Reply #73: Everyone does have the right to run [View All]

[LynneSin]

But can you support a Green Party candidate who main source of money, including the $100k needed to obtain the signatures necessary to get on the ballot as a truly a person who has the Green Party's best interest at heart.

He probably would have never gotten the votes or signatures (and btw, you don't have to be a Green to sign those papers) had the GOP not financed their campaign to get on the ballot.

So in a nutshell, I dont' mind Greens running but I do mind Greens taking money from repukes who are using them to help peel off 3-6% of the votes from their main democratic opponent.

And don't fool yourself into thinking that this candidate would siphon votes off of Santorum. They won't. They know what they're doing. They know that there are those who think Casey isn't far enough to the left and perhaps would vote Green if a Candidate was available.