David Cobb and Pat LaMarche for pres and vp - Green

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VICTORY!
Posted by: Admin on Saturday, June 26, 2004 - 02:34 PM
The team of David Cobb and Pat LaMarche was carried to victory by a clear majority of the nearly 800 delegates meeting at the Green Nominating Convention in Milwaukee. After months of campaigning across the nation and days of animated discussion on site at the convention, the representatives of 44 state Green Parties (including the DC Statehood Green Party) made clear that Greens want a candidate from within the party in 2004.

In reaction to his victory, David took to the stage - not to give a speech, but to introduce his running mate, Pat LaMarche. She gave a brief speech thanking all their supporters and promising to run a vigorous campaign. Only then did David address the cheering crowd, and thanked not only their supporters, but their competitors as well, including Peter Camejo and Ralph Nader. He concluded by promising to help Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York (which had largely voted against him) to obtain ballot access.

The Cobb-LaMarche campaign promises to be an energetic voice to build the Green Party at all levels, actively support state and local candidates, increase ballot access, and promote Green values.

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David's strategy
Posted by: Admin on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 10:11 AM
Peter Camejo has said that David's website tells people to "vote for Kerry." That phrase does not exist on the this site (use the search feature!), and we have never issued a policy statement or press release telling anyone to "vote for Kerry." (See our FAQ on this.)

The goal of the Cobb-LaMarche campaign is to build the Green Party - and we are succeeding. Despite the debate over strategy (which, to be sure, is reflected within the campaign staff), many local candidates have been inspired to run by David, and many locals have been strengthened and energized by his visits.

But the influence goes both directions. David will be on all Green ballot lines, and while he has said he will focus his campaign on states neglected by the corporate parties, he has also said that he will visit and campaign in any state that invites him. (For example, he has pledged to visit the battleground states of Ohio and Pennsylvania to support their petition drives to put the Green Party candidate on the state ballots.) The will of the state party always has and always will trump all other concerns. In this way, the campaign reflects the bottom-up style of Green decision-making. From the beginning, David's focus has been on building the Green Party, which he has publicly promised to continue, regardless of the results of the convention. This is the kind of commitment and energy we need, and it demonstrates that the Green Party is best served by nominating David on Saturday.


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The True Position of the Cobb/LaMarche Campaign on the Iraq War
Posted by: Admin on Friday, June 25, 2004 - 06:47 AM
End the Occupation, Bring the U.S. Troops Home Now

by Ted Glick

Friday, June 25

Last night, and not for the first time, Peter Camejo wrongly misrepresented the position of the Cobb/LaMarche Campaign on the Iraq war.

Here are the positions we have taken over the last two months. Below are the relevant excerpts from press releases we have issued. We encourage Green Party delegates and members to check out Davidís web site at www.votecobb.org to see the full releases.

April 15: Headline: Cobb Calls for End of Occupation by June 30

"I call upon the American people, including members of Congress, to demand that June 30th truly be a day when the U.S. relinquishes power by announcing that by that date all U.S. troops will be withdrawn, with one possible exception.

"A newly-constituted, genuinely broad-based interim Iraqi government should be set up in cooperation with the United Nations within the next month and a half. It will be up to that newly-constituted interim governmentónot the U.S. and not the U.N.óto determine what peace-keeping forces are necessary, from which countries they should be drawn, and if any U.S. troops should stay longer than June 30th while those forces are being assembled, transported and put into place.

"This newly-constituted interim administration will have full responsibility for organizing democratic elections by the end of the year, utilizing whatever international resources and assistance they deem necessary.

"The experiences of the past 13 months. . . make clear that the Bush Administration is totally incapable of leading a transition to a just and democratic society in Iraq. Indeed, it is Iraqis who are responsible for the political, diplomatic and humanitarian intiatives in Falluja, Baghdad and southern Iraq which have temporarily, as this is written, defused a major crisis brought on by U.S. arrogance, bullying and massive and unnecessary violence.

"The time is now to end the occupation."

May 13: Headline: Mission Accomplished has Turned into Mission Impossible

"The United States must immediately announce that it will withdraw its troops from Iraq and begin doing so. There can be no sovereignty for the Iraqi people as long as the occupation continues."

May 26: Cobb Calls for a New Foreign Policy Based on Justice

"Bring our troops home now and restore real, not sham, sovereignty to the Iraqi people."

Peter Camejo falsely characterizes this set of positions as support for the U.S. occupation while he says nothing about the position of Ralph Nader that U.S. troops should stay in Iraq for another six months.

The Green Party was active in opposition to the build-up for war and has been active in the movement to get the United States out of Iraq, for full Iraqi sovereignty and for reparations for the devastation the U.S. has caused. A David Cobb/Pat LaMarche Presidential campaign will actively and vocally articulate these positions.

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Thursday, June 24th - Howdy from Milwaukee!
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