[GPOC] [Pvgreens-discussion] pro~choice has no choice

[sandylemberg at juno.com]

On Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:02:36 -0600 (MDT) "Hollie Kopp" <hkopp at frii.com>
writes:

"The current political situation has noting to do with the "lesser
evilism" strategy as it is so dramatically termed."

The reasoning of this statement eludes me completely. 

Since at least the end of WWII, liberals have fought tooth and nail to
elect right wing Democrats such as Truman. This has moved the political
"Center" in the US from a position between the Left and the Right to a
position between the extreme Right and even further to the Right.

It is common wisdom, for example, that the political stances of Clinton
were well to the Right of the political stances of Nixon.

This is lesser evilism. By continuing to obediently vote for the Right
wing candidates which the Right puts before the electorate, Liberals have
disenfranchised the Left. There are simply no candidates on the Left to
vote for.

The only way to break this cycle is for progressives to refuse to vote
for right wing candidates. 

This relates directly to the matter of Green independence from corporate
politics. Part of the reason I have still not responded to Doug's version
of the declaration of independence is my inability to understand what is
meant by the claim that lesser evilism does not exist.

Sandy