Comments on: Cynthia McKinney on racial disparities http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/27/cynthia-mckinney-on-racial-disparities/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:08:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Mike Indiana http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/27/cynthia-mckinney-on-racial-disparities/#comment-550953 Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:04:47 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/27/cynthia-mckinney-on-racial-disparities/#comment-550953 Cynthia McKinney is in many ways a strategic choice for the Greens. There are those who believe that Mckinney's candidacy provides on opportunity for the GP to expand its urban minority base. The Greens have been fairly successful in urban elections around the country with Greens on city councils in San Fransisco, Minneapolis, Boston, New Haven, and other cities. In the event that Obama is not that Dem. nominee there could be an opening for the GP to triple its pathetic 2004 vote total and once again gain some national traction. This effort is ironically helped by the Nader campaign which has and will continue to draw most of the hits. While this is going on Mckinney draws off radical and possibly (if no obama) some moderate urban activists with her campaign and her film American Blackout. While there is no hope of beating the 2000 vote total she will surely better the 2004 effort. Cynthia McKinney is in many ways a strategic choice for the Greens. There are those who believe that Mckinney’s candidacy provides on opportunity for the GP to expand its urban minority base. The Greens have been fairly successful in urban elections around the country with Greens on city councils in San Fransisco, Minneapolis, Boston, New Haven, and other cities. In the event that Obama is not that Dem. nominee there could be an opening for the GP to triple its pathetic 2004 vote total and once again gain some national traction. This effort is ironically helped by the Nader campaign which has and will continue to draw most of the hits. While this is going on Mckinney draws off radical and possibly (if no obama) some moderate urban activists with her campaign and her film American Blackout. While there is no hope of beating the 2000 vote total she will surely better the 2004 effort.

]]> by: ElfNinosMom http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/27/cynthia-mckinney-on-racial-disparities/#comment-550707 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:15:40 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/27/cynthia-mckinney-on-racial-disparities/#comment-550707 I agree with Tom Knapp. I agree with Tom Knapp.

]]> by: Sivarticus http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/27/cynthia-mckinney-on-racial-disparities/#comment-550666 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:51:52 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/27/cynthia-mckinney-on-racial-disparities/#comment-550666 McKinney is identity politics personified. Without Nader running for their nomination, the Greens seemed relentlessly bent on running a female candidate, regardless of who it is. McKinney is the natural choice for them, but not a very good one with any appeal outside their party. The left-wing Presidential choices have been receding since 2000, however, and McKinney will just continue their retraction. Hopefully, this means independents will begin turning toward the Libertarians and Constitution Party as reasonable alternatives to the defunct and splintered left. McKinney is identity politics personified. Without Nader running for their nomination, the Greens seemed relentlessly bent on running a female candidate, regardless of who it is. McKinney is the natural choice for them, but not a very good one with any appeal outside their party. The left-wing Presidential choices have been receding since 2000, however, and McKinney will just continue their retraction.

Hopefully, this means independents will begin turning toward the Libertarians and Constitution Party as reasonable alternatives to the defunct and splintered left.

]]> by: Thomas L. Knapp http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/27/cynthia-mckinney-on-racial-disparities/#comment-550286 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:39:01 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/27/cynthia-mckinney-on-racial-disparities/#comment-550286 Lots of use of terms like "real discussion of the issues" and "talk about the concrete measures," but no real discussion of the issues or talk about the concrete measures. Content = 0. Lots of use of terms like “real discussion of the issues” and “talk about the concrete measures,” but no real discussion of the issues or talk about the concrete measures. Content = 0.

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