Pinal County Greens Co-Chair Richard Grayson Announces He Is Now "Stand-In" Candidate for Roseanne Barr in Arizona Green Party Presidential Primary

APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz., Jan. 31 -

Pinal County Greens co-chair Richard Grayson today released this statement concerning his candidacy in the Arizona Green Party presidential preference primary on February 28:

I am now supporting Roseanne Barr for the Green Party nomination for President. I ask that any votes I get in the February 28 Green Party presidential preference primary be considered votes for Roseanne Barr and be apportioned to her when Arizona delegates to the Green Party convention in Baltimore this summer are apportioned.

I am now a “stand-in” candidate for Roseanne Barr. The use of “stand-in” candidates in American presidential primaries is an old tradition. For example, in 1964, to run in Democratic primaries against Gov. George Wallace of Alabama, President Lyndon Johnson used Wisconsin Gov. John W. Reynolds as his stand-in in the Wisconsin primary, Indiana Gov. Matthew Welsh in the Indiana primary, and Senator Daniel Brewster in the Maryland primary. (See Wikipedia.)

I am now being used by Roseanne Barr as her stand-in in the Arizona presidential preference primary on February 28. Votes for one funny Jew will be transferred to another, so I am more committed than ever to winning this election.

Pinal County Greens Urge Arizonans to Become "Green for a Day" to Vote in Feb. 28 Green Party Presidential Preference Primary

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 27 -

The Pinal County Greens today urged Arizonans to take part in its "Green for a Day" campaign so that more people can vote in the February 28 Green Party presidential primary.

"Remember the old TV show -- my favorite as a kid -- Queen for a Day?" asked Richard Grayson, Pinal County Greens co-chair and one of six candidates for the Green Party presidential nomination on the ballot.

"Now you can be Green for a Day! Register to vote as a Green to vote for me or any of the other totally unknown candidates in the Feb. 28 primary," said Grayson, who is attending the World Economic Forum in Davos.

"After the primary, you can go back to being normal."

Grayson noted this post by Dan Gibson at the Tucson Weekly :

A helpful reminder: if you want to vote in the Arizona Presidential Preference Election set to be held on February 28, you'll need to be registered to vote aligned with either the Republican or Green parties by midnight on January 30.

It's wildly simple to change your party affiliation (if that's the sort of thing you're interested in) or to register for the first time. As long as you have an Arizona driver's license or state issued identification card that was issued after October 1st, 1996, you can complete the process entirely online. Democracy awaits!

Pinal County Greens Co-Chair Richard Grayson: "If Gov. Jan Brewer Wags Her Finger at Me When I'm President, I'll Freaking Bite It Off"

DAVOS, Switzerland -

Reacting to Arizona Governor Jan Brewer's finger-wagging at President Obama at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Pinal County Greens co-chair Richard Grayson, one of six candidates for the Green Party presidential nomination on the February 28 Arizona presidential preference primary ballot, said, "If I'm president next year and Governor Brewer wags her finger at me, I'll freaking bite it off."

"That'll be the last finger she wags at anyone," added Grayson, attending the World Economic Forum and taking part in the Occupy demonstrations in Davos.

"Everyone here at Davos has been wonderful and we've been learning a great deal from others," said Grayson.

"There's no finger-wagging here in Switzerland. We've had great conversation with people from all over the world."

Pinal County Greens to Attend World Economic Forum in Davos

Apache Junction, Ariz., Jan. 23 -

Today the Pinal County Greens are sending representatives to Davos, Switzerland, to the World Economic Forum.

"We are looking forward to meeting everyone from the world's billionaires and central bankers to those we support in the Occupy WEF Movement, who will be building igloos for those of us in the 99%," said Richard Grayson, co-chair of the Pinal County Greens, as his connecting flight to New York left at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport. "We hope to bring back some good ideas and tasty chocolate."

The Pinal County Greens are members of the Arizona Green Party in Pinal County. Richard Grayson is on the ballot as a candidate for President in the February 28 Arizona Green Party presidential preference primary.

Pinal County Greens Co-Chair Richard Grayson Endorsed for President by Young Greens of Brooklyn

Apache Junction, Ariz., Jan 23 -

Richard Grayson, Pinal County Greens co-chair and candidate for President running in Arizona's February 28 Green Party presidential preference primary, today received the endorsement of Young Greens of Brooklyn.

"I am overwhelmingly grateful for this show of support for my campaign," said Grayson, a Brooklyn native. "With the help of Young Greens of Brooklyn and others, we will move forward rather than backward or sideways."

The Pinal County Greens are members of the Arizona Green Party in Brooklyn. The Young Greens of Brooklyn are chill bros.

