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The Greens: A Party Whose Time Has Come?

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The crises that we face do demand bold solutions. The participation of a third party candidate in the debates could force into the open a new stance on critical issues. This is often what third parties accomplished in the pre-debate past when the press covered the campaigns of third party candidates, bringing their policy proposals into the public arena.

 

Many will make the argument that we have to choose the lesser of two evils because if we actually voted   "Green" it would be tantamount to throwing our votes away. Following this advice has only served to move the Democratic Party further and further to the right.

 

What if the Greens received enough votes to relegate the Republicans -- or the Democrats -- to third party status?

 

What if the Greens received enough votes to deny all three parties a majority in the Electoral College as required by our Constitution?

 

What if?

 

 

 

 

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Now retired and a writer, I am a feminist and political activist, a radical Democrat (have come to dislike the term "progressive"), and a blogger. Have done political tours of Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras, West and East (way back when)Germany, (more...)
 

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