Thornton to Protest Exclusion from Statewide Gubernatorial Debates
Green Party of Connecticut
www.ctgreens.org
Thornton for Governor
www.votethornton.com
October 09, 20006
Released October 06
Contact:
campaign manager Ken Krayeske, 860-995-5842
Thornton Campaign to Protest Debates Green Gubernatorial Candidate calls for Demonstrations
HARTFORD -- The Thornton for Governor campaign will protest its
exclusion from the televised statewide debates with a mass demonstration
outside of the Garde Theatre in New London, starting at 6 p.m, Monday,
Oct. 9.
"The only way to address this grave injustice is to protest and
demonstrate, loudly and non-violently," Green Party gubernatorial
candidate Cliff Thornton said. "We want peace, so we will work through
peaceful means. While the two parties and their servants in the business
world have tried to silence our rights to free speech, they cannot obstruct our
right to peaceably assemble. So we plan to gather, and gather in the largest numbers the Connecticut Green Party has ever
seen."
Thornton has tickets for the debates, and will attempt to enter the
Garde Theatre with these tickets. The Thornton for Governor campaign will live blog <http://www.votethornton.com/blog/>
the debate from the home of a local New London supporter. There Green Party is forming
carpools to New London from Willimantic, New Haven and Hartford.
"We respect the institution of the debates," Thornton said, "but we need
to demonstrate to the two party system that we will not take this sitting down. The Republicans and the Democrats have lied and trampled
our rights to free speech."