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Hawkins to urge vote on the real issues of the War, Health Care, and Global Warming
Whether or not Spencer said Clinton had plastic surgery is a distraction, Hawkins says |
News Advisory/Notice of Syracuse Press Conference
For Immediate Release: November 6, 2006
For More Information: Howie Hawkins, (315) 425-1019, howie@hawkinsforsenate.net
Date: Monday, November 6
Time: 11:00 am
Location: Green Party Office, 2617 S. Salina St., Syracuse
Subject: The real life and death issues of the Senate race: war, health care, global warming
Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for US Senate challenging Hillary Clinton, will hold a press conference on Monday, July 24th in Syracuse to discuss what he sees as “the real issues of the campaign – the war, the health insurance crisis, and global warming.”
“The majority of New Yorkers agree with me in opposing the war in Iraq, supporting single-payer health insurance for all, and supporting massive public investment in renewable energy instead of wars for oil. Clinton and Spencer oppose us on those policies. All the media buzz about whether or not Spencer said Clinton had plastic surgery has turned the campaign debate into a farce and distracts from the life and death issues of the war, health care, and global warming, “ Hawkins said.
Hawkins will also discuss the TV ads he is airing on Monday, as well as a last minute mailer from the Working Families Party that says Cindy Sheehan would vote on the Working Families line when in fact she has endorsed the Green Party candidates Howie Hawkins for US Senator and Malachy McCourt for Governor.
The only published poll to have included Hawkins, a Zogby poll released October 10, found him with 21 percent of the independent vote, which is over 5 percent of the overall vote based on party enrollment figures. If those numbers hold for Hawkins on election day, he will receive more votes than any independent progressive candidate for US Senate in New York has ever received. The previous high was 4 percent and 210,00 votes for W.E.B. DuBois in 1950 as the American Labor Party candidate.
Hawkins has been active in movements for peace, justice, the environment, and independent politics since the late 1960s. He is a co-founder of the national Green Party. A former Marine, he helped organize opposition to the Vietnam War and was co-founder of the anti-nuclear Clamshell Alliance in 1976. An active member of the Teamster's Union, he presently works unloading trucks and rail cars at UPS.
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 *Website by David Doonan, Labor Donated to Hawkins for Senate Campaign* |
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