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Summary
REPUBLICAN RICK PERRY AND DEMOCRAT TONY SANCHEZ AREN'T THE ONLY CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS GOVERNOR... A LOOK AT THE GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE
Footage Information
Source | CONUS Archive |
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Record ID | 239716 |
Story Slug | Green - Governor |
Location | Austin, TX |
Format | PKG |
Date | 10/10/2002 |
Archive Time | 22:46 |
TRT | 2:37 |
Supers | Austin, TexasSaturdayRahul Mahajan, Green Party Candidate forGovernorJim Swift, Reporting |
Video Description | NATS AT MARCH, PEOPLE AT GATHERING, MAN CARRYING BUSH COSTUME, MAHAJAN SOT, MAHAJAN AT PROTEST, PEOPLE MARCHING DOWN STREET, PROTEST SIGNS, MAHAJAN SOT, NATS OF PROTEST, PEOPLE CLAPPING, MAHAJAN'S FACE, PEOPLE CLAPPING, MAHAJAN SOT, PEOPLE MARCHING DOWN STREET, FOOTBALL GAME, PEOPLE ON FIELD, MAHAJAN SOT, MAHAJAN SHAKING HANDS, |
Description | REPUBLICAN RICK PERRY AND DEMOCRAT TONY SANCHEZ AREN'T THE ONLY CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS GOVERNOR... A LOOK AT THE GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE |
Script | (LEAD-IN)MOST EVERYONE IN TEXAS KNOWS THE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR THERE.BUT, THERE'S ALSO A CANDIDATE FOR THE GREEN PARTY IN THE RACE.HE HAS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN MATH FROM CAL-TECH AND A P-H-D IN PHYSICS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS.AND, AS JIM SWIFT SHOWS US, HE'S ALSO COMBING TEXAS STATE POLITICS WITH A POSSIBLE WAR ON IRAQ.(TAKE PKG)(NATS- 'This global threat, this immense threat to world peace, to global stability, to justice, to democracy, that is posed by the one man who is now most hated and feared around the world.')IF YOU THINK HE'S ABOUT TO SAY SADDAM HUSSEIN, YOU DON'T KNOW RAHUL MAHAJAN.(NATS 'George W. Bush')AS THE GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR, MAHAJAN NEVER SHIES AWAY FROM SPEAKING HIS MIND, THOUGH HE ADMITS MANY OF HIS IDEAS ARE RADICAL.(STANDUP- 'Stripping corporations of the right to participate in the political process, repealing the death penalty, institing a state income tax. Can the abolition of high school football be far behind?')(NATS- 'The Green Party has nothing against high school football and neither do I.')IT CAN ALSO BE ARGUED THAT MAHAJAN IS BENEFITING FROM SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH AND THE RESULTING WAR ON TERRORISM.(NATS- 'No blood for oil!')BY HITCHING HIS GUBERNATORIAL CAMPAIGN TO A STILL SMALL, BUT FERVENT ANTI-WAR EFFORT.(SOT- MAHAJAN 'As a representative for the Green Party, I'm often called on to talk about the war when I travel around the state. I accuse the Democratic leadership of once again fulfilling its historic role in selling out popular opposition and popular mobilization.')THE GREENS ARE OFTEN ACCUSED OF UNDERMINING THE DEMOCRATS, THUS BRINGING ABOUT THE VERY REPUBLICAN VICTORIES THEY LOATH.BUT, MAHAJAN THINKS BOTH MAJOR PARTIES ARE EQUALLY BEHOLDEN TO CORPORATE INTERESTS AND HE MAKES NO APOLOGIES.(SOT- MAHAJAN 'We intend to grow so fast that instead of being asked 'Why are you running, aren't you going to spoil the race for the Democrats?' people are going to say to the Democrats 'Why are you trying to spoil the race for the Greens'.STILL, IT DID NOT ESCAPE MAHAJAN'S NOTICE THAT AT THE SAME TIME TWO-THOUSAND ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATORS WERE MARCHING IN THE STREETS OF AUSTIN, FIFTEEN BLOCKS AWAY 85-THOUSAND WERE TAKING IN A FOOTBALL GAME.(SOT-MAHAJAN 'The war in Iraq, we're being driven to it without even the pretense of consultation with the American people. That's far more important than a football game and I'm not afraid to say so, even in the heart of Texas.')(NATS- 'No more blood for oil!')THIS IS JIM SWIFT REPORTING.RECAP |
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