Green Party activist Peter Camejo dies at 67

[Nambe]

Source: The Associated Press

Peter Camejo, a Green Party leader who was a third-party candidate in three California gubernatorial elections before becoming Ralph Nader's running mate in the 2004 presidential race, has died. He was 67.

Nader says in a statement that Camejo, who had been battling lymphoma cancer, died Saturday at his home in Walnut Creek.

Camejo ran for the state's top office in 2002, 2003 and 2006, supporting abortion rights, universal health care and a moratorium on the death penalty. Before joining the Green Party, he also ran for president as the Socialist Workers Party nominee in 1976. ...

Read more: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/sep/13/green-party-activist-peter-camejo-dies-at-67/

[proud patriot]

1. May he rest is peace

.

[davidinalameda]

2. good man

shame he was wrong on so many issues

[roody]

4. I can't think of one he was wrong on.

[davidinalameda]

5. supporting Nader comes to mind

[nosmokes]

8. Nader is a candidate, not an issue.

And as a candidate he's far more more correct on the issues than not.

[NNadir]

10. Bullshit. He's a freak. When the war that he helped cause broke out

he was fucking complaining about NBA officiating while the rest of ass dragged are asses through the bitter cold protesting it.

He's a Repuke manufactured by CNN, and nothing more.

Everything he's done in his pathetic life has caused untold damage.

He has, in fact, been right about nothing.

[salguine]

11. You don't know what the fuck you're talking about.

Ralph Nader is a friend of mine. He's done more for this country—and for you, whether you know it or not—in his lifetime than you can possibly fathom. You would cry like a little bitch if you had to give up one tenth of what Ralph has sacrificed personally in the course of his life's work. That you would say anything like that only lays bare an ignorance so staggering in its scope as to defy belief.

You.

Don't.

Know.

SHIT.

[davidinalameda]

15. what has he sacrificed?

seems to me that he's made himself some money fighting for his causes

he's certainly not poor and living off beans

[samsingh]

27. sorry - everyone has a right to run - but we have to understand the result of our actions

running against Gore in 2000 allowed Bush to steal it. At that point, i can understand Nader wanting to make a point saying that neither political party was doing the best for the environment.

in 2002, 2004, 2006 and now - its pretty clear that the repugs are far worse than the Democrats would have been. With Gore in office, the environmental strategy would be better than it is today.

Why is Nader still running and sighoning more votes from Democrats than Repugs?

[roody]

12. Think of Nader every time you fasten your seatbelt.

[samsingh]

28. i respected and admired nader until 2002

when he again ran and siphoned votes from Democrats. The result is that the Repugs WIN the elections. Is that what we want?

[roody]

31. Bush did not WIN that election.

The Supreme Court installed Bush.

[NNadir]

38. How about I think of banning the car culture entirely. Nader didn't when he bought

that Ford stock just before trashing the Corvair.

Here's the interesting thing: The Corvair was a light car. The outgrowth of the automobile "safety" fetish - automobiles can never be safe - involved a bunch of stupid yuppies thinking they needed to drive a fucking heavy tank to be "safe."

The results of this safety can be found in the atmosphere in the form of 100's of billions of tons of dangerous fossil fuel waste.

While we're busy noting that Nader is a fuck, how about his stupid scientifically illiterate trashing of nuclear power.

Every fucking day, tens of thousands of people die on this planet because Nader and his worshippers were all too fucking stupid to open science books.

Heckuva job, Repukes, heckuva job.

[frylock]

19. the war that he helped cause broke out..

those were your precious fucking democrats who helped cause that war, sport. try and bring yourself up to speed lest you make yourself out to look like a goddamned idiot.

[NNadir]

37. No, cretin, it was the Repukes, Nader among them.

Basically you cretins bashed Gore who would not have gone into Iraq because you were busy elevating your 'puke owner, Bush by comparing him to Gore.

Then, when you had your fucking way because you're all unbelievably dishonest and uninformed, you fucking went on to focus your attention on the important things in life: Fluoride toothpaste and NBA officating.

Fuck off. The last six years rest on your head.

[frylock]

39. i didn't even vote for nader, but i can never pass up these pity parties..

so piss off, drama queen.

[davidinalameda]

14. actually by supporting a candidate, you support his issues

[roody]

9. That is not an issue.

[nosmokes]

7. I can't think of an issue he took a wrong stance on either. Dwickham? care

to enlighten us or id it simply because of the green party affiliation in Mr Camejo's CV you decide to call him "wrong on so many issues."

[mike_c]

17. couldn't you find some other thread to piss in....

Peter Camejo was one of the best examples of progressive liberalism in the U.S. Wrong on so many issues? Only if you've got something against REAL liberal politicians who don't apologize for speaking truth to power.

[Gillian]

3. A working person´s hero and a good speaker. Raygun hated him.

Camejo entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, involving himself in soccer and, increasingly, left-wing politics. Later he studied history at the University of California, Berkeley, where he won election to student council. His participation in a protest of the Vietnam War in 1967 led to his suspension from the University — for "using an unauthorized microphone." Then-governor Ronald Reagan deemed Camejo one of California's ten most dangerous citizens.

[NoPasaran]

6. I remember him from back in the late 70s

Back when we were both in the SWP. I drove him a time or two between Austin and San Antonio. Sorry to hear he's gone.

