>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/27/04 10:32 AM >>> My old friend Peter Camejo was quite insistent that Bush will steamroller over Kerry since all the big money and the media likes what he is doing. Check out the debate between him and Norman Solomon if you haven't done so already. It is highly entertaining, nearly as much so as "Sex and the City". <<<<<>>>>>
re. pc - whom i voted for in 76 when he was, according to 2004 green party prez candidate guide, Presidential nominee of Socialist Workers Party -- a militant, Trotskyist communist party. Since then, his strident leftist views have evolved into the democratic socialism of the Green Party that he now espouses - why doesn't he run for city council or mayor of where ever he lives instead of wasting time, money, and effort on go nowhere campaign for prez, green party website lists 'goodly' number of green elected officials (probably most in nonpartisan elections but hey...) ... michael hoover fwiw, here's complete pc bio at green party prez candidate guide: Peter Camejo is back on the national political scene after an absence of nearly 25 years, only he's much changed since he last ran for President. Camejo was 1976 Presidential nominee of Socialist Workers Party -- a militant, Trotskyist communist party. He won ballot status in 30 states and captured 90,000 votes. Since then, his strident leftist views have evolved into the democratic socialism of the Green Party that he now espouses. "I tried to make changes inside the SWP, and it was very difficult. I guess it's like being in the Catholic Church and suggesting that Mary wasn't really a virgin or something," explained Camejo. A longtime progressive activist, he marched in Selma with Martin Luther King in the early 1960s, protested the Vietnam War, and advocated environmental protection policies. He also became a successful financial executive as chair and co-founder of Progressive Asset Management, a broker-dealer firm which promotes "socially responsible investments." Camejo also created the Eco-Logical Trust for Merrill Lynch, the first environmentally-screened fund of a major firm. He was an active Nader supporter in 1996 and 2000. In 2002, Camejo was the Green nominee for California Governor (382,000 votes - 5% - 3rd place). During the Gray Davis gubernatorial recall election in 2003, he was again the Green candidate for Governor (242,000 votes - 3% - 4th place). In both those elections, Camejo polled well enough during the campaign to be included in the various televised gubernatorial debates. Camejo is now running for the Green nomination for President in the March 2nd California primary ballot. However, he says he is only running as a "favorite son" candidate and has made it clear he is not actually seeking the nomination -- but then he pops up as a speaker at Presidential candidate forums in other states. A related link is Draft Camejo, a group seeking to convince Camejo to make a full-fledged run for the Green nomination in 2004.
