For Immediate Release:
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Contacts:
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator
Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator
WASHINGTON, DC -- The Green Party of the United States thanked
Cynthia McKinney and Rosa Clemente, Green candidates for President and
Vice President, for their strong national campaign in the 2008 election.
The party also congratulated Barack Obama on his election to the White
House today, and celebrated the election of America's first African
American President.
"Even though we competed with Sen. Obama for votes in the presidential
race, we're thrilled that voters have elected an African American
President, something unimaginable a generation ago. We're just as
thrilled that our own presidential ticket -- Cynthia McKinney and Rosa
Clemente are two women of African descent, and Ms. Clemente is Black
Puerto Rican -- represented the voices of so many Americans who've been
shut out of the system," said Clyde Shabazz, Green candidate for
Congress in Michigan's 14th District.
Greens noted that voters expressed a mandate for change in the hope
that President-elect Obama would follow through on his pledge of
"Change We Can Believe In" and reverse the dangerous direction that the
country has taken.
"Voters who were motivated by Barack Obama's message of change will now
have to fight if they really want change to take place during the next
four years," said Jill Bussiere, co-chair of the Green Party of the
United States. "Rosa Clemente, our candidate for Vice President, talked
about the Green Party's 'imperative' throughout the campaign. The Green
Imperative will move forward during the Obama Administration, as people
demand that change be more than a campaign slogan."
MORE INFORMATION
Green Party of the United States http://www.gp.org
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
Fax 202-319-7193
Green candidate database for 2008 and other campaign information: http://www.gp.org/elections.shtml
Green Party News Center http://www.gp.org/newscenter.shtml
Green Party Speakers Bureau http://www.gp.org/speakers
Green Party ballot access page http://www.gp.org/2008-elections
2008 Green candidates to watch http://www.gp.org/2008-elections/candidate-news.php