<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>December 18, 2003</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=4><STRONG>Denver Greens Say No to Nader</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>A BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>by Dave Chandler</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Denver - In 2000, the Green Party nominated Ralph Nader to be its candidate for president at the national convention held in Denver, Colorado.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On December 16, 2003, at the regular monthly business meeting of the Denver Greens, the following resolution was approved by consensus:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"A sense of the Denver Greens Resolution:<BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>At this time, we do NOT support a Ralph Nader, Green Party candidacy for president."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The discussion revolved around one major argument: the stakes are too high for the future of our nation for the 2004 vote to even conceivably be split between the Democrat and Nader. It was pointed out that a Nader, Green Party candidacy would bring derision and scorn upon the party, making building and growing perhaps impossible. By not running a "celebrity candidate", however, if the Democrats still cannot defeat Bush, then they cannot scapegoat us, and we will legitimately be able to contend that now </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greens claim the progressive mantle in American politics.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We included the condition "at this time" just in case the improbable happens and the Democrats nominate a completely unacceptable candidate. Sen. Lieberman was the most mentioned person in this regard. But the Democratic nominee should be pretty well identified by the end of March next year, well in advance of the Green Party National Convention, if we must change our strategy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was discussion about what kind of presidential election strategy the national Green Party should pursue, but we thought a resolution and debate on that matter could be done at a later date.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave Chandler <BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Publisher/Editor - www.Earthside.com <A href="http://www.earthside.com/">http://www.earthside.com/</A><BR></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>2003 Green Party Candidate for Colorado 7th Congressional District</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Article URL: </FONT><A href="http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/12/con03377.html"><FONT face=Arial size=2>http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/12/con03377.html</FONT></A></DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face=Arial size=2> <P> </P></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>