Pinal County Greens Co-Chair Richard Grayson Hails South Carolina Primary Results as a Victory for the Afro-Punk Movement

Apache Junction, Ariz., Jan. 21 --

Green Party presidential candidate Richard Grayson, co-chair of the Pinal County Greens, tonight hailed the results of the South Carolina Republican primary as "a tremendous victory for the Afro-Punk movement."

Grayson, watching the primary results on a 13" black-and-white cathode-ray television in a trailer park in nothern Pinal County, told his supporter that Newt Gingrich's resounding defeat of Mitt Romney can be attributed to South Carolinians' historical support of the Afro-Punk movement going back a dozen years.

"I would like to congratulate the Carolina Afro-Punks on their capturing the hearts and minds of Palmetto State Republicans," Grayson said. "As a queer Muslim Afro-Punk from the Barrio and with Janelle Monáe as my candidate for Vice President on the Green Party ticket, we are going to remake America for alternative urban kids everywhere!"

The Pinal County Greens are members of the Arizona Green Party in Pinal County.

Richard Grayson is on the ballot in the February 28 Arizona Green Party presidential preference primary.

Pinal County Greens Co-Chair Richard Grayson Unveils Plan to Deport All Republicans

Apache Junction, Ariz., Jan. 20 -

Today's Tucson Weekly blog presented a proposal by Pinal County Greens Co-Chair Richard Grayson, a candidate in the February 28 Arizona Green Party presidential preference primary, to deport all Republicans:

Presidential Candidate Richard Grayson: Deport All Republicans—To the America They Really Love!

Posted by Jim Nintzel on Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:30 AM

Presidential candidate Richard Grayson, who is running as a Green in Arizona's Feb. 28 presidential primary, offers a new policy proposal: Deport all Republicans!

Here's Grayson's statement:

If by some fluke, I'm elected President, the first thing I will do is to take steps to make the United States great again by deporting all of those who've ruined our country, and the great state of Arizona, in recent years:

That's right, I plan to deport all Republicans.

I know what you're saying: "Richard, you're a liberal lawyer and a college professor who's taught constitutional history, not an ignorant asshole like Russell Pearce and the others who think that the Fourteenth Amendment's right to birthright citizenship can be taken away. How can you 'deport' American citizens? What country would you deport them to? And how could you do this without violating dozens of the Republicans' constitutional rights from due process to equal protection?"

I understand these concerns, of course. And though I would move as quickly as possible to deport all Republicans — it's not wise to keep vermin around your house any longer than necessary — I would not deport them to any foreign country.

Instead, I would launch a crash program, a kind of Manhattan Project, to get our most brilliant scientists to create a viable way to send people back into the past. Time travel will allow me to deport the Republicans to what is, indeed, American soil — but they'd be deported back to the eighteenth century!

And this, of course, would get around the problem of denying Republicans' constitutional rights. The GOP — soon to be G-O-N-E — would voluntarily self-deport to the 1700s.

After, all the fashion-challenged angry old white people of the Tea Party already love to gallivant around in colonial garb. They'd have a place where they could strut in their three-cornered hats and white leggings and not look ridiculously out of place.

In the eighteenth century, Republicans could live in an America where minorities did not have equal rights (African Americans were slaves; Native Americans were massacred), where abortion and homosexuality were, if they ever occurred, punishable by death; where there was no ACLU, no Planned Parenthood, no labor unions, no minimum wage, no "entitlements," no food stamps, no "safety net," no ethnic studies, no Lady Gaga, no hip-hop, and few if any vegans, hippies, hipsters, atheists, environmentalists, Darwinists or alternative weeklies.

Everyone would be better off. The Republicans would be much happier living in the past. In the 1700s they'd be up-to-date rather than throwbacks to a previous era, constantly trying to undo the New Deal and the science of the past two centuries. Instead of longing for a bygone America, they'd be living in a place they'd rather be: a bygone America.

(Of course, if they wanted to stay in Arizona, they'd be living under the Spanish empire, but hey, they probably would really love the Inquisition!)

And with all Republicans deported, the rest of us here in the United States could actually achieve some progress.

Twenty-first century America: Love it or leave it.

Hasta la vista, Republicans!

Pinal County Greens Attend Mesa Martin Luther King Jr. Day Festival

APACHE JUNCTION, Ariz., Jan. 16 -

The Pinal County Greens today attended the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Festival in Mesa. Here are photos and a brief report by Pinal County Greens co-chair Richard Grayson:
We were in downtown Mesa at the Mesa Arts Center on this cloudy, cool afternoon for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Festival,

a community celebration featuring music, dance, food, retail and organization booths, a youth area for kids and information on job opportunities, health, and outreach programs.

We had a terrific time watching the entertainment, checking out the various booths, and talking to people.





















We're old enough to remember the heyday of the civil rights movement. In our teenage years Martin Luther King Jr. was important to us,

so we're grateful we got to spend this Martin Luther King Jr. with everyone in downtown Mesa.