Reply #168: They were in 2000

[wyldwolf]

The Greens are one issue "my way or the highway" voters.

However, if the Dems continue to legitimize and enable far right policies...

What exactly are "far right policies" and how have the Democrats "legitimatized" them?

then they're going to alienate more and more people- whichis EXACTLY why so many people have choosen to register independent...

Like Joy Binns? Her experience contradicts you. Binns is a registered independent. Seems the Democrat'a "far left" policies moved her into the independent camp.

She said she’s become unhappy with both major political parties, despite her formerly Democratic leanings.

Binns said some of the Democratic Party’s recent political rhetoric is turning her off, particularly as it relates to gay marriage.

“I’m not at all for the gay lifestyle. They are all God’s children and I don’t hate them. It’s just that the Bible says it’s not right,” Binns said.

Nor does she agree with the Democrats’ position on abortion either.

But don’t be so quick to paint her as a conservative just yet.

This former Canadian citizen said she much prefers Canada’s health care system, one providing universal coverage to all citizens.

“It’s very hard for me to pay for certain medications. For me, it’s often a choice between whether or not to buy medicine or buy food,” Binns said.

She describes her politics as either “moderate” or “middle of the road.”

Thus her affiliation as an independent.


http://www.highlandstoday.com/MGBDXDXB4KE.html

- and it's why the Greens have become the largest growing political party in America.

Really? Got a stat on that?

The Libertarian party claims to be the fastest growing party in America. So does The American Independent Party.

The Greens claim over 180 officeholders nationwide. The Libertarian party claims over 525 officeholders countrywide.

In the 2004 presidential election, the libertarian candidate got 3 times as many votes as the Green candidate.