GREEN CAMPAIGN 2008:
A PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE THAT MATTERS
Held in San Francisco’s historic Herbst Theater on January 13th, 2008
THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!
It was a brilliant event! 800 attendees, nearly a full house, in one of the nicest venues in San Francisco, the historic Herbst. All the candidates appeared at their best, and were exceptional on stage. All great spokespersons, and fine examples of the Green movement. The Great Green Debate made the local TV news and newspapers, and was mentioned on Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now. Thanks to Mike Feinstein’s crew, it is now available in documentary format on YouTube (see below). And KPFA radio’s full 3-hour taping of the event, with Green MC Aimee Allison and political analyst Larry Bensky was aired Tuesday night, 1/15, at 7 pm (Pacific Time), on 94.1 FM in the Bay Area, and streamed for the world online at www.kpfa.org . You can download the podcast of that show at www.kpfa.org/greenparty2008 and see for yourself what the Green Party can look like, in the proper setting. Superb!
First round of photos can be seen at www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/13/18472234.php
Tian Harter’s photos and commentary now at http://tian.greens.org/GreenParty/PrimaryDebate08/index.html
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DEBATE VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE
FIRST 8 MIN SEGMENT – WELCOMING REMARKS
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FoQUbCQ_zxA
NEXT 25 MIN DEBATE SEGMENT – CANDIDATE OPENING STATEMENTS:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NNGtJ_0vTgk
PRESS QUESTION: IMMIGRATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z77RQ9IUdmg
PRESS QUESTION: TAX POLICY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clA7jjUQpHc
PRESS QUESTION: THE “SPOILER” QUESTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3hOiDDUZe8
PRESS QUESTION: IRAQ OCCUPATION AND WAR
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XrHPuGFLj0
PRESS QUESTION: PEAK OIL, FIRST ACT IN OFFICE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6j_M8DzDDk
GREEN ELECTED OFFICIALS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTXkMi6YOjw
AUDIENCE QUESTION: TERRORISM, BILL OF RIGHTS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6o_IuvWOJ8
AUDIENCE QUESTION: EDUCATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBVitUhPzo4
AUDIENCE QUESTION: ISRAEL/PALESTINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZxcYWsp2gM
AUDIENCE QUESTION: THE FARM BILL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUYsCIhQ9CA
AUDIENCE QUESTION: UNITING THE PROGRESSIVES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjS74WnkBek
CANDIDATE CLOSING STATEMENTS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bGP1uzi6cg
CANADIAN GREENS/ GLOBAL GREENS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1TBzu9Sxa8
RALPH NADER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh_Y_WOL2ew
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DEMOCRACY NOW’s headlines from Monday morning:
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/14/headlines#14
(we are expecting more segments during the week)
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Want to see what the mainstream press had to say?
Here is a surpisingly good clip from SF FOX affiliate KTVU’s 10 pm news last night:
http://www.ktvu.com/video/15040480/index.html
Here is the SF Chronicle’s standard mainstream approach to the Greens:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/14/MNMOUEQ25.DTL
Here is a hipper take from the Fog City Journal:
http://www.fogcityjournal.com/news_in_brief/es_crackberry_chronicles_080114.shtml
The SF Bay Guardian, San Francisco’s major alternative weekly, carried a short piece:
Third Party Watch, an online news blog, has a story with lots of comments:
http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/01/14/green-party-debate-2008-and-the-nader-factor/
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