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Page 1 of 2 The Green Party of Alameda County, along with the San Francisco Green Party and the National Delegates Committee of the Green Party of California, sponsored the NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GREEN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, which was held in San Francisco's historic Herbst Theater on January 13th, 2008. POST-EVENT INFORMATION ADDED BELOW. CLICK ON "read more..."
Now available for download at kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=24319 : THE KPFA SPECIAL RE-BROADCAST OF THE GREEN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE On Tuesday, January 15th, 7:00 – 10:00 pm With hosts Larry Bensky and Aimee Allison Two hours of edited debate moments and one hour of direct listener call-ins THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES! It was a brilliant event! 800 attendees, nearly a full house, in one of the nicest venues in San Francisco, the historic Herbst. All the candidates appeared at their best, and were exceptional on stage. All great spokespersons, and fine examples of the Green movement. The Great Green Debate made the local TV news and newspapers, and was mentioned on Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now. Thanks to Mike Feinstein’s crew, it is now available in documentary format on YouTube (see below). And KPFA radio’s full 3-hour taping of the event, with Green MC Aimee Allison and political analyst Larry Bensky was aired Tuesday night, 1/15, at 7 pm (Pacific Time), on 94.1 FM in the Bay Area, and streamed for the world online at www.kpfa.org . You can download the podcast of that show at www.kpfa.org/greenparty2008 and see for yourself what the Green Party can look like, in the proper setting. Superb! First round of photos can be seen at www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/13/18472234.php Tian Harter's photos and commentary now at http://tian.greens.org/GreenParty/PrimaryDebate08/index.html ****************************************** DEBATE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE FIRST 8 MIN SEGMENT - WELCOMING REMARKS http://youtube.com/watch?v=FoQUbCQ_zxA NEXT 25 MIN DEBATE SEGMENT - CANDIDATE OPENING STATEMENTS: http://youtube.com/watch?v=NNGtJ_0vTgk PRESS QUESTION: IMMIGRATION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z77RQ9IUdmg PRESS QUESTION: TAX POLICY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clA7jjUQpHc PRESS QUESTION: THE "SPOILER" QUESTION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3hOiDDUZe8 PRESS QUESTION: IRAQ OCCUPATION AND WAR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XrHPuGFLj0
PRESS QUESTION: PEAK OIL, FIRST ACT IN OFFICE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6j_M8DzDDk GREEN ELECTED OFFICIALS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTXkMi6YOjw AUDIENCE QUESTION: TERRORISM, BILL OF RIGHTS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6o_IuvWOJ8 AUDIENCE QUESTION: EDUCATION http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVitUhPzo4 AUDIENCE QUESTION: ISRAEL/PALESTINE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZxcYWsp2gM AUDIENCE QUESTION: THE FARM BILL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUYsCIhQ9CA AUDIENCE QUESTION: UNITING THE PROGRESSIVES http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjS74WnkBek CANDIDATE CLOSING STATEMENTS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bGP1uzi6cg CANADIAN GREENS/ GLOBAL GREENS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1TBzu9Sxa8 RALPH NADER http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh_Y_WOL2ew ****************************************** DEMOCRACY NOW's headlines from Monday morning: http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/14/headlines#14 (we are expecting more segments during the week) ****************************************** Want to see what the mainstream press had to say? Here is a surpisingly good clip from SF FOX affiliate KTVU's 10 pm news last night: http://www.ktvu.com/video/15040480/index.html Here is the SF Chronicle's standard mainstream approach to the Greens: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/14/MNMOUEQ25.DTL Here is a hipper take from the Fog City Journal: http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/es_crackberry_chronicles_080114.shtml The SF Bay Guardian, San Francisco's major alternative weekly, carried a short piece: http://www.sfbg.com/ Third Party Watch, an online news blog, has a story with lots of comments: http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/01/14/green-party-debate-2008-and-the-nader-factor/ ***************************************** COMMENTS FROM GREENS... Dana Silvernale: "What the press does not understand is that Green Party positions and policies are grounded in our Ten Key Values. We are united in our goals. The debate is not about the issues, it is about who can most effectively carry them out." Michael-David Sasson:
"One of the people who went [to the Debate] and reported back to me, vowed to change her registration back to Green, and to urge wayward greens to come back and recruit others to the GP. She and her friends are all people of color... which I think is significant." Wes Rolley: "While we are scrambling for candidates, the question on farm policy opened up a failure for all of them. I don't think that any Green Candidate has a grasp of the range of policy issues that they need in order to win votes all across this land." Great Upcoming SF Bay Area Event! Downloadable flyer available to print and distribute — • —
Green Campaign 2008: A Presidential Debate that Matters
COME SEE AND HEAR . . .
• Ralph Nader [website] • Cynthia McKinney [website] • Jared Ball [website] • Kent Mesplay [website] • Kat Swift [website] • Jesse Johnson [website] . . . TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY! The names of all six of these Speakers* will appear on the Green Party's February 5th California Primary Ballot [website] .
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Hosted and Moderated by Cindy Sheehan [website] Gayle McLaughlin [website] Ross Mirkarimi [website] Mark Sanchez [website] Matt Gonzalez [website] — • — On Sunday, January 13, 2008 • 2 PM at the Herbst Theater [website]
Veterans Memorial Bldg 401 Van Ness (opposite City Hall) San Francisco
(Public Transit: 3 blocks from Civic Center BART station, or by MUNI streetcar or bus - see www.transit511.org for more info) (Parking available at Performing Arts Center Garage, 360 Grove St., 11 am to 7 pm, $12) --- $10-$25 Donation at the door (sliding scale) ---
DOORS OPEN AT 1:15 PM - Come Early for Best Seats!
— • — Sponsored by: The Green Party of Alameda County The San Francisco Green Party The Sacramento County Green Party
Endorsed by:
The Green Party of San Mateo County The GPUS Delegates Committee of the GPCA — • — ...UPDATES...UPDATES...UPDATES... + All seven people who are on the Green Primary Ballot have been invited to the Debate + The six people named above have confirmed their participation + Previously announced Speaker Elaine Brown has withdrawn from the race + We plan to put a downloadable audio file of the debate on this site + KPFA radio's Larry Bensky will anchor the event live, for broadcast at a future date. + Want to be a delegate for a candidate at the GPUS Nominating Convention in Chicago this July? See cagreens.org for details. + Amy Goodman's DEMOCRACY NOW will send a video crew to tape the event for broadcast later in the week! * NOTE: Ralph Nader's office has asked us to state that he is not a candidate. Donate to finance the Debate! -- For those of you who appreciate all the volunteer effort that went into putting this event together, we are happy to offer Reserved Box Seats - only 50 available! - with your very generous donation of $50-$100+ each. The seats can be seen at http://sfwmpac.org/herbst/ ht_pdfs/ht_seatchart.pdf . First come, first served, so please reserve your seats now, by e-mailing: alameda@cagreens. org If you can't attend, please mail your donation to: Green Party, 2022 Blake St., Berkeley, CA 94704 and note that it for the Debate! Thank you!
— • — Want to vote in the February 5th Green Party Primary?Last Day to REGISTER GREEN: JANUARY 22nd! — • —
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