State Green Party Press Release

Pennsylvania Green Party

Fisher Desperate, Goes After Morrill for Speaking the Truth

Morrill for Governor
P.O. Box 7571
Reading, PA 19601
570- 372-0503
http://www.michaelmorrill.org

NEWS RELEASE

October 15, 2002,
Contact: Eric Prindle 570-372-0503

Fisher desperate, goes after Morrill for speaking the truth

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Fisher, lagging far behind in the polls, today turned his negative campaign tactics toward Green candidate Michael Morrill, saying he should be excluded from future gubernatorial debates because he admitted at Monday's debate in Wilkes-Barre that Democratic candidate Ed Rendell is going to win.

Morrill's response was quick and simple. "If inclusion in the debates is going to be based on who has a chance of winning, they should just put Rendell up there and have him debate himself," Morrill said. "Mike Fisher is not going to be the next governor of Pennsylvania, and everybody knows it."

Morrill reiterated his position that money is the prime determinant in electoral victory in the U.S. "The obscene amounts of money being spent on this race have already chosen the winner. Rendell is up by 18 points or more and has a huge fundraising advantage. It would take a Toricelli-like scandal to change the outcome.

Morrill said Fisher is desperate because his campaign is an all-or-nothing proposition. "If Fisher loses, which the polls all say he will by a landslide, he will have flushed tens of millions of dollars down the toilet for nothing," Morrill said. "The Green Party recognizes that we will not win the governor's mansion this year, so we are building for the future. Every vote we earn strengthens us so we can carry our message into winning races next year and onward."

"Our leaders should have integrity and a firm grasp on reality," continued Morrill. "If Fisher continues to proclaim he can win he is lacking one or both of those qualities."

Morrill spokesperson Eric Prindle said he is confident that Fisher's antics will not amount to anything. "I'm sure the debate sponsors won't be foolish enough to break their agreements to include us in the debates because one of our opponents tells them to," Prindle said. Prindle also pointed out that Fisher originally called for all debates to include all four candidates when he made his debate proposal in July.