JOHNSON, JESSE
Speech at GPUS National Meeting
Jesse Johnson
Jesse Johnson (Mountain Party, West Virginia) seeks 2008 Green presidential nomination. Speaking on plenary panel to delegates of 2007 annual national meeting of the Green Party of the United States. Reading, Pennsylvania. July 13th, 2007
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JESSE JOHNSON CAMPAIGN FORMALLY FILES WITH
FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION
Washington, 10 March 2008 - The Committee to
Elect Jesse Johnson formally filed with the FEC
today to officially establish Jesse Johnson as a
candidate for President of the United States from
the Green Party.
Johnson, up until recently the Chairman of the
Mountain Party, the Green Party affiliate in West
Virginia, delayed filing until this time as he
was engaged in securing the ballot line for the
Greens in that state. Lawmakers in West Virginia
threatened to unlawfully withhold the ballot line
due to the Mountain and Green Parties having
dissimilar names - a practice which was not
applied when considering, for example, the
Democrat-Farmer- Labor Party of Minnesota.
In accordance with the opinion as cited by the
Secretary of State, Johnson would have been the
only Green candidate able to run for President in
West Virginia, due to his status in the Mountain
Party. "In acting as he did, Jesse Johnson placed
his party before himself," said co-campaign
manager Joel Brown.
Jesse and his entire campaign staff are
enthusiastic to hit the campaign trail.
"Having fulfilled my promise to deliver our West
Virginia ballot line, I look forward to running a
vigorous and transformational campaign for
President with the Green Party emphasizing party
growth and expansion," Johnson, a seasoned
campaigner and candidate for Governor of West
Virginia in 2004 and U.S. Senator in 2006, said.
"Green values are the values of American
citizens. I intend to gain their votes by
defending our Constitution and our environment
passionately, protecting the jobs and families of
working-class Americans through sensible trade
and health care policies, and ending not only the
war in Iraq, but war as a means of foreign policy
as well as the unforgivable bedrock of our
economy."
More information on the Johnson campaign may be
found online at http://www.jesse08. org
Contact:
Joel Brown, 703 864 5199, joelbrown88@ yahoo.com
Steve Kramer, 240 426 3338,
scooter@the- exchange- us.com