DESTROYING THE GAINS OF 2000 IN 2004

DESTROYING THE GAINS OF 2000 IN 2004
(This is a reply to a post by Michael Bonanno on OpEdnews. Bonanno had compared people in the United States supporting John Kerry as the lesser evil to Bush with Germans in 1932 supporting Hindenburg as the lesser evil to Hitler.)

I'm glad that you point out that supporting the Democrats as the
lesser evil is comparable to the citizens of Germany electing
Hindenburg in 1932 as the lesser evil to Hitler. Ralph Nader was
indeed the progressive alternative to the Democrats and Republicans.
But "safe states" David Cobb with his stategy of only making a
serious attempt to campaign in states where there was no chance of
his throwing the election to the Republicans was merely a retread of
the liberal strategy of supporting the Democrats as the lesser evil.
His vice presidential running mate Pat LaMarche, is on record as
saying she wasn't even going to vote for herself unless the polls
predicted Kerry would win 70% of the vote in her state. Those Greens
who cave in under the pressure of the liberals hysterical accusations
that "You got Bush elected!" destroyed much of the progress towards
an independent third party achieved in 2000 and it is still an open
question whether their caving in will lead to the demise of the Green
Party.
Robert Halfhill Green Party member and Nader supporter

by rhalfhill (0 articles, 1 comments) on Thursday, January 4, 2007 at
1:03:52 AM