The pacifists stick to their guns, and then some.

Much the same way that Burger King and McDonald’s are scrambling to figure out a way that you can be on the Atkins diet and still spend your money at their vile, ass-inflating restaurants, Cobb and his party basically figured out a way that Nation subscribers can wear Green this fall and still keep their friends.

by MATT TAIBBI

Well, thank god the Green Party came to its senses last week and nominated David Cobb to run for the presidency, ending that whole ugly Ralph Nader episode. I was afraid I might have to make an actual decision before this upcoming election—but now I can safely be a gutless worm and throw my vote away to a gang of ferrety, querulous, self-flagellating intellectuals who learned politics from the ’61 Mets.
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From Front Page Magazine, which advertises things like “The Anti-Chomsky Reader” and David Horowitz’s “Left Illusions” on its web site had this article on the GP, Nader and Cobb.

Again, interesting reading on how folks not Green (I’d say anti Green – one poster they promote says “Stop the Vicious Spread of Wealth Creation, VOTE GREEN and lets be poor and miserable equally”) see things. -Roger Snyder

Excerpts (full article below):

“Cobb has pledged not to run a Green campaign in as many as 17 states where he might cause Democrat candidate Kerry to lose. He is, in effect, promising if nominated to turn the Green Party from a genuine political party into just one more leftist auxiliary of the Democratic Party, into another Emily’s List, Sierra Club or MoveOn.org. If nominated, Cobb has pledged to neuter and neutralize the Green Party, removing any reason the Democratic Party might have for including Green Party policies in its platform. Cobb would offer the Green Party as a salad course to be devoured and absorbed by the Democratic Party.

“Nader, by contrast, has already exerted serious pressure on Kerry not to move right-ward (that is, to the center). But from the point of view of a hard-Left Green Party “progressive,�? Kerry is already center-right, a politician who voted for the war in Iraq and has not backed away from that vote. Kerry has admitted committing war crimes and atrocities against women and children himself in Vietnam. Kerry also supported President Bill Clinton’s international trade agreements including NAFTA, which according to leftists exploit foreign workers, pollute the global environment and send unionized American jobs to non-union workers overseas. How can any serious Green Party delegate in Milwaukee vote for David Cobb, knowing that Cobb has pledged to help secure votes and victory for the likes of Kerry?”

” This week we will find out whether the Democratic Party, using money and guile, has been able to co-opt the Green Party and break it away from Nader.”
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“If Korporate Kerry becomes the Duopoly president and serves eight years, he will be followed either by the right-wing John Edwards or another reactionary Republican like GW Bush. In either case, sixteen more years of corporate conservativism will end our democracy.”

John Murphy

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By Steve Miller

The Constitution Party has nominated a presidential candidate who wants to outlaw abortion.
Meanwhile, the Libertarian Party’s presidential hopeful — Michael Badnarik — is taking pokes at President Bush, saying he is weak on gun rights.
Independent candidate Ralph Nader’s 5 percent in the presidential polls remains durable and reliable, even as he continues to hit obstacles in his ballot-access bids.
Third parties, the bane of the political establishment, are making things tough on Mr. Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, at least rhetorically.
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By Joshua Frank

Greg Bates co-founded Common Courage Press in 1990, and is the publisher. He is also the author of the new book, Ralph’s Revolt: The Case for Joining Nader’s Rebellion. Bates recently spoke with Joshua Frank about his upcoming book, the elections, and the future of progressive politics in America. He currently resides in Monroe, Maine.
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By Josh Frank

Even if he turns out to be the second worst president in US history, John F. Kerry will still be better than our sitting president. At least many liberal and progressive Americans are stating as much in order to justify their support for the leading Democrat. However, such rationale does not dilute the fact that most people in the world will not be able to sense any tangible variation between either, Bush or Kerry.
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