject: [Peace-discuss] why not give $10  to David Green's campaign?
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>I think there's like 300 people on this list. If we all gave $10  as David asks, that would be $3000. 
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>Why wouldn't everyone on this list throw $10 in the hat? I can't imagine  any rational explanation. I gave my $10. Where's yours?
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
>Date: 
  Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 11:18 AM
>Subject: Campaign update and invitation
>To: 
  David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
>
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>
>Friends;
>I  have had a positive and energizing week collecting signatures around town, and  getting a sense of the number of people who hunger to hear that somebody is  running for U.S. Congress on the basis of intelligent criticism and social  vision.
>Last  night at Channing-Murray Foundation in Urbana, representatives of local  progressive groups met to inform each other of their activities and goals. I  spoke about my politics, and I also spoke about the “credibility barrier”  among those who believe that I cannot be a viable candidate because I do not  have the funding that my opponents have. 
>This  barrier will have to be overcome, and can be overcome, by word of mouth  and social media. It will only take 15,000 votes in a district of 500,000 of  voting age for me to win this election. You can help by talking to five people  and asking each of them to talk to five other people, and so on. Ask them to join  my e-mail list,  like me on Facebook,  and consider donating  $10.
>Spread  the word to your own e-mail lists and Facebook  friends.
>I  said last evening that the honesty and truthfulness of my campaign is unique  in this district, and likely unique in this country. That is not political  hyperbole.
>I  said last evening that Ann Callis is a “law and order militarist.” You can  read support for this view on her website.
>Also  last evening, the representative of the local Progressive Democrats of America  also spoke, with a different hat on, in support of George Gollin, my other  opponent. According to the views stated on his website, George Gollin has  little in common with the views stated on the PDA  website.
>My  views are clearly more supportive of the PDA’s general and specific  perspectives, differing perhaps only in my more openly critical views of  Israel’s occupation of and settlements in Palestine, and U.S. support for  these violations of international law and human  rights.
>From  my supporters I need visible signs of support. Please go to my website,  get on my e-mail list, and like  me on Facebook. 
>Please  consider coming to my first major fundraiser as advertised on my website,  Saturday October 19th, at 3 p.m. I would like to have a strong show  of support, both for photographs and morale. Come for the first half hour,  when I will speak briefly and answer questions, or stay longer. Refreshments  will be provided. Please RSVP to davidgreenforcongress at gmail.com.
>If  you haven’t yet done so, please consider becoming one of the 1,000 individuals  committed to making this campaign a success for the  99%.
>We  can do this.
>Best  regards,
>David
> 
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>
>
>-- 
>Robert Naiman
>Policy Director
>Just Foreign 
  Policy
>www.justforeignpolicy.org
>naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
>
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