tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586914322065730371.post6441361950847447983..comments2023-10-31T08:24:52.483-05:00Comments on CHICAGO ARGUS: Greens will go the way of Solidarity and Washington (political parties, that is)Gregory Tejedahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03233009340333100205noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586914322065730371.post-56894581915759433792008-04-14T15:36:00.000-05:002008-04-14T15:36:00.000-05:00First, Though Ralph Nader ran with the Greens in 1...First, <BR/><BR/>Though Ralph Nader ran with the Greens in 1996 and 2000 and shares the same values as the Greens. He is NOT a member of the Green Party and refuses to join. He isn't interested in building the Green Party locally and thus I don't consider him our standard bearer. I get really annoyed when people say he is a Green when he doesn't even self-identify himself as a Green.<BR/><BR/>Now on the whole notion that the Illinois Green Party is going away is totally absurd. The Green Party was around since 1996. Whether we do or do not retain ballot access in 2010 will not determine if will go away. We have 13+ local chapters or so around the state and we are continuing to grow. None of that is going away in one election. We believe in bottom-up politics and firmly believe that once we win some local offices, people will see that Greens are good at governing. People find Greens in government are more pragmatic than they think and that we are fiscally responsible.<BR/><BR/>In fact we already have Greens serving in the state you can find here: http://ilgp.org/elections/current-elected-greens-in-illinois<BR/><BR/>Face it, we're here to stay. And the Democrats know that. That's why they've created a bill targeting the Greens (HB 5263); legislating onerous slating requirements.<BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/44gj5gWalter Pituchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02781452665049427396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586914322065730371.post-8046983038148686252008-04-12T09:27:00.000-05:002008-04-12T09:27:00.000-05:00We'll see.We'll see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com