[Better Believe It]

13. RIP Brother Camejo: Camejo's Last Speech On Video Link

August 2, 2008 at the California Peace and Freedom Party convention.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x189293

[mike_c]

16. this is so sad-- RIP Peter Camejo....

:cry:

[Pastiche423]

18. Peaceful journey, Peter

:cry:

[frylock]

20. rest in peace

[Downtown Hound]

21. I met him once

He was a good man. American politics would be a much better place if there were more like him in it. I never did appreciate him choosing to run with Nader in 2004, but he was still a good man and will be missed.

[Better Believe It]

22. Peter Camejo dies - helped found Green Party

Peter Camejo dies - helped found Green Party
by Rachel Gordon, Chronicle Staff Writer
San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, September 14, 2008

Third-party political activist Peter Camejo, a perennial candidate for state and national office who helped pioneer the financial market niche of socially responsible investments, died Saturday. He was 68.

He helped found the California Green Party in 1991 and ran three times for governor of California. He also ran as independent Ralph Nader's vice presidential running mate in the 2004 presidential election in which President Bush won a second term. In 1976 he ran for president as the Socialist Workers Party candidate.

"Peter used his eloquence, sharp wit and barnstorming bravado to blaze a trail for 21st century third-party politics in the U.S.," Nader said in a prepared statement, which described Mr. Camejo as a "politically courageous champion of the downtrodden and mistreated of the entire Western Hemisphere."

Active in the Free Speech Movement and in protests against the Vietnam War as a student at UC Berkeley in the late 1960s, Mr. Camejo landed on then-Gov. Ronald Reagan's list of the 10 most dangerous people in California. School officials eventually expelled him, two quarters shy of a degree.

The spark of activism stayed with him as he became a leader in the movement to give voice to third-party candidates. He fought for universal health care, election reform, farmworker rights, living wage laws and against the death penalty and abortion restrictions.

Please read the entire article at:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/14/BAIQ12TMO3.DTL&type=politics

[Better Believe It]

23. Green Party activist Peter Camejo dies at 68

Green Party activist Peter Camejo dies at 68
By JUDY LIN
Associated Press

SACRAMENTO (AP) — Peter Camejo, a Green Party leader who was a third-party candidate in three California gubernatorial elections before becoming Ralph Nader's running mate in the 2004 presidential race, has died. He was 68.

"Peter was a friend, colleague and politically courageous champion of the downtrodden and mistreated of the entire Western Hemisphere," Nader wrote in a statement released Saturday. "Everyone who met Peter, talked to Peter, worked with Peter, or argued with Peter, will miss the passing of a great American."

Camejo, a first-generation Venezuelan-American, was also active against the Vietnam War and a vocal advocate for migrant worker rights. He marched in Selma, Ala. with Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nader said Camejo passed away a few days after completing his autobiography, which has a working title of "Northstar."


Please read the entire article at:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gLORoUTPQLKHzTS6MzVtsQSENpHAD9368FFO0

[Better Believe It]

24. California Green Party Statement

The following statement was issued on behalf of the Green Party of California by Mike Wyman, 2006 Green Party candidate for Attorney General:

"The Green Party of California is honored to have had Peter carry our standard in the recall and two gubernatorial elections, and to work with him as a national progressive candidate for the vice presidency with Ralph Nader. We join with the Camejo family in their grief and mourn for the passing of a truly unique and exemplary individual. He will be sorely missed by us all. Peter Camejo was a man of great passion and boundless compassion for the poor, uninsured workers and for immigrant workers in their struggle for justice and legalization. He became a leader in the environmental justice movement and helped organized communities of color around environmental issues that affected them directly."

Mr. Camejo was born in the U.S., and raised in Venezuela. He was on the 1960 Venezuelan Olympics team, and was a socially responsible investment planner.
Mr. Camejo is survived by his wife Morella, daughter Alexandra, son Victor, three brothers Antonio, Daniel and Danny and three grandchildren Andrew, Daniel and Oliver.

http://newsblaze.com/story/20080914052811zzzz.nb/topstory.html

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

25. Very sad news

RIP Mr. Camejo.

[JI7]

26. it's too bad he supported Republicans in his final years

but sad he died so soon.

[nosmokes]

32. WTF are you talking about? When did Camejo support the GOPosse?

Backup you BS claims w/ some reputable citations or is it your normal MO to slander the dead?

[JI7]

33. he supported recall of Davis in California

[nosmokes]

34. You said he "supported republicans" and as much as you may wish to spin

it asking for a recall vote is not the same thing. Davis wasn't popular w/ anyone by the time that recall came around. He didn't have enough substance on any issue to cast a shadow.

[LeftyMom]

36. Considering that he was the Green party candidate in the recall election, that's hardly

"supporting Republicans." :eyes:

[joeybee12]

29. He always believed in what he thought was right...

...he ran with Nader because he thought that was right. Gore should have won anyway (had he run a decent campaign), so I can't blame Peter. RIP.

[Renew Deal]

30. If he was currently VP, the race would be in turmoil right now.

Thankfully, that was never close to happening. Sad to hear nonetheless.

[Endangered Specie]

35. Dear Satan,

Wrong one! No Deal!

-Endangered Specie