Generally, it's good to do strategic thinking in politics. If you have a political goal, you need a means of achieving it, and not just an idea. Of course, recognizing the need for strategic thinking does not mean that ideas are of no importance -- both good ideas and strategic thinking are necessary.
You may have caught the recent point counter point over at The Nation magazine, as regards whether its readers should or shouldn't vote Green. Joshua Holland's entry, "Your Vote for Jill Stein is a Wasted Vote," talks about the Green Party for several paragraphs before concluding with a rather contestable assumption:
Someone said in my previous entry that Trump has to be elected to destroy the Democrats and empower the Green Party by 2020. Here's why that's total bullshit:
1. This was tried before with the Dems and the 50 state strategy. They ran on impeaching Bush and Cheney, Single Payer and Raising the Minimum Wage among other things. Every one of those things were immediately off the table once they were elected.
This is a continuing sad tale.
The great Progressive hero Bernie Sanders, who likely and rightfully won the Democratic Nomination -- if all the Election suppression, coin-flips, poll closings, E-Vote cheating, and other visible gimmicks had been properly prevented (as they should've been), now has backed his truck up again, and turned his tail on Progressives yet one more time.
It's beginning to look unlikely that Jill Stein will merit 5% of the vote this year. This reality shouldn't keep us from trying, though. The question on my mind, however, is one of whether or not the Green Party needs to be replaced with some other party, or a new party, capable of challenging the Democratic Party in the election cycles ahead.
Remember how California Officials were 'waiting for El Nino' -- and how that Deluge would solve ALL their Water Deficit problems?
Well ...
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"[...] Stein said that the issue "raises real questions about her competency."
So I'm listening to Thom Hartmann yesterday, as I always try to do, and this woman who is a Bernie supporter calls in to talk about supporting Jill Stein going forward. Thom goes off on her about how Jill Stein is a 'professional' and 'vanity' candidate. He then says Stein won't release her tax returns giving the impression that she is just in it for the money.
In a country where there over 100 channels to choose from,
Why do they try to limit us to just two Candidates for President?
Now this is interesting. The Guardian had a tidbit hidden in its article about Bernie Sanders backers turning to the Green Party.
