MISSION: To improve our security and to reform politics.
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Mesplay for
President I am a volunteer. Greens value security in that our issues tie into sustainability: Peace, Social Justice, Environmental Protection and Electoral Reform bring about both long-term and short-term stability. I am especially an advocate of Renewable Energy, particularly solar and wind, and my long-range goal is to support indigenous societies such as the rain-forest dwellers with whom I grew up in New Guinea and Native Americans. I volunteer to:
In grassroots campaigns people can be helpful without
donating a lot of time or money.
It all "adds up."
If you have skills that you would like to donate while
working to improve our physical security and our democracy through
this campaign I would appreciate your help. Although money is helpful (see "Donate" page), the point of
political activism is to organize for more effective
problem-solving. The way our government does business and
stifles competition and debate is part of the problem. Please contact me at campaign@mesplay.org. Better yet, contact people you know. It's not illegal (yet) to make a cardboard sign and put it in your yard or your window supporting an alternative party candidate. Help people register to vote. Become active in the Green Party at the local, state or national level. In addition to being a candidate I am a member of the San Diego Green Party County Council and a California Delegate (one of 42) to the Green National Committee. Right now, this is largely a "word-of-mouth-and-e-mail" campaign. One of my long-range goals is to help develop a fair, inclusive debate structure allowing multi-party access to broadcast debates to tone down the current system in which candidates essentially buy elections by buying media coverage. Help turn a "grass-roots" campaign into a "grass-fire" campaign by sending http://www.mesplay.org to everyone you know The following information for California is similar to trends, nationwide Q: How can you possibly help get me elected? A: If you are registered with any party or you are registered Decline-to-State, your vote really matters in the General Election. Look at the pie chart. Two out of three people who had registered were not inspired enough to vote in the June 6th, 2006 election in California (green sector). All the voting decisions were made by the one-third who voted (red sector). Bothering to vote can get someone like me elected. These figures are available on the Secretary of State web site (5,269,142 people voted out of 15,668,439 who were registered; http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/sov/2006_primary/p49sovallraces.pdf ).
Q: If I bothered to register and vote, what difference would it make? A: There are more of you who are not registered and who could be (i.e. you are "eligible" and over 6 million in number) than the number who made the not-so-supreme sacrifice and voted for one of the usual suspects. In fact, let's have another look at the sorry state of our political affairs by considering the entire 22,542,844 eligible voters in California. The blue piece of pie represents those who are so sick of politics that they aren't even registered.
Simply by helping people register you can decrease the blue sector and increase my chances. Voting for me just in terms of sheer protest that we don't have public debates can help me get elected. Incidentally, the percentages of Democrats, Republicans and "Other" ( "Other" being all "third" parties and those not registered in California) have the same graphic as above (30%, 24% and 46%, respectively). In other words, half the eligible population just says "no" to being either a Democrat or a Republican. Do you think negative campaigning has something to do with this? Should we not have elections unless a politician is about to be term-limited out since incumbents almost always win? Help change the system. Get the word out. Register Green to help me win the Primary elections and caucuses, nationwide. Although the Green party is not yet on every state party, this is not as important during the General Election in November, 2008, during which time party affiliation is not an issue and I would expect to get votes from Decline-to-States, Democrats, Libertarians, Moderate Republicans and, of course, Greens. Of course, the better I do in the primaries, the greater the public perception that I am an actual candidate and the greater the likelihood of me doing well in the November, 2008 race for prez.
Vote for Peace http://www.mesplay.org
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