As I look back and try to figure out how the worst man in recent history has become President twice and I try to understand how the most corrupt and ineffective political party in my lifetime has taken control of both branches of Congress, the White House and the USSC I have to say that the Green Party must take some of the blame.

While I agree with most of the Green Party aspirations – these truths remain self evident ……

The 2000 Election resulted in nearly 3,000,000 votes for the Green candidate, Ralph Nader. This would have been more than enough votes to put Al Gore in office despite Kathleen Harris’s interference.

In fact, in Florida alone, 97,488 votes went to Nader. Those votes would have put Gore over Bush in FL by about 97,000 votes and w would have never left Crawford. Based on the final election polls the election results surprised no one. The election was predicted by almost every pollster to be one of the closest Presidential races in American history and there was a lot of speculation that even a meager showing at the polls for the Green Party would swing the election for w.

The 2004 election was another disappointment from the Greens – although not as significant as the 2000 elections.

Nader disassociated himself from the Green Party and ran as in independent. The Green Party named David Cobb as their presidential candidate. Nader and Cobb attracted over a half a million votes – not enough to sway that election – granted. W had 3 years since 9-11 to poison America with his lies and instill fear into the population and corrupt politics by the 2004 election.

Sure, neither Gore nor Kerry was green enough for the Greens. (Hell, they weren’t quite green enough for me. Although, Gore is showing some environmental gonads now.)

It’s like the old game show. There are three curtains.

Behind curtain # 1 is an environmentally delightful candidate. But, he lacks the national recognition and experience to entice a majority of voters to elect him into office. In fact – he doesn’t stand a chance in hell of even taking 3% of the votes.

Behind curtain #2 is a progressive candidate who might not be as environmentally aggressive as you would wish. But, his party is comprised of others with beliefs almost paralleling yours and he will have the courage needed to stand up to pirates with no motivation except greed. And, this candidate stands a very good chance of winning.

Behind curtain #3 is Godzilla. He cares about nothing but power and greed. He whole heartedly pledges his allegiance to the pirates of oil companies, mining companies, the military-industrial complex and chemical interests – to name a few. He seeks to lower any environmental standard that would decrease corporate profit – regardless of any detrimental effects. He turned Texas into an environmental nightmare while he was governor there. He’d much rather see shareholders, CEO’s and his cronies divide the booty than see the common working man earn a decent wage.

Let’s see … myself …if I had to choose… I’d choose curtain #2.

The Green Party and Ralph Nader all but vanish during non-Presidential Election years. They don’t actively try to win city, county or state seats with very few exceptions. Their candidates are often funded in part by the GOP, especially in areas where a close race is occurring between a Democrat and a Republican.

I personally wish the Greens would assimilate into the Democratic Party and make it greener. But, as long as they continue to do nothing but divide the progressive votes and usher the GOP into power we should turn our back on them and let them die.