From jvwalshmd at gmail.com  Sun May  4 09:37:30 2008
From: jvwalshmd at gmail.com (John Walsh)
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 09:37:30 -0400
Subject: [NC-Discuss] Farewell.
Message-ID: <28a2ed330805040637j4171ac64jbec4777748d4d664@mail.gmail.com>

FYI: A copy of a letter to the MA Greens, the Green Rainbow Party, GRP.

From: John Walsh <jvwalshmd at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, May 3, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Subject: Farewell for the moment.
To: "M.K. Merelice" , Nathanael Fortune


Dear Co-chairs,
In order to serve as an elector for Nader/Gonzalez, I changed my
registration from GRP to Unenrolled on Thursday.

I hope that the GRP will be part of a new poltical party and movement that
emerges from this year's campaign.  And I hope to re-enroll in the GRP next
year.  But as far as the GPUS goes, I feel it is all over.  It is just too
dysfunctional.  About a year ago, I argued with Joshua Frank in a public
exchange that he was being too hard on the GPUS and that we had to work with
it.  Boy, was I wrong.  I had to learn the hard way through my own
experience.

I must say that I feel a little alienated after 2006 when we worked hard to
get back on the ballot - and now we shall have to do it over again for
Ralph.  Alienated because Ralph was manipulated out of  contention at the
national level when he is a very valuable asset and this year will certainly
be his last hurrah.

And I feel a bit frightened since the US is now beginning to talk of "small"
nuclear weapons.  And it must.  How else can the empire confront and control
the Arab world, the African world, much of South America and China??  The
empire must use its technological superiority or give up its status as
"owner of the planet."  And when it comes to that, I am with the very
eloquent Jeremiah Wright - the US government is capable of anything.

Finally, if anyone is interested in working on Ralph's campaign, let me
know.

Best,
john walsh