[Pvgreens-discussion] new members

[Hollie Kopp]

I know Karen. She is involved with Longmont Citizens for Peace and has
converted to the Green party largely through the efforts of the Kinsey
campaign and a severe disapointment in her long-time association with the
Democratic party. So Sandy the answer is YES!
Hollie

> Are we trying to get people like the writer of the letter reproduced
> below (from today's Fort Collins Coloradoan) involved with the Greens?
>
> Sandy
>
> Pontification is simplistic
>
> Re: Erin Stephenson's essay on Democratic disconnect (Nov. 8): Why would
> she take the word of a few higher-ups in any political party and attempt
> to tar the entire party with that brush? That is much too simplistic. It
> places her firmly in the same constellation as those whose statements to
> which she objects.
> The leadership of both major political parties are disconnected from
> reality, as well as from the majority in their own constituencies.
>
> That's why Mike Miles triumphed at the state convention over party-pick
> Ken Salazar. And why party leadership then concocted a grand attack on
> Miles and his supporters, instead of making any attempt to bring some of
> the party's hardest-working folks back into the party fold.
>
> It's why Karl Rove and the Republican leadership concentrated on bringing
> in the far-right vote, when they know that a healthy majority of their
> members disagree with the administration's prosecution of the war, tax
> cuts, the economy and women's right to choice, among many other issues.
>
> Both parties discounted the voters in the vast majority of states, while
> they courted the votes in only 10 in the final months.
>
> Let's face it, when we get back to "politics as usual," nothing west of
> the Mississippi (except California) will show up on the screen in
> Washington.
>
> Both parties have lost touch. If we sit here -- or anywhere -- and
> pontificate, so will we.
>
> Karen Treanor-Brown,
>
> Loveland
>
> Originally published Sunday, November 14, 2004
>
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