Green Party, Democrats form alliance to back FarrellReally, it's enough to make you weep. Just when they were actually within shooting distance of making an impression, they fold, frightened of their own suddenly lengthening shadow.
By Susan Haigh, AP Political Writer | October 23, 2006HARTFORD, Conn. --With polls showing a tight matchup in this year's 4th Congressional District race, the Green Party is withdrawing its candidate and throwing support to Democrat Diane Farrell.
"We decided to have a strategic alliance with the Democratic Party because we believed this was the quickest way to achieve peace in the Middle East," said John Sieh, treasurer for Richard Duffee, the Green Party's 4th District candidate.
I particularly love the idea that an "alliance" -- really, of course, a surrender -- to the Democratic Party will help bring "peace in the Middle East." Yep, that's always been a really high priority for the Democrats, hasn't it?
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Take heart! In California, both North and South, Democrats are endorsing Greens! Check out the website of Bill Paparian, former mayor of Pasadena and Green candidate for Congress running against Bush-Democrat Adam Schiff in the CA-29th . . . endorsed by the Democrat challenger from the primary, and by major Democrat players Bill has a real shot at a win. . . the Dem has even started sniping at the Green!
By by way, your readers can help Bill's campaign by joining his online virtual phonebank -- make couple of calls with Bill's script and turn a few more folks to this popular anti-war alternative.
ALSO: Byron DeLear, running in the CA-28th has been endorsed by progressive Dem candidate Marcy Winograd -- a Dem primary challenger in another district . . . And then THIS from the SF bay area . . .http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/23/DEMS.TMP
Posted by Roger, Gone Green | October 23, 2006 5:39 PM
Posted on October 23, 2006 17:39
The Connecticut Greens are a pathetic shadow of a party anyway. Check out this Stamford Advocate article from their candidate's own campaign blog:
http://www.duffee.politicalgateway.com/cand.php?id=406&prid=731&page=press
"Certain concessions?" WTF? Our local Greens here in MN05 are small, but at least they're not *that* spineless. Sheesh!
Posted by AlanSmithee | October 23, 2006 6:39 PM
Posted on October 23, 2006 18:39
nice post ...brought forth
a so cal bellow
ain't schifty
the one that squeezed "sds" tom H'z nuts ????
"the hills are alive with the sound of ....the beverly hills that is"
Posted by js paine | October 23, 2006 7:47 PM
Posted on October 23, 2006 19:47
I'm so confused. Why even run a candidate in the first place?
Posted by Rowan | October 24, 2006 2:48 AM
Posted on October 24, 2006 02:48
"Why even run a candidate in the first place?"
I'm pretty well convinced that most party apparatchiks, of any party, resent and dislike the people whose votes they want to attract. It's easier to look after the interests of the people who count, them, and that unfortunately means betraying whatever principles they may have had.
Posted by J. Alva Scruggs | October 24, 2006 5:55 AM
Posted on October 24, 2006 05:55
>:
It's been lovely, but I have to scream now.
Posted by ms_xeno | October 24, 2006 1:27 PM
Posted on October 24, 2006 13:27
for thirdee and one offs
its not about winning or even holding the balance that detremined
which bivalve winz
its about rolling up biggest
non big two toes tally possible
period ....end of seminar
we can survey the damage
to the two party tango
afterwards at our leisure
Posted by js paine | October 24, 2006 8:15 PM
Posted on October 24, 2006 20:15
Thank you.
How Greens could support a Democrat who solidly supported Israeli war crimes in the Lebanon eludes me. We're hardly worried about the "spoiler label" in Massachusetts, where the Green-Rainbow Party shall at last attain ballot status again.
Owen R. Broadhurst
Green-Rainbow Party candidate for
State Representative, 3rd Hampden
Massachusetts
Posted by Owen R. Broadhurst | October 25, 2006 2:35 AM
Posted on October 25, 2006 02:35
"It's been lovely, but I have to scream now."
Take heart, Ms. Xeno! Rich Whitney is polling at 14% in the Illinois Governor's race, and Pat LaMarche is at 9% in Maine. Most of our candidates are in this until the end.
Here in Virginia, our Candidate for Arlington County Board turned down the Dems' offer to drop out and get nothing in return. If you accept the spoiler argument at the national level, the Dems will take it all the way down to the lowest offices.
Posted by VAGreen | October 25, 2006 7:11 PM
Posted on October 25, 2006 19:11
"If you accept the spoiler argument at the national level, the Dems will take it all the way down to the lowest offices"
right on !!!!!
the s in my j s is for spoiler
Posted by js "citizen "paine | October 25, 2006 8:41 PM
Posted on October 25, 2006 20:41
What they're not getting for some reason is that a Democrat-Green alliance in a simple plurality voting system is a Democrat alliance.
Posted by VAGreen | October 26, 2006 7:07 PM
Posted on October 26, 2006 19:07
May VA Green and the rest kick 'em where it counts, or at least kick in lieu of kissing.
Posted by ms_xeno | October 27, 2006 2:53 PM
Posted on October 27, 2006 14:53