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Meet Our CandidatesCynthia McKinney was selected as the Green Party’s 2008 nominee for President and Rosa Clemente was selected as the Party's nominee for Vice President at the Green Party Nominating Convention in Chicago, July 10-13, 2008.
“I am asking you to vote your conscience, vote your dreams, vote your future, vote Green. We are in this to build a movement. A vote for the Green Party is a vote for the movement that will turn this country right-side-up again.” — Cynthia McKinney addressing the Green Party National Convention, Chicago 2008 “The Green Party is not an alternative, it is an imperative!”—Rosa Clemente, Chicago 2008 About Cynthia McKinneyCynthia McKinney, the Green Party’s 2008 nominee for President was described in the Nation magazine article announcing her nomination as, “Resolutely anti-war and anti-imperialist, firmly committed to defending individual liberties and determined to hold the outgoing president and vice president to account,“ and as “an ardent advocate for national health care, expanded education spending and energy policies that emphasize mass transportation and conservation rather than rewarding oil-company profiteering." During her 12 years as a Congresswoman from Georgia, Cynthia authored legislation to eliminate federal subsidies for corporations taking jobs abroad; institute a national livable wage; repeal the Military Tribunals Act; and eliminate the use of depleted uranium weapons. She introduced the first articles of impeachment against Bush, Cheney, and Rice. About Rosa ClementeRosa Clemente, the Green Party’s 2008 nominee for Vice President, is a community organizer, journalist and Hip-Hop activist. Born and raised in the South Bronx, Rosa is a graduate of the University of Albany and Cornell University, and is a well-known speaker. Rosa helped organize the first National Hip Hop Political Convention in
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