Reply #102: If Dean loses, I go 3rd party [View All]

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

I'm sick of being marginailized and treated like an extremist fringe nut for wanting candidates to have progressive positions.

The DLC/Kerry crowd runs away from the left and accepts the flawed argument that the nation is a bunch of wingnuts who don't want honest government, higher wages, no preemptive wars, an end to crooked tax schemes for the rich, cleaner ai, cleaner water, higher labor standards, fair trade, an end to big media monopolies, or civil rights

The party elite and entrenched powers sold us down the river on all of these.

Quite frankly, I'm sick of it. I honestly don't see why myself or people like me should stand by and be taken for granted year after year. I'm sick of losing when we win. I'm sick of letting the wingnut right set the terms for debate.

I've already sent a letter to Nader urging him to run. I tried to give the democrats another chance this time around, but I can't bring myself to look past the way we were demonized and cheated.

And as far as the need to get rid of Bush, that's exactly what they want us to think. "We can marginilze you and treat you like dirt and force a pro-war candidate on you nad there's nothing you can do about it. What? Do you plan on voting for Bush?"

Look at it this way:
Real change in this country won't happen until a true progressive gets nominated. If it means 4 years of Bush, so be it. We can have a fresh shot at in 2008.

Otherwise, we can look forward to centrist, corporatist so-called running again in 4 years and shutting out any kind of primary challenge from the left.

I'd rather wait 4 years then 8 until an open field is available again