It would be nice if the far left, for once, did some introspection.

[bekkilyn]

244. The Greens aren't asking what they can do differently

because they really don't matter in the larger scheme of things. They don't have any real power outside of possibly running a spoiler campaign *IF* they can get someone fairly popular to do it. They tried with Bernie from what I understand and he wouldn't join with them.

People aren't thinking that the Dems and GOP are no different because of an insignificant number of Greens. It's because they don't see much difference in their lives no matter who they vote for because people on both sides have sold them out over the years. A lot of people in the country don' really have a party that represents them anymore because the GOP is to whacky and the Dems have gone from supporting the "little guy" to suburban and coastal elites where they get most of their votes. So to a significant number of people, it hasn't mattered who they voted for in their minds. Again, the Greens are a symptom of this way of thinking.

And what good would it really do when a group as insignificant and powerless as the greens self-reflects? They could do a complete 180 and decide that Hillary is the greatest candidate since sliced bread, but who would really care? It would have little if any impact.

Alternately, the Democratic party has a great deal of power by comparison. Even if they have lost a huge amount of power compared to the GOP, they are still one of the two most powerful political parties in this country. It makes a HUGE difference for the Democratic party to self reflect and makes a huge difference to the lives of everyone in this country, including Greens.

If Dems do things differently, they can make big changes to the symptoms. If Greens do things differently, no one's going to notice because they have no real impact on much of anything. They, like everyone else, must resort to pleading with the Dems to improve for the sake of all of us.