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Greens Assert Their Role as the Election Alternative to Bush, as Sen. Kerry Retreats From Opposition on Major Issues.

Wednesday, June 2, 2004

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Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576, nallen@acadia.net
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, mclarty@greens.org

The 2004 debate over Iraq and other major issues is not Democrat versus Republican, but Green versus the war parties, say Greens.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green leaders charged that the national debate, especially over the war on Iraq, will not be between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry, and that Democrats have surrendered their position as opposition party to the Greens.

Green candidates competing for the party's presidential nomination, as well as independent candidate and possible Green endorsee Ralph Nader, are seeking the support of Americans who opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq and intend to persuade other voters that Bush, backed by Republicans and most Democrats, misled them into an unnecessary war.

"A vote for either Kerry or Bush is a vote for war," said Tony Affigne, co-chair of the International Committee of the Green Party of the United States.  "The debate over Iraq in the 2004 election is not Democrat versus Republican.  It's Green versus the war parties."

Greens noted other major election year issues on which President Bush and Sen. Kerry generally agree:

For further comparison of Green with Democratic and Republican positions, visit http://www.therealdifference.org/,
http://www.therealdifference.org/issues.html,
and
http://www.therealdifference.org/issues2.html
.


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