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July 16, 2012

Green Party Nominates Physician, Activist Jill Stein 
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In Baltimore, the Green Party wrapped up its convention with the
nomination of its presidential candidate, the physician and activist
Jill Stein, and her running mate, the anti-poverty activist Cheri
Honkala. Stein called her ticket a viable third-party challenge to
corporate-beholden Republicans and Democrats.

Jill Stein: "I strongly agree that grassroots democracy grows from the
local community up, but at the same time, we have a state of emergency I
think at the national level. And to silence the only hope of an
opposition voice in this election when so much is at stake, I think
would be a terrible loss for the American people. There's no reason why
Americans should have to walk into the voting booth in November and have
only, effectively, two Wall Street-sponsored choices."

 

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