--- In NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Calvin Nicholson <calvin_nicholson@...> wrote: > > Once again, we a greeted to another Nader/Green > Party/whatever run. Yawn. This is one of the reasons > I left the Greens -- too busy wanting to grand stand > in impossible races instead of fighting like hell for > things they can win. > > The question becomes if Obama wins, what leg would > this campaign stand on? Obscure votes only the most > ardent political junkies would even know about? > > The GP make it a Nader/McKinney ticket so say "Hey we > have negroes too!!", making them no more or no less > cynical than the John McCain floating the idea of the > shoe lady, Condi Rice, getting the VP slot. Also, as > some already mentioned, shouldn't you be a party > member before you demand a slot on the Presidential > ticket? > > And after smacking a cop and signing on to the 9/11 > Truth movement, McKinney has officially written > herself off as a crank and a loon, too toxic for even > the most ardent progressive pols. ____________________________________________ A fool and his/her republic are easily parted. McKinney has signed onto the 911 Truth movement because, well, they are speaking the truth. The progressive's discomfort with that is the proximate cause of the complete, utter, and abject failure of the progressive left, morally, intellectually, and politically. ____________________________________________ > > And against a telegenic candidate like Obama, they're > both going to look flat footed. > > The Naderites and Greens gone from flies in the > ointment, to minor embarrassments (many Greens voted > no contest and didn't want to ANYONE in '04) to a > running gag, along with running a ham sandwich for > city council. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ ______________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ >