Greens Go Nuts- Nominate opponent to Wellstone

[/ dave /]

On Sun, 26 May 2002, Nathan Newman wrote:


>The Greens argued that they differed from progressive Democrats in that they
>would create an organization that could consistently elect good candidates.
>What Minnesota shows is all they have created is an organization bent on
>nominating spoiler candidates, whatever their politics.


What I heard on the radio today is this: The Minnesota Greens who put up 
a nominee to oppose Wellstone did so primarily because, as they now have 
ballot status in Minnesota, they need to endorse an official candidate 
or "anyone" can step in and grab the ballot position as a Green.

The nomination of the Wellstone "spoiler," a Lakota Sioux with degrees 
in Biology and Law, was apparently extremely controversial within the 
Green party ranks. For what it's worth, Nader's vice-presidential 
running mate Winona LaDuke (a Minnesota resident) has come out in 
opposition to the decision.

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/  dave  /