From : Aaron Dixon <aarondixon1@...>
To: "'The Friends And Foe of Aaron Dixon'" <aarondixon1@...>
Subject: Thank you, PI article, Saturday Celebration
Date: Thu, Oct 19, 2006 11:04 AM

Dear Friends:

Thank you for all the emails and phone calls concerning my arrest on
Tuesday. My family, the campaign team, and I are all fine.



I am including below a piece by Seattle PI columnist Robert Jamieson.
After hearing about my arrest, he offered to come over and watch the
debate with Farah and I, and listen to my stand on the issues. I
appreciate this gesture tremendously. I see it as exemplary of how
media should and could use its power to represent the community that
it serves - rather than to limit, exclude, and shut out.



I would also like to invite all of you to "Our End of Tour
Celebration" coming up this Saturday at Doc Maynard's. I hope you are
able to join us. These last few weeks of the campaign are crucial and
we need your support. The information is below.



You can also visit www.dixon4senate.com for current information.



All Power to the People.



Aaron Dixon



From the Desk of

Aaron Dixon for U.S. Senate



Send your endorsements to:

P.O. Box 30046

Seattle, WA 98113-0046



Vote for Aaron Dixon on November 7th!

Register to Vote at

www.dixon4senate.com







Saturday, October 21, 2006 7:00p
OUT OF WAR! RALLY AT DOC MAYNARD'S

601 1st Avenue in Pioneer Square
Hear Aaron and others speak, meet Campaign volunteers, and get
involved in the final push before the Election!

Featured Speakers: Aaron Dixon, Chanan Suarez (decorated antiwar Iraq
War veteran), Nina LaBoy, Amy Hagopian. Performances by: dRED-i, New
World Breaks, and Special Guests.

Free admission, $10 donation requested.







Thursday, October 19, 2006

Politics as usual is exactly the problem

By ROBERT L. JAMIESON Jr.


P-I COLUMNIST

Officially, it was the big Senate debate.

Unofficially, the television show could have been titled, "Which Rich
Person Wants to Go to Washington?"

The powdered faces of incumbent Maria Cantwell, GOP challenger Mike
McGavick and long shot Libertarian Bruce Guthrie formed the cast of
millionaire Senate hopefuls.

As Tuesday's broadcast filled television sets, at one home, on
Seattle's Beacon Hill, the telling image wasn't of the three
candidates.

It was of a lonely man watching from his couch, his reflection
bouncing off the faces of the candidates on the screen.

This man had plenty to say about politics -- just no bright lights
beamed at him, no forum in which to say it.

Aaron Dixon, the Green Party's candidate for Senate, was on the
outside, looking in.

"What's she smoking?" Dixon, 57, snapped at the screen. He was
referring to Cantwell, who mentioned that Iraq's government must take
responsibility for security.

"What she is asking for will never happen -- that Iraqi troops will
be able to secure the country," Dixon said. "They haven't been able
to do it yet."

Farah Nousheen, his wife, walked over and sat next to him. Close by
were baby toys and a Happy Cabana playpen for the couple's newborn.

Dixon's running commentary offered an unofficial soundtrack to a
debate that without strong rebuttals ended up being a real snoozer.

The talk could have used a dash of Green. Dixon failed to raise more
than $1 million -- his campaign war chest is around $60,000, he says.
That, along with Dixon having no previous Senate history, were among
the reasons he was disqualified from the televised chat.

When the debate touched on North Korea and nukes, Dixon sighed. "If
the U.S. were really concerned about nuclear proliferation, we would
begin reducing our stockpile of nuclear weapons and Israel's," Dixon
said. "We have to lead by example."

Talk turned to Social Security. Dixon said the system should be left
alone. It's better, he said, to get the national deficit under
control so that money will be around for people in the future.

On abortion, Dixon said Roe v. Wade should stand, leaving women with
the freedom to choose.

He edged closer to the TV screen when immigration came up. "Our
immigration problem can be solved by creating a more-just foreign
policy," Dixon turned to tell me. "We need a trade agreement that
works for the benefit of Third World and developing countries, so
that their economies are stable."

The problem now?

"It's a policy of American corporate interests," he said. "It's led
to the exploitation of nations in the developing world. You can build
all the walls you want but as long as this foreign policy remains the
same, it is not going to stop the flow of immigrants coming here for
money."

His eyes widened when McGavick touted his success as Safeco CEO,
citing it as a qualification to be senator. Dixon and his wife looked
at each other. They cracked up: Do we really want the country to be
run like a giant insurance corporation?

"He's a slick politician, or he wants to be," Dixon said of
McGavick. "He says a lot of things that are just irresponsible."

Like calling for testing welfare mothers for drugs.

"I say we test congressmen and senators and corporate executives for
drugs," Dixon quipped.

During the debate, Cantwell ducked on whether marijuana, a drug with
proven medical benefits, should be legalized. "She wasn't brave
enough to take that stand even though that's the stand that's right
to take. It is a humanitarian stand," Dixon said.

Most of Dixon's thoughts were offered in a measured, professorial
tone that jousts with the expected image of an ex-Black Panther.

Dixon on a gay marriage ban: "Heck no, people should have a right to
marry who they want."

On Iraq: "I don't think soldiers should sacrifice for an illegal war
that may have led to the death of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis."

On futility? He paused.

Is he fighting a futile battle, I asked?

He can't even get into the debate. He's a Green and that means fringe
status.

And earlier Tuesday, Dixon was arrested for peacefully trying to
enter the studio where the Senate debate was being taped. He says a
police officer twisted his right hand.

"Futility?" he repeated softly, tugging on the bandage wrapping his
hand.

"I didn't run because I thought I would win. I wanted to bring
attention to the need for a multiparty system. People are tired and
fed up because the Democrats and the Republicans are not paying
attention to the people. I want to bring a different voice to the
political arena."

This brother outsider, this self-proclaimed man of the people, is
trying to be a voice that matters.

Is anybody listening?

P-I columnist Robert L. Jamieson Jr. can be reached at 206-448-8125
or robertjamieson@....


My family (The Dixons), the campaign team, and I are all fine...