----- > > > On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Chuck0 wrote:
> > >
> > > > You only need to look at the German Greens to understand how an
> American
> > > > version will turn out.
>
> >This isn't Germany and the social conditions here are different than in
> >Europe so how can you be so certain the U.S. version will turn out the
> same.
> >(The answer is...... You CAN'T!)
> >John Thornton
>
> Of course it will be different in the US. Especially if the Greens get
the
> 5%, we have a good model for the likely outcome - the Reform Party, where
> the takeover of the party by ruthless sectarians converted a goo-goo
> budget-balancing party into a fascist conservative vehicle.
>
> -- Nathan Newman
>
Why is the Reform Party such a good model? Because of all the similarities between Nader and Perot? I guess should just look at all the past failures as models for all future failures and give up.
John Thornton