[Texgreen] RE: [NorTXGreens] Dan SavageThreatens Life of PA Senatorial Candidate

[Roger Baker]

Texas politics is totally screwed up by cashocrats and a tradition of  
corruption, so that for the Greens to give support to Chris Bell and  
hoping for any progressive result is crazy. He may be running fourth.  
Maybe in another state Greens could hope to make some kind of  
mutually beneficial deal by horse trading with Dems but not here.

Actually Kinky is running second now:

http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_4498241

So if Bell would throw his support to Kinky, Kinky could win and at  
least we would have half a loaf. Kinky doesn't understand policy but  
he is good at media, and is a reformer by instinct.

It looks like the Dems will win Congress and this will start a strong  
populist shift to the left that will split the schizophrenic Dems  
between its corporate and progressive wings.

With the Republicans marginalized, the fear of voting Green should  
dissipate and this should open the door to serious reforms, IMO. --  
Roger


On Oct 17, 2006, at 8:41 AM, vandame@pdq.net wrote:

> We can't afford a third party now?  We barely have a second party.  I
> would love to see Perry disappear, but who do we get instead?  Another
> politico who has to spend most of his/her time raising money and  
> then once
> he/she does is beholden to the donors.  What's the real difference?
>
> We can put off developing a third party indefinitely, but then we have
> only ourselves to blame for our misery.  And yes, the Green Party  
> may lack
> sophistication and political tactical skills, but we've got to start
> somewhere.  Change is rarely smooth or pretty.
>
> Lesly Van Dame
>