Greens Go Nuts- Nominate opponent to Wellstone

[Carrol Cox]

Unless they run candidates for all offices where they can get any
measurable number of votes the Greens simply aren't serious. One
believes that the DP can move towards the left or one does not.
Wellstone certainly has done nothing to move the party left but has
merely established individual positions of his own. Fuck him.

There is no rule with some exceptions. I would vote for any Democrat who
voted against the War Against Terror. So if I were in Barbara Lee's
district I would vote for her.

I would not vote for any Democrat merely on promises or on past
performance in non-elected positions. She/he would first have to prove
(by record) that his/her presence in a governmental position made an
objective difference. Lee's solitary vote did make debate more possible
on the issue. She made a difference. Subsequent votes against any Bush
program have made no difference, material or symbolic.

There is no hope for progressive politics in the United States
(including a better Supreme Court) until the DP loses its progressive
voters.

Nathan is a real puzzle. He isn't stupid. He isn't a coward. He has very
few reactionary positions (the only one I can remember is his offensive
support of U.S. war crimes in Yugoslavia). He has an activist record to
be proud of. So his absurd attachment to the DP is hard to explain or
understand.

Carrol