Since this is a slow news day so far, I think it's time to apprise you of where things stand for the looming 2008 presidential election.
I think I've pretty much eliminated the possibility of voting for any serious Democratic candidate. (And don't even ask about the Republicans.) They've refused to pledge support for repealing the 1996 telcom law, Newt's welfare "reform" act, or the draconian drug laws like the one that criminalizes cold medicine. In fact, they've increasingly implied support for keeping these policies instead of abolishing them - which shows you how far to the right the media has moved the center of debate.
As a registered Green, I'm more inclined than ever to back the Green nominee, like I did when Ralph Nader ran in 2000. Hopefully the Green convention will be lively and the party's nominee won't shy away from these issues.
(I will expect the networks to give as much coverage to the Green convention as they do to the Republicans and Democrats. It's my right to expect nothing less, and I will raise hell if the networks force-feed us the 1½-party system again. I'll also note that one of the local network affiliates broke into the Democratic convention a few years back with a lengthy, bogus newsbreak nobody gave a shit about, so that's more proof of which one of the 1½ parties the media supports.)
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Democratic support sinking into sunset
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Also the networks should include the Greens in the debate.
ReplyDeleteThe Des Moines paper just used some excuse to leave Kucinich out of the Democrats debate...i think they said it was because he didn't have an apartment in Iowa.
Of course he doesn't, he's from Ohio. Why would a guy who lives in Ohio get an apartment in Iowa?
After both the Republicans and Democrats lost elections largely due to significant numbers of votes going to Ross Perot and Ralph Nader instead of their candidates, they've come to an agreement that it's in their best interests to exclude third-party candidates.
ReplyDeleteI think the justification they used for the last election is third-party candidates don't appear on the ballot in enough states. As of now the Libertarian Party is on the ballot in 26 states, the most among third parties. The Greens are second with 21 states. Neither is on the ballot in Kentucky or Ohio yet.