[GPSCC-chat] Progressive Mag on voting third party

[Gerry Gras]

Matthew Rothschild, editor of The Progressive magazine,
asks whether or not it is better to vote third party.
Apparently, he does not answer it.  Apparently to read
the full article, you need to read the (paper) magazine.
This is only a short except:

     http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/08/31-10
     http://www.progressive.org/third-party-dilemma

It says a little bit about Jill Stein.  And here are
the last 2 paragraphs:

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Or do you—do I?—vote for Jill Stein or Rocky Anderson (or choose not to 
vote for President at all, as my predecessor, Erwin Knoll opted to do, 
not wanting to give his consent to the entire system), believing that 
only by staking out a real leftwing alternative are we ever going to 
move people toward the humane, peaceful, green, and egalitarian society 
we seek?

There is no easy way out of this trap, and I’m not going to spring you 
from it.

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I guess it might be a good idea to read the full article,
to prepare for what liberal Democrats might say.  I hope
to read it at my local library.

Gerry