[PAA-Discuss] Fwd: Appeal for support

[ChasMauch at aol.com]

OK let's try to summarize our options:
 
A. Vote for the usual lesser of evils. And bear in mind that the  lesser 
evil really is less evil than the greater evil - if you don't  believe that 
wait until the certifiably insane take charge of the  asylum.
 
B. Vote for a third party. We need them on the ballot, even though the  
major parties and the corporate media will conspire to make it hard to  
impossible to gain ballot access and to get coverage for their ideas once on the  
ballot. But we do need them if for no other reason than to give people a  
"none of the above" option. which IMO is a much better option than just not  
voting at all.
 
C. Combine A and B. 
 
 
D. Don't vote at all. I still maintain this is a vote for the greater  evil.
 

E. Work to reform the Democratic party from the inside. Many good people  
are doing this. There is a populist caucus that often votes right - not  
always but no one will always be right because we all have different ideas  of 
what is "right."
 
F. Work to change the system totally, as Kris advocates. I have very  
limited confidence in that possibility. Socialism has never caught on in  this 
country. Eugene Debs ran for president as a socialist in 1900,  1904, 1908, 
1912, and 1920, but was never a serious contender. 
 
G. IMO, our best hope for basic change short of a revolution is  to pass 
campaign finance reform so we can elect people who really do represent  us and 
are not beholden to big money interests. The Fair Elections Now Act"  
(H.R.6116) has been voted out of committee and we need to try to pressure Pelosi  
to bring it up for a floor vote in the upcoming lame duck session. Sheila  
Jackson Lee and Gene Green are already on board. Please give Pelosi a call  
AND send her an email - it only takes a minute and it's free.  The number is 
(202) 225-0100 and to email her you can go to this  link and fill in the 
blanks:  _http://www.speaker.gov/contact/_ (http://www.speaker.gov/contact/) .
 
H. None of the above - and your suggestion is...???
 
I. It's one o'clock right now - still not too late to vote.  :-)
 
PS  I opted for C, G, and I. Hope you will too.
 
Charlie




In a message dated 11/2/2010 9:39:51 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
massoud1 at windstream.net writes:

 
George  rightly says that both Democrat and Republican Party are “corporate 
 sponsored party”; however  Bill says  “There  are some good Democrats 
running” and he hopes that we  don’t “forget about them”. so, how can Bill 
explain this  contradiction? Is he asking us to vote for the candidates who 
are the stooges  of a Corporate Party? A Party that is pro war, against labor, 
immigrants and…  - you know against all of our principles? 
This is a  discussion group and as Kris always asks, we should discuss 
matters rather  than become a Billboard ad for the Corporate. Any  comments? 
Massoud 
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