Reply #24: I echo John, in part: Dennis will not run on the Green ticket [View All]

[Mairead]

But it's becoming more clear that there will certainly be a Green ticket if Dennis isn't the Dem nominee, and possibly--though I and others are strongly arguing against it--even if he is.

For my own part, I'm planning to vote for Dennis, either as a check-off or write-in.

Thomas Jefferson remarked that there seem to be two groups of people: one that believes in democracy and wants people to enjoy the full fruits of their work; and one that believes in aristocratic oligarchy, and wants to keep the people under the thumb of their 'natural rulers'.

I don't know whether it's an age thing, or a class thing, or some concatenation of factors, but at DU there certainly seem to be at least 2 groups claiming to represent 'the' Democratic Party. And they do seem to divide along the fault line Jefferson identified.

I'm a member of the pro-people faction, and Dennis and Al seem to be the only candidates offering to actually represent me. The other candidates want my vote, but want to represent the 'natural rulers'. We can see that in the positions they take.

But I'm not prepared to vote for someone who won't represent me, so for me 'ABB' doesn't work. I voted Gore in 2K, but I won't compromise myself again. I'm all I've got.

I believe there'd be many fewer votes for the other candidates if people really sat down and thought about the whole thing for awhile. But I'll be 63 soon, and I've spent 50+ years being the nerdy outsider, so I don't plan to hold my breath til that thinking happens. All I can do is say what I perceive to be true, and then vote that perception.