This was an ad for the Canadian Green party in 2007. Very well done.

What kind of generic ad would play well for the GPUS?

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Today was “Green Party Day” at the Washington Post, where they posted two stories (one tongue in cheek) in response to a small protest in front of the Post building. The Greens were protesting the lack of coverage the Washington Post provides toward the Green Party, which in DC is virtually the second party after [...]

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John Deeth reports at the Iowa Independent that Wendy Barth, Iowa Green candidate for Governor in 2006, may jump into the Iowa 2nd Congressional District race currently held by Democrat Dave Loebsack.
“My record as a peace activist speaks for itself,” Barth told Iowa Independent. “Bring the troops home, redirect the military budget to social [...]

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The race for the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission District 3 between Democrat Jerome Block, Jr. and Green Party’s Rick Lass has been aggressive and borderline nasty so far, and that doesn’t look to be changing any time soon. Lass and Block have already traded shots about each other’s past infractions with the law, and [...]

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Four of the five mystery Greens that popped up in key state legislative races in Florida loaned their campaigns exactly $2,000, all spending $1,915.92 filing fee to appear on the ballot without collecting signatures. No other donations to their campaigns were recorded. These include: Anthony Mauro, Aniana Robas, Kristina Wright, and one other.
Palm Beach [...]

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Hip-hop artist M1 from the group Dead Prez says, “I’ve never voted in the Presidential election; I’ve never felt strongly enough about a candidate to. Knowing that Rosa Clemente is down with Cynthia McKinney’s run, I feel that now is the greatest opportunity for the Hip-Hop community to put our collective strength and power to [...]

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Yesterday’s vote by the House of Representatives to apologize for slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws may provoke a discussion on reparations for descendants of African slaves. Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente are on record in support of such reparations, and the Green Party platform has the following to say on the subject:
People of color [...]

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Never mind the camera bump that cuts Cynthia in half for about a half a minute, this is a great 4:41 video that lays out just why Cynthia McKinney is the Green Party nominee for President of the U.S.
Cynthia McKinney @ Green Party Nat’l Convention Candidate Forum from Polidoc on Vimeo.
Thank you to Polidoc for [...]

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The little town of Morega, CA in Contra Costa County is the site of a show down between pro-growth and moneyed land-owners against anti-sprawl “open space advocates” in town, including the town’s Mayor, Green Party member Lynda Deschambault, whose term is up this year. The battle has heated up, resulting in two opposing land-use measures [...]

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Or as she is more often known as, SKCM Curry was named as Campaign Manager for the McKinney-Clemente Power to the People campaign. Curry had been actively seeking the Vice Presidential nomination, but seems quite content working in this role with the campaign.
There is a great post about Curry on the Wilderside that goes into [...]

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My interview with Richard Carroll, Green candidate in the 39th House District in Arkansas, was just that; confused and filled with problems.
I re-booted my computer before the show, as I always do, and called in. Once the show began I talked for a couple of minutes when I saw that Richard was on the [...]

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Press release from GPUS:
WASHINGTON, DC — Green Party leaders said today that antiwar voters will not get an end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by voting for presumed Democratic nominee Barack Obama on Election Day.
Green leaders urged Americans who oppose the wars started by the Bush Administration with bipartisan support in Congress to [...]

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We LOVE to see Letters to the Editor around the nation! Please consider submitting a letter to the editor in your local paper. Most smaller newspapers print everything submitted.
John Swift in Fresno, CA wrote:
‘Catastrophic policies’
For nearly 30 years of American political discourse, anyone who argued against the [...]

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A first hand account of gathering signatures to get McKinney-Clemente on the ballot in Iowa, as told by one of GPUS’ newest Steering Committee chairs Jill Bussiere of Wisconsin:
We arrived in Iowa City last night and hooked up with Holly Hart and Bill (the man in the suit) at the ped mall. Collecting was [...]

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“I just got word that the NAACP is leading an effort to bring proportional representation back to Cincinnati for city council elections. Proportional representation means that 10% of voters can elect 10% of seats. They’re in the middle of their petion drive., This is an important part of the Green Party platform, and if anyone [...]

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