The Green Party has put together a forum for those seeking the Presidential nomination from the party.
The following candidate are in attendance:
Jared Ball: DC based activist and hip-hop DJ. No campaign website yet.
Sheila Bilyeu: No campaign; website yet.
Dan Imperato: Florida based activist with a campaign focused on wasteful military spending. Website lists him as a Libertarian.
Michael Jingozian: Internet-based entrepreneur attempting to run a united
3rd party campaign. Filed with the FEC as a Libertarian, but is seeking the GPUS nomination.
Jesse Johnson: Based in West Virginia. No campaign website yet.
Curry: This woman's name is unintelligible and I can't make out how to spell it. So I'm just going to call her "Curry". I swear to God, it must have 15 syllables.
Kent Mesplay: 2004 Presidential Candidate (Not Nominated) Based in California.
Gail Parker: Virginia based activist and veteran. Previously a candidate for “Green-Independent” party, not the GPUS-affiliated party in VA.
Joe Schriner: Former journalist and independent presidential candidate in
both 2000 and 2004.
Kat Swift: Young, TX based Green Party activist.
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06:11 PM EST - Each candidate is giving a short speech.
06:18 PM EST - I like "Curry's" speech. She's kinda hyper, but she's also intelligent and and a talented speaker. She keeps saying "we" Greens. She wants to run as "Vice President".
06:25 PM EST - I'm feeling bad that I'm not doing a better job keeping up with every candidate and summarizing well.
06:26 PM EST - Joe Shriner says he's running because he's a normal midwesterner.He wants to turn the front lawn of the Whitehouse into a permaculture garden. :) (That's not his whole platform, but it was rather funny.)
06:31 PM EST - Kat Swift says she's 34 and is sick of the progressive movement being stuck. She says a big-name candidate is not the most important quality - and she's has success because she knows how to organize.
06:34 PM EST - Q&A starts
06:35 PM EST - To the question will you build the party, and will you accept all the Green Party guidelines.
06:37 PM EST - I'm realizing this time-bulleted blogging isn't working for me in the context of a forum. For workshops, I enjoy it - but this is distracting.
Ms. Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry Green Party United State (GPUS) Vice Presidential Candidate 2008
"Some men see things as they are and say, Why? I dream of things that never were, and say, Why not?"