14January2008

Green Party Presidential Debate

By Aimee Allison under Politics

I had the honor of being mistress of ceremonies for the national 2008 Green Party Presidential Debate on Sunday, January 13th.  The event included San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkirimi, Richmond Mayor Gayle MacLaughlin, Congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan, and SF School Board President Mark Sanchez.  Candidates include former Congressmember Cynthia McKinney and Professor Jared Ball.  Check out the YouTube videos or listen to the KPFA rebroadcast tomorrow night from 7-10pm at 94.1 FM or kpfa.org.  Matt Gonzales and I will be hosting an hour of call-ins from 9-10 so don’t leave us hanging.  Call us and tell us what you think about the debate, the candidates, the Green Party and the future of our country. 

Below, I’m reposting the Alameda County Green report of the proceedings and links to the coverage.  I love the fact that YouTube videos were up right after the event was over!

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 will be shown in part on Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now this coming week.  Thanks to Mike Feinstein’s crew, it will soon (in one or two days) be available in documentary format on YouTube.  And KPFA radio’s full 3-hour taping of the event, with Green MC Aimee Allison and political analyst Larry Bensky will air Tuesday night, 7 pm (Pacific Time), on 94.1 FM in the Bay Area, and live streaming for the world online at http://www.kpfa.org/ .  Listen in 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

We hope to have a full audio track available on this site by Tuesday, for those who want a downloadable file for rebroadcast.  Stay tuned… we are just getting started!

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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  

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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  

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