Why Green Party Betrayed the Party

[Pahtoo at aol.com]

Unbelievable. What hypocrisy. The Green Party is in the process of nominating 
for president a guy whose primary business takes corporate money from some of 
the most odious sources out there. Ralph Nader's economic nationalist 
organization took big money from right-wing, anti-union textile magnate Roger 
Milliken in a dubious coalition to confront WTO. The point man for that 
effort, Mike Dolan, is now Nader's campaign manager.

Why Nader? Given his lack of commitment to "group process and decison-making?"

The Greens feel that Nader (who certainly did not embrace the Green Party's 
principles (as stated in the platform) in 1996 has a shot at getting the 4% 
necessary to qualify for federal matching funds. Funds that are certain to be 
used to fund a Green Party bureaucracy or at least that's what some hope for.

Given the track record, I can't believe that anyone from the Greens would 
denigrate anyone else as someone who "doesn't know how to build a grassroots 
political movement." Mike Dolan? Come on!

Until the Green Party deals with its process junkie "leadership" (just listen 
to the process addicts whine in that article) and its selective vision re 
money (especially Ralph's sources), it will go nowhere.

Michael Donnelly
former Green
former Green Party Congressional candidate