Reply #212: true as far as it goes,but....

[Ardee]

this flamefest does illustrate what very well may be the death throes of the two party system that has ill served the american voter for years.

Time and again we note the knee jerk reaction by neodemocratic conservatives when asked to consider examining the ills within their own party. "What", they say," self examination is for left wing purists,its my party wrong or wronger!"

I believe that all this debate will either hasten or halt the rightward swing of the former Democratic Party, either solution will do frankly.By that I mean that if this death of my former party is inevitable, let it happen soonest rather than later, thus those moderates, leftists and such can leave the damn sinking ship and make considered and alternative choices.We are in desperate need of a voice of the left here in america, or we are all witnessing the emergence of the blatantly militaristic growth of a new american empire, one under which americans will fare just as poorly as will Iraqis and Afghanis........

There will come a time when the Green Party will find a new candidate to run for President, one who will be villified as much as has Ralph, and with as little reason other than the vichy democrats cannot heal themselves.