At 08:53 PM 9/19/02 -0400, Blueyedlex@cs.com wrote:
By stating that a vote for Greens is a waste of a vote simply makes
it so. If less
people shared that belief we might start seeing the party gaining some
ground.
I agree.
Out here in California, the democratic incumbent is a money-grubbing
incompetent; the republican challenger is a lying crook. As many people
either are looking at a third-party candidate or are undecided as are
committed to the second most popular candidate, as of last week's
polls. I've started writing letters to people like political columnists,
suggesting that early support of a strong third-party candidate - possibly
the Green one - might help make it a slightly different race, a la Jesse
Ventura.
In 2000, I decided that a vote for the major party candidates, executed out
of fear, was the *true* wasted vote. Now I will vote for either the best,
or the least-objectionable, candidate, regardless of party affiliation. I
consider it a small step toward empowerment, to act out of my beliefs
rather than out of my fear.
Isn't that part of what Permaculture-based vision is all about?
Build soil,
Loren
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