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January 30, 2008 at 13:34:36
Progressive Failures in the Democratic Party Benefit Greens by Kevin Gosztola Page 1 of 3 page(s) |
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Dennis Kucinich’s failure to gain a significant percentage of votes in the Democratic primaries and his failure to combat media exclusion was a good thing for the Green Party. Witness the comments that came from supporters who were thinking about what to do now that the most prominent voice of discourse in the Democratic Party has called it quits to save his seat in Congress. On the Kucinich Action Forum there was much anger: “I will still vote for Dennis here in AZ, but after that is done, I will be withdrawing from the Democratic Party. They do not represent me anymore. Ironically THEY are REPUGnant.
I'll probably register Indpedendent until such time something better comes along, if and when it does.” –ArtistfromMars
“let's NEVER FORGET what they [Democratic Party] did to us THIS TIME AROUND” –stephen
If Dennis is still on the ballot here in NY, I'll vote for him. Election- I'm done with the Democrats, guess I'll go Green –vinnycolletti
I will also be withdrawing from the Democratic party. They have betrayed us. DINOS (Democrats in Name Only!). Like the Who says: "I won't get fooled AGAIN!" –AnitaStewart
On OpEdNews.com:
After Kucinich--Green Party is the Only Alternative
Kucinich was the only serious candidate of ideas in the Dem-Repub race. Now, we need to bolster the Green Party candidates, all of whom share a platform most like Kucinich's. Don't waste good votes on Obama, Clinton, Edwards, Drooliani, Huckster, Dumbney, or McInsan. –bassclef
Greener pastures with McKinney: After donating to Kucinich's campaign and seeing what the Democrats have done to Dennis, this supporter in California will be voting for Cynthia McKinney in the Green Party primary. -GregoryW
In fact from Greens:
(Come Home to the Green Party) Articles like this one make a great point. I feel somewhat like this now that Dennis Kucinich is no longer in the race. Fortunately, we do have a choice. The Green Party has been working at the grassroots level since the 1980s to build a real alternative. We've elected candidates at local and state level across the country. As an indication of our burgeoning support, Arkansas will hold a Green Presidential Primary Election for the first time in February of this year.
Take a look at the Greens' website (www.gpus.org). If you don't like everything you see, chances are you're not alone. But, do you like everything about the Democrats? Do you agree with Senator Edwards on everything? With the Greens, you have the opportunity to get involved and influence the outcome, secure in the knowledge that we will at least have a real and substantive discussion and debate.
To me, the essence of Green politics is (1) we see that all the issues are connected, and (2) that solving our problems requires ecological design where one solution addresses more than one problem. Politicians debate the issues, but Greens solve problems. -JohnWages
Consider McKinney: And after the Dems pick Hillary we will need to have a voice in the 2008 national elections. Cynthia McKinney is running for the Green Party presidential nomination. She would pick up where Kucinich left off. -bruceg
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Democrats and Greens
I have been a Green supporter in past elections. This year I supported Kucinich. Due to the fact that the electorate only recognizes 2 parties. Dennis Kucinich was the candidate that stood the greatest chance of becoming elected. Where are all the Progressives when you need them?!! None of the major progressive institutions stood for Dennis. The best they could do was Edwards, who co-wrote the Patriot Act. Or Barak Obama, Handsome, Articulate, Great suites. Wants to increase the Pentagon budget. We are running out of time on this precious planet and the candidate who has the most progressive stance inside the Democratic party gets ignored not just by the main stream media but, by almost all of the progressive movement. We need to be flexible if we are to make the changes that we want. I can't help but feel this was the best oppurtunity we had and we blew it, because what would we do without our struggle? The struggle that our collective and individual egos identify with. What would happen if we actually got a progressive leader? Cornell West came out for Obama and West says about Obama that he doesn't go far enough with his social policies and that we will have to work on him and bring him along a more progressive route. Mean while Kucinich was already there. Over and over I heard these kinds of rationales concerning Kucinich. There's no bringing these corporate candidates along. Kucinich didn't accept corporate money for his campaign. He is beholden to us the American citizen. I believe that Dennis will run again for president in 2012. We have 4 years to keep talking about his ideas. Grassroots, word of mouth, on the ground organizing. Continue to follow his Congressional office by going to Integritynow.org and support his congressional race. Because he caught too much of the attention of the corporate elite; they are trying to run him out of politics all together. We Need Kucinich In Congress!!! by Laurie Lyon (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 5 comments) on Thursday, Jan 31, 2008 at 6:47:40 AM
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Running all out?
Green Party US always ran all out, always will. 2004, Nader listened to the rumor mongers, this made for neither running well. His new exploratory page doesn't have the word green anywhere on it. Vote Cynthia McKinney, she's all out, Green, and done been running. by monte letourneau (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 5 comments) on Thursday, Jan 31, 2008 at 8:29:37 AM
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upset
I think McKinney is the strongest voice for change. I am upset at the other parties to talk about issues that dont matter to me. McKinney has voiced the same problems that I feel. Over the past few years my distrust for the democratic and republican parties grows even more. They continue to breed hate and lies disguised by money and greed. Corporate donors from militray war machine continue to flow to the candidates obama and clinton and mccain. 'we will never forget' Her track record in the past votes proves her support for what is right. by Tri 'cat' Oxtail (0 articles, 1 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 15 comments) on Thursday, Jan 31, 2008 at 1:24:04 PM
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Illinois Green Primary
Kevin, In case you hadn't heard, Illinois will have its first ever Green primary this Tuesday, February 5th, thanks to Rich Whitney's phenomonal performance in the 2006 gubernatorial election. We'll have four candidates on the ballot: Cynthia McKinney, Kent Mesplay, Howie Hawkins (Nader placeholder), and Jared Ball. We also have 10 declared congressional candidates (most of which will be on the primary ballot, while the rest will be slated soon) and a multitude of state local candidates. You can learn about about the candidates at www.ilgp.org. I also urge you and your readers to join their state Green Parties. Let's keep the progressive voice alive. by Zeleni (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Thursday, Jan 31, 2008 at 7:00:50 PM
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