Presidential candidate visits Utah
With all the excitement of the Republican National Celebration of Pregnant Alaskan Teens, you might have missed a historic presidential campaign milestone closer to home.The Green Party's candidate for president Cynthia McKinney, who says she is the first black woman candidate for president (her running mate is Puerto Rican-American Rosa Clemente) visited Utah's Capitol to put her name on the ballot.
We believe in our country, and we believe in the value of participating in the political process. We participate in politics because we want our values reflected in public policy. And to the extent that we can provide voters choice so that the voters can vote their values, then our system is much stronger, and our country is much stronger.Green activist blogger Dee Taylor is disgusted with the tiny amount of media attention given McKinney (newspaper and TV reporters ignored the press releases):
Meanwhile, the big headline news on the front page of Utah newspapers this week was - no, not Hurricane Gustav or the RNC (although they had their places on the front page), or the plight of our health care or education systems in the U.S., or the travesty of strip mining our mountains in the West - it was (drum roll please).....
Jessica Robinson from Sandy, Utah winning one million dollars on "Deal or No Deal".
Now THAT'S news worthy of a flashy front page spread!
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Ms. McKinney is not the first black woman candidate for President. It is widely believed that Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman candidate to run for the nomination of a major party for president when she ran in 1972. Ms. McKinney may be the first nominee of a major party to run, but she is not the first candidate.
Cynthia McKinney?
Is she still trying to make a career out of embarassing herself?
Is this becuase the Democrats won't even talk to her anymore?
She made some statements that put her squarely in the 9/11 Conspiracy Nutjob Camp.
Oh no! I missed it!
McKinney = joke.
"Republican National Celebration of Pregnant Alaskan Teens"
What does that even mean? Seriously, does the Trib actually pay you to write this crap.
Tribune's Bob Barr Blackout Watch: The Libertarian Party nominated Bob Barr as its presidential candidate 101 days ago, but the Salt Lake Tribune has yet to inform its print edition readers of his candidacy.
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