I'm getting tired of partisanship
I was reading this post at Dee's 'Dotes this morning and it got me thinking. Deanna has been criticized for supporting the Green Party as a waste of time on the one hand (I'm assuming by a Democrat), and accused of being a democratic-supporter for writing nice things about Democrat Pete Ashdown on the other (I'm assuming by a Green). It's stuff like this that makes me wonder if being an independent is the way to go. I'm so sick of blind loyalty to a party or personality in a party. We've got to move beyond partisanship if we want to make the world a better place.
The two-party is system is a really bad idea, and is at least partially responsible for the rightward movement of the DNC and the unchecked neo-con movement of the Republican Party. I like supporting the Green Party as a way to build a third party alternative. Without a variety of options, many Americans are stuck voting for the lesser of two evils (if they are inspired to vote at all with so little choice) instead of the best possible candidate.
I absolutely believe in the values of the Green Party. I originally became involved in the Green Party because those values mirrored my personal values.
We need the Green Party as an alternative to the Democratic Party. Nationally, the Dems have sold out so much to big monied interests that I don't have much hope that as a party they will be able to do the right thing. Locally, the Dems have to move far to the right to compete in the reddest of red states. There are some wonderful Democrats (politicians and supporters) out there that embody those Green Party values, but those types of Dems are ignored or given short-shrift by the rest of the party.
In the Green Party we have problems with in-fighting. I think the Green Party could use a big influx of regular folks that believe in the values and can see the big picture and don't feel the need to fight over small details like who is greener than who or get as caught up in the politics of personality as the Greens seem to do.
I don't believe in straight-party voting for Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians or Greens. I believe in voting for the best candidate. I believe that most of the time that candidate will be a Green, but I hope that I'll be open-minded enough to see when that isn't the case.
The two-party is system is a really bad idea, and is at least partially responsible for the rightward movement of the DNC and the unchecked neo-con movement of the Republican Party. I like supporting the Green Party as a way to build a third party alternative. Without a variety of options, many Americans are stuck voting for the lesser of two evils (if they are inspired to vote at all with so little choice) instead of the best possible candidate.
I absolutely believe in the values of the Green Party. I originally became involved in the Green Party because those values mirrored my personal values.
We need the Green Party as an alternative to the Democratic Party. Nationally, the Dems have sold out so much to big monied interests that I don't have much hope that as a party they will be able to do the right thing. Locally, the Dems have to move far to the right to compete in the reddest of red states. There are some wonderful Democrats (politicians and supporters) out there that embody those Green Party values, but those types of Dems are ignored or given short-shrift by the rest of the party.
In the Green Party we have problems with in-fighting. I think the Green Party could use a big influx of regular folks that believe in the values and can see the big picture and don't feel the need to fight over small details like who is greener than who or get as caught up in the politics of personality as the Greens seem to do.
I don't believe in straight-party voting for Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians or Greens. I believe in voting for the best candidate. I believe that most of the time that candidate will be a Green, but I hope that I'll be open-minded enough to see when that isn't the case.