[OfB Talk] Re: [Foss-cafe] No. 43 Gets 4 More Years! (Kerry Concedes)

[Derek Broughton]

On Sunday 07 November 2004 19:24, Timothy R. Butler wrote:
>
>  Some of the other parties, like the Reform party, only agree
> internally on what they oppose rather than what they support -- another
> fatal problem. The Reform party presidential candidate in 2000 was far
> right-winger Pat Buchannan followed by left of Kerry left winger Ralph
> Nader this year. The uniting cause seems to be merely a belief against
> NAFTA.
>
>  Maybe some of you people from the other side of the pond could import
> a good third party over here that might actually give the other two a
> run for their money. :-)

Well, last time Ralph was a Green.  The Green party typically not only has 
internal consistency, but international consistency.  For you Americans, 
though, it probably seems too much like voting Communist.

In Reform's case, it didn't even seem like they chose a candidate for his 
opposition to NAFTA (I voted for that -sorry, my bad...).  They just wanted a 
candidate with name recognition.  Nader sank even lower by just shopping for 
a party that would run him.

Here in the Great White North, Nader doesn't look very left wing at all.
--
derek