John Gray “announced Monday he’ll seek the Green Party nomination to challenge Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark.,” the Morning News of Northwest Arkansas reports.
"Do I think I can really win? Not against $5 million. That’s just realism talking," Gray said. "What this really is is a bully pulpit to get some ideas out there. I know I’m the guy sitting on the horse with a pot on his head, but it’s important that we start talking about some of these issues that aren’t really out there right now."
Gray, 66, worked with the Atomic Energy Commission before becoming an anti-nuclear activist. He also spent more than a decade in quality control with several auto manufacturers, helping set up plants in Mexico. Now, he wants the United States to withdraw from the World Trade Organization and the North American Free Trade Agreement, and bring jobs back to the U.S.
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Good for John Gray and the Green Party. Offering Americans and Arkansans more options to choose from in setting their future is the American way. Especially right now with so many politicians choosing the party first, special inerests second and the people last. I think people like John and Trevor Drown the independent candidate from Russellville are brave men for stepping up and daring to make a difference
I like that we have so many other options in Arkansas. We are a populist state with 95 percent of us registered as independent voters that don’t vote party lines. We vote the person and the issue. The Green movement is a viable entity in this state. We showed that over the last few years. And how neat is that we have a Green Party and a Green Beret running for office.
Should be a Green Year!