"Seattle's Socialist City Councilor Offers Radical Response to Obama Speech"

[Victor_c3]

87. The only problem with voting for someone other than a "democrat" in a major election is something

like the 2000 election cycle can happen. Had the Nader voters gone for Gore, we wouldn't have had Bush for 8 years.

Now, I'm not in a position to bash people for voting for Nader or Al Gore in 2000 as I was one of those idiots who voted for bush (I was young and still only saw the world through my parents eyes and politics), but at least I got to eat my vote when I was in Iraq and see first hand how much of a mistake that was.

I like seeing third party or independent politicians running for local races, but I don't think they have enough appeal to have any real shot at an upper level office just yet. A representative like Elizabeth Warren in her level is a fluke and realistically isn't they type of person we could ever hope to get elected in more "moderate" regions.

For any real chance at economic change, we also need to sometimes hold our nose and work with some of the groups on the right that also agree with many pieces of the positions we do. For example there is a sizable segment of the right wing that detests over sized corporations just as much as we do. On a personal and one-to-one level, we need to talk to these people and get them to realize that there are sections of both of our positions that we agree on and move from there. We also need to get people on both sides to realize that social issues serve as wedge issues to keep us from recognizing that we agree on many economic issues. From the bottom up, this would change both parties.