Re: Kucinich: "my intention is to establish a second party"

On 1 Oct 2003 02:29:57 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jrd100) wrote:

>> I was a Nader voter in 2000 but I am backing Kucinich through the
>> primaries simply because he is a Democrat in favor of fixing the
>> problems with elections, supporting public funding of same and
>> supporting IRV, which is our best hope of moving the Greens ahead in
>> time to prevent environmental global catastrophes - if it is not
>> already too late.  He is taking the right stands on the WTO and NAFTA.
>> I will continue support of Greens and green independents at the local
>> and state levels, and should Kucinich not win the primaries, that is
>> the work I will return to.
>
>Support the Greens by staying a registered Green Party voter.
> 
>> He is hated by DLC for being a progressive who stood against Clinton
>> and most of the Dems for being too far to the left - everything I have
>> read and researched indicates he is a moral, ethical man.  He oughta
>> be a Green.  But he isn't.  He believes he can do more by staying
>> within the Democrat party and trying to move progressive issues
>> forward so that Greens and other parties can have a place at the
>> table.  Right now, today, getting the US onto Kyoto and the other
>> issues Dennis Kucinich is fighting for - against all odds, are enough
>> for me to put Green Party pride aside to try to save something for my
>> grandkids.
>
>That is more reason not to register Democrat and vote for him. He made
>his political career in the Democratic party but now is "hated" by
>them. If Dennis Kucinich is hated by the last Democratic President
>then I think there will be few, if any, Greens who will want to
>register Democrat to vote for him.

Really?  Here in Siskiyou County, the Kucinich campaign people and the
local Democratic club are working together.  While the Democrats can't
favor a particular candidate, we can and do work with the Kucinich
folks, helping to set up voter registration and how to use local
resources to get their word out.  In return, we hope that the Kucinich
people won't bolt to the Greens if the Democratic party has a
candidate that is reasonably acceptable to the left.  

We would work with other candidates, but none have established a local
grass roots campaign here yet.  I'm impressed by the drive of the
Kucinich people.
>
>> I can't figure out what we have to loose.  Register as a Dem - work
>> your butts off for Kucinich through the primaries and do our durnest
>> to get him nominated.  Whether he wins or looses, we can go back and
>> reregister as Greens and get back to the work of our party and putting
>> as many progressives into the Senate and Congress and in state and
>> local positions as we can..
>
>Why leave? Study the Green experience in Portland, Maine and see how
>friendly the Democrats are.

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