[Sosfbay-discuss] No great press out of Pennsylvania

[Tian Harter]

Tian Harter wrote:

>Erik Kiehle wrote:
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>>I think the statistics in past elections (especially the recall  
>>election) show that the Democrats are their own worst enemy. But, I  
>>think it is a relatively cheap tactic for the Republicans to pay for  
>>a 3rd party candidate's filing just to stir things up. I'm actually  
>>surprised we haven't seen more Republican's changing party  
>>registration just so they can try to draw off Democrat voters. (This  
>>strategy could also be used in reverse where there are Republican  
>>majorities though maybe with Libertarian candidate or other parties).  
>>I'm not sure if there are any statistics of numbers reflecting how  
>>often Republicans vs Democrats vote for Green party candidates.
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>I browsed through the list of Partisan Candidates on the Secretary of 
>State's website, and I was suprised to see that both Greens on the 
>ballot (People with the word Green on the first line as part of their 
>name, not on the second line as their Party designation) were 
>Republicans. I hadn't thought of Green as a Republican name, but that's 
>what I saw. It occurs to me that if those people live green values the 
>Republican Party will be the better for thier efforts. If not, the 
>status quo meanders on....
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I went through that list again searching for "green" and guess what?
The only address on a Green Street is another Republican. I think we
would be well served to tune into what the word green really means
to these people...

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Tian
http://tian.greens.org
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.