January 9, 2011
Ah, the oft-overlooked Green Party. Not exactly a political powerhouse, as the chart below demonstrates.
Perhaps the fact that they are led by seven co-chairs has something to do with it. And the fact that Ralph Nader (good guy, but one-note) has twice headed their Presidential ticket doesn’t help.
Neither does this, as gleaned from Ol’ Reliable, AKA News of the Weird:
The Green Party is occasionally criticized for its overrepresentation of whites and upper-income people, who are less likely to flinch at the added costs of environmental protections. In October, the Green Party candidate for governor of Illinois, Rich Whitney, was shocked to see that the sample ballot for the November election mistakenly displayed his name as “Rich Whitey.” (Corrections were made in time for election day.) [Washington Post-AP, 10-15-10]
Mr. Blog's Tepid Ride 
Looks like the Green party has nowhere to go but up!
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You have no idea how impossible it is to find a good picture of Franklin Cover online.
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Maybe they’d be better off if they had a better theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9y4iXAso4I
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How’s this?
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The first one might be premature, the second one pretty much covers it. Actually I think getting rid of about 6 co-leaders might help too.
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Coincidentally, this just appeared in our on-line news headlines down here. This sort of captures the shoot yourself in the foot ethos of a lot of what the Green party does:
http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/8631086/bake-sale-to-attack-roading-policy/
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A little hard to take them seriously as a major political party when they are competing against Ms. Wilson’s kindergarten class for funds.
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