Sunday, July 16, 2006
Pity the Greens. Seems the Green-Rainbow Party of Massachusetts is in serious jeopardy of not getting any of their candidates on the state-wide ballot. This in an email from former Gubernatorial candidate Jill Stein:
The concern is we have only three and a half weeks (8 weekend days) left to collect signatures. Rain could easily cut petitioning days by 25-50%. A major commitment all around is needed if we are to securely qualify all four candidates for statewide office. The repercussions for the party will be very serious if we do not qualify. If we do not pull out all the stops starting now, we fear there is a real risk we will not...
...truth to tell, having our campaigns stop because we do not get on the ballot is a drop in the bucket compared to the incredible leap backwards - and loss of credibility - this would mean for the party and what we are fighting for!...
How sad...and pathetic. In fact they weren't even sure they could get a quorum for their own meeting. Jill Stein was actually at the podium in the debates with Mitt Romney and the others last time through. My how the almost noticeable have fallen.
Perhaps part of the problem is a GRP identity crisis as the group has been hijacked by a group of single-issue obsessives [hint: It's not the environment they're obsessed with] who have helped further marginalize a group with very little margin to spare (see previous: Greens, a High School Teacher and a City Councillor United in Hateful Protest, Talk, Walk, Rock for Israel -- Report with Pics, Green-Rainbow Party Suffers Backlash After anti-Israel Endorsement, One Note Greens in Michigan -- and Mass. Greens Lose Another One and Classroom Credit to Support Terrorism?)
Shame on Jill Stein for not speaking out. Unless, of course, she agrees with what's been going on...then shame on her twice.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HG18Ak01.html