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Article: Green Party hopeful campaigns in county
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- June 4, 2004
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BLOOMINGTON -- David Cobb, who's running for president of the
United States, is proud that the cowboy boots he wears while
campaigning are a bit worn.
"They've been in pastures and construction sites," said Cobb, a 41-
year-old Texas native who hopes to win the Green Party nomination for
president.
With worn boots and a slight Southern accent, Cobb on Thursday
brought his campaign to McLean County.
Though he realizes his chance of wearing those boots in the Oval
Office is slight, he said his campaign is all about the future of the
Green Party, which supports peace, racial and social justice and
attention to ecology.
"The goal of this campaign is to continue to grow the party," he
said.
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