McKinney: Organize, Mobilize, Agitate
The Milwaukee Examiner reports on Cynthia McKinney’s election night address, focusing on her calls to continue to demand the change that her supporters fought and voted for:
The Green Party’s 2008 presidential candidate, Cynthia McKinney, called on her supporters to maintain pressure on President-elect Barack Obama and “organize, mobilize [and] agitate” to ensure that true change comes to the White House.
McKinney, who received about 1 percent of the popular vote in last week’s election, said that while Obama’s election provides the country with an opportunity to change direction after eight years of a “rogue government,” nothing will happen unless those on the political left continue to be active in pushing a progressive agenda.
“We have to create that torrent that is going to end war and occupation, that’s going to end social injustice,” McKinney told her supporters.
Although McKinney fell far short of the 5 percent vote margin she was hoping to achieve, she said she looked forward to engaging the incoming administation in a dialogue “that reflects our values.”
She also criticized the 2008 presidential campaign for its lack of substantive discussion of such issues as NAFTA, a livable wage for working people and universal health care for all Americans.
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It seems like the campaign just died after November 4th.
One of the reasons to vote McKinney over Nader was to vote for a movement that would last after the fourth, and while Nader has been active since the election, even promoting the november 5th organization – to put citizen pressure on congress, we have heard very little from Cynthia and Rosa, especially from their websites.
Rosa’s hasn’t been updated in eons.
The Power to the People Campaign website was taken down days before Nov 4!
The Run Cynthia Run has her very short election night speech in front of a crowd of Cindy Sheehan supporters.
This post election activity from Cynthia and Rosa sure doesn’t seem like organization, mobilization, or agitation.
There are so many things Cynthia should be out there talking about.
Where is Cynthia on Obama’s cabinet appointments?
Where is she on Paulson’s “re-steering” of the bailout?
Where is she on the auto bailout?
This is one of the reasons why people don’t vote Green.