[GPSCC-chat] Progressive Mag on voting third party

[Spencer Graves]

       "The Progressive" is available in electronic format at the King 
library, at least according to their electronic catalog.  I take a USB 
drive to the library and get many articles like that in PDF format.  
Occasionally, the system defeats me, but this usually works.


       Spencer


On 8/31/2012 11:55 AM, Gerry Gras wrote:
>
> 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:
>
> ========================
>
> 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.
>
> ========================
>
>
> 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
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