Gates explained that his reasons for seeking the Green Party nomination stem from a combination of both conservative and democratic values. “I’m allied with the Green Party because it has emerged as the party of genuine conservatism. As Greens, we’re committed to preserving those core values to which this nation is committed -- liberty, personal dignity, political equality, civil cohesion. We’re also the party of the real democrats because we aim to deepen democracy with a policy environment attuned to inclusion by addressing today’s obscene economic inequality. We’re also the genuine reform party because our compass is set by the requirements of posterity -- sensitive to commercial concerns but committed to reforms that advance human and environmental values. We propose to replace those leaders who would have us led by the fickle tastes of finance and by the notoriously unreliable values of Wall Street.”

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