posted July 13, 2008 01:36 PM            

McKinney, 53, will be joined on the ticket for the November election
by vice presidential candidate Rosa Clemente, a hip-hop artist and
activist.

McKinney received 313 out of 532 votes cast at the party's nominating
convention in Chicago, party spokesman Scott McLarty said.

In 2004, the Green Party drew 119,859 votes, or 0.1 percent of the
total, finishing in sixth place behind the two major parties and three
other third-party tickets.

The party's best performance came in 2000 when Ralph Nader headed the
ticket, and won 2.8 million votes, or 2.7 percent of the total. Some
political analysts say Nader, a political and consumer activist, may
have drawn votes from Democrat Al Gore and helped tip the election to
Republican George W. Bush. Nader is running for president again this
year as an independent.

McKinney served six terms in Congress and lost her 2006 bid for
re-election. She was the first black woman to represent Georgia in the
U.S. House of Representatives.

Another former House member from Georgia, Bob Barr, who served as a
Republican, is running as the Libertarian Party candidate for
president. The major-party candidates are Democrat Barack Obama and
Republican John McCain.

The U.S. Green Party says it is a partner with the European Federation
of Green Parties and the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas.

"Green parties are the first parties to recognize that our role in the
world is stewardship of Earth's natural resources rather than
domination and unrestrained consumption of the goods of the Earth,"
the party said in its proposed platform for the 2008 election.

(Reporting by Julie Steenhuysen; Editing by Peter Cooney) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080712/pl_nm/usa_politics_green_dc;_ylt=AhRctxRHYNhke5L3UNqlF.psnwcF

hmmmmmmmm

The Green Party has named a woman as a presidential pick. Seeing that
another woman is running for president, I wonder how many women will
vote for her based on being a woman. I also wonder if there will be
significant ethnic divide in voting for a black woman for president.
It makes me think of Shirley Chischolm who was also a black woman who
ran for president.

any ways...if liberals..especially female liberals aren't pleased with
Obama, they can vote for McKinney instead.

She has Sun in Pisces like Ralph Nader. Sun trine Jupiter-Uranus seems
progressive,activist....especially when she has Mercury in Aquarius.
Her father was a civil rights activist. She has Jupiter parallel
Uranus which adds to the progressiveness of her Jupiter conjunct
Uranus....a Jupiter-Uranus occultation. Her Saturn trines
Jupiter-Uranus which indicates that she can keep her progressiveness
in check. She can moderate her progressive nature so can be pragmatic.
She actually has Sun in Pisces,Jupiter-Uranus in Cancer,Saturn in
Scorpio grand trine in water indicates a gift of not only
sensitivity,empathy but a gift to blend
idealism,progressiveness,liberalism,conservativism,pragmatism,and
reserve so that they work well together. She can be a moderate
politican if she wanted to. Her Mercury Aquarius trine Neptune seems
to be an inspiring communicator as well as highly idealistic mind. Her
Moon in Capricorn seems practical,ambitious,and no-nonsense and she
Mars in Taurus that can act very steady,reliable,and practical.. but
its square Venus,and so it conflicts with her idealistic,progressive
side. Venus square Mars can be very passionate and she has Venus
contraparallel Mars too....so she has Venus-Mars bilevel. She can be
quite be quite the activist with Venus in Aquarius
squaring/contraparallel Mars as well as the Sun trine Jupiter-Uranus.
She has Venus square/parallel Saturn which can offset that so she can
be practical,security-oriented,ambitious adding to her Moon in
Capricorn. Mercury oppose Pluto indicates her penetrating mind but
there can be some issues with trusting others....communications can be
subtle and manipulation can be involved. Her Saturn square Pluto could
indicate potential power struggles which turn out badly for
her....limited power. She has Jupiter parallel Pluto,and so there
could be powerful expansion. Obama has Jupiter parallel Pluto too.

I don't believe that she will be elected president, but she could get
some respect as a presidential candidate.

Election Day's Mars conjunct her Saturn,trines her Jupiter-Uranus,and
trines her Sun for a Grand Trine.
Election Day's Saturn sextiles her Jupiter and Saturn for a Minor
Grand Trine.
Election Day's Jupiter is opposing and contraparalleling her
Jupiter(Jupiter-Jupiter occultation), and to me, that indicates that
she will be having a lot of optimism and it can be a time for
expansion but I can also see that she could suffer from judgments from
others.

can't see much else without a birthtime.

overall, I believe that her running for president could benefit her by
giving her more recognition and respect....especially by women
including especially the ones that do want a woman president.

Raymond Andrews

posted July 16, 2008 07:52 PM            

Cynthia McKinney is just "green" enough for my taste.
But then again I'm one who is still smarting from the fiasco with Ms. Clinton.

I feel like a complete Cassandra where Obama is concerned and even though I've tried I can not support him.

I do respect John McCain as a Man.
Surviving the Hanoi Hilton rates high in my book of Patriots but I can not change my (political) stripes/spots.

Prior to McKinney entering the race, it was my intention to not vote for a Presidential Candidate or vote for none of the above. I'm still not sure where I stand but now I feel like I have an option.

Here is my question(s), how will McKinney's name on the ballot effect the election?

Will/Can she carry the disappointed women vote?

Will this put the pressure on Obama to ask Ms Clinton to be his running mate?
(is that the strategy here?)

Has Hillary done anything with her Super Delegates yet?

I don't expect her (McKinney) to win, but I do expect her to throw a monkey wrench into the race.

posted July 16, 2008 11:56 PM            

OK, I promised myself I wouldn't laugh.

I wouldn't give up on Hillary just yet. Hillary hasn't released her delegates and Super Delegates can vote for whom ever they wish..right up until they actually cast their ballots.

O'Bomber's poll numbers are coming down and it's about a dead heat race at this point with McCain. O'Bomber should be miles ahead...if the dems are to be believed about the hopelessness of Republican chances in November.

I don't think McKinney will pull 1% of the vote nor do I think she will be a factor in the election.

She doesn't come close to fitting the Hillary profile so I doubt many Hillary supporters will vote for her.

I also doubt O'Bomber will put Hillary in the VP slot...unless he's under extreme duress. Bill and Hill are a pair and the last thing O'Bomber wants is Bill anywhere around the White House.

By the time of the Democrat Convention, O'Bomber will be doing better...had better be doing better or Super Delegates may desert and nominate Hillary. As it is now, O'Bomber is proving that everything Hillary, Bill and others have said about him are true. He's not qualified, not seasoned and his mouth and lack of knowledge about domestic and foreign policy are getting him into real political trouble.

Just curious but McKinney is not known for being especially green...so why would you consider her?

Ralph Nader is running as an Independent and he's so green he has chlorophyll ozing out of every pore.

posted July 17, 2008 09:33 AM            

I would have left that part out.

posted July 17, 2008 10:08 AM            

Gee, I thought this was a pretty good line and it didn't even produce a chuckle.