Reply #16: Here we go again. [View All]

Nader didn't do squat the last two times he ran. The Greens are pretty much dead in the water. They can't get locals elected, they can't get nationals elected.

Nobody votes for them. That's life.

Contrast Greens with that schmuck Perot, who actually did make a ripple. And he didn't make that ripple being a "progressive."

Personally, I'd gladly join the Greens if I thought they had half a chance in hell of winning a school board election, but it just ain't happening.

This isn't some dream world where we can jump up and down about our "principles" and figure everyone's going along for the ride. The simple fact is that anyone who gets tarred with a leftwing label is a loser these days.

Yeah, you can point to Wellstone or Barney Frank, but they are exceptions to the rule. You're always gonna have a few.

I have no idea when this is going to change, but it hasn't changed yet, and I can't see why we should starve when we could have half a loaf. We've got thirteen months till the next Presidential election, and that's not enough time to educate the voting public. It is, however, more than enough time to come up with an alternative who can win this thing.