When you say “third party,” it’s tacitly suggesting that there should be only three major parties in the United States. Which of course would be better than two, but what we really want is a truly multiparty system, where voters have lots of different choices.

Admittedly I am a Libertarian and we are all about choice, but given that we are the most viable alternative party in the country with the possible exception of the Greens (depending how you measure), I hope it will not be taken amiss if I suggest that all alternative party activists should band together in matters of symbolically (i.e. semantically) declaring our support for a system where we all have ballot access and a place at the electoral table.

Talk of “a (single) Third Party” pits all the alternatives against each other in vying for that status, when we should be working together to end the two party cartel that is unfairly dominating this country’s politics and perpetuating a corrupt and elitist status quo.

By the way, enjoy our banner at the top of the page. _snicker

3rd paragraph – 2007 not 2006 as bryan said in comments. also there was no ‘strong green party door to door campaign’, it was a non-partisan race with some door to door. Nor did i earn a place in the debates by anything other than being a candidate. here locally, they honor all candidates in forums, however, we do not actually debate anything.

and to be clear, i ran in a non-partisan race, not a party affiliated one – big difference in access to media and forums.

fourth paragraph:
wow, i’d like to meet someone who “refer(s) to Kat Swift as an “Alpha Female”, with rhetorical flare, and white hot passion.” other than the author, who i think i’ve met…

sixth paragraph:
my day job is rarely quiet, which is why i try to work from home or after hours

last and seventh paragraph:
those are only one set of many issues that i and other greens address. look at the gp platform on gp.org and the candidates’ websites.

so all in all – enjoyable reading with a great use of adjectives just not all ones that are fully accurate . thanks for the writeup!

I’m not a Green Party supporter at all, I am a Democrat who is virulently anti-Nader, but the Independent Green Party is definitely misrepresenting itself and is really pathetic. I haven’t heard Kat Swift, but that article must be pretty sensationalist.

Although I appreciate any news and promos for Kat, there is one detail that was…well…wrong… Kat ran for San Antonio City Council in 2007…not 2006, it was also the first time a Green had run for City Council.

I am a Kat Swift supporter, and frankly, I wonder if Carey has ever visited Kat’s website. The words chosen for this post “rhetorical flare, and white hot passion” don’t really describe Kat. Kat is real…she is one of us…Kat puts her positions in common language…not legalese. Kat is “Seriously Green”.

One of the reasons I was drawn to her campaign was the fact that she went out of her way to attain ballot access for the Green Party. Kat has worked for years in a number of offices/appointments for the Texas Green Party, and the National Green Party and it’s affiliated caucuses.

I am sorry…but this look at Kat Swift appears to be written by a “shill” who is trying to prove how “inclusive” the TPW is and will continue to be…(made ya look)

If Carey is “legit”...at least get your facts correct before posting….