[Sosfbay-discuss] No great press out of Pennsylvania

[Tian Harter]

Larry Cafiero_Liaison wrote:

>Cameron L. Spitzer wrote:
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>>The GP candidate "is expected" to "siphon votes."
>>"Political observers say... draw votes away."
>>And nobody argues it's nonsense.  It's just another in an
>>endless stream of horserace "spoiler effect" stories.  That's
>>become the standard spin for mainstream coverage of the GP.
>>Reporters don't even have to think of a new "hook" for a GP story,
>>they've got one ready made.
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>>Many Greens fell for this mathematical nonsense.  Some actually
>>believe it, despite their inability to support it with valid
>>mathematical argument.  Others think it will somehow *help*
>>the Green Party, by scaring the Dem Party into some kind of
>>electoral reforms involving proportional representation or dropping
>>out of their gerrymandering deals with the GOP.
>>Even *smart* Greens like Steve Hill and Medea Benjamin have
>>promoted it.
>>The success of the "spoiler effect" propaganda campaign is the
>>reason the Dems *aren't* scared of us here.
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>>I believe accepting the "spoiler effect" was the biggest
>>strategic miscalculation in the history of the Green Party.
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>What do you think can be done to stop this, Cameron? We have a flier in 
>Santa Cruz County about the so-called "spoiler" effect, but what else is 
>there?
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I'm thinking there is one dollar one vote marketplace democracy.
As in, "the electoral system is so spoiled by corruption that we
have to speak with out dollars in the marketplace." It's based on
old fashioned american values of independance, common sense
and faith that the facts will speak for themselves eventually.

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Tian
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I went camping over the weekend. Looking at the stars, I 
got to thinking that reading words about them probably hits
the eye with way more light then they actually send us.