2008 – Zany Third Parties, Part 2!

Last week, I posted a piece about some of the Third Party candidates that will be running for President this coming election, and I focused primarily on groups that would describe themselves as “conservative” or to the “right.” Today, I will drop in on some of the left wing candidates and their attempts at taking the White House.

First on my list, is the ever so persistent Green Party. Believe it or not, I actually worked for these folks in 2000 when I helped run Ralph Nader’s campaign in the Imperial Valley. Like the Libertarian’s, the party actually has real support amongst certain sectors of the community, and many of its members could easily fit into the left wing of the Democratic Party. They hold a number of local electoral seats across the country, so that automatically puts them on a different level than some of the other groups I have touched upon. According to their website:

"Greens emphasize environmentalism, decentralization and local autonomy, in keeping with a commitment to non-hierarchical participatory democracy. The party platform states a number of social justice positions, including support for a federally funded commitment to end poverty."

Your basic New-Left position and one I catch myself agreeing with from time to time. As for their potential candidates…

Elaine Brown


Maybe it is because the Green Party is the biggest left-wing party in America (if you exclude the Democrats), but they sure have been picking up a lot of Black Nationalist leaders recently. Elaine Brown is a prison activist, former chairperson of the Black Panther Party, and all around angry leftist. She recently called Colin Powell, Chris Rock, and Oprah Winfrey “New Age House Negros.” Come on Mrs. Brown, tell us what you really think! You are not going to pick up the housewife vote if you piss on their golden god known as Oprah.

Cynthia McKinney



Yep, this moron may very well run for office under the Green Party banner. If that happens, I will surely lose any sympathy I had left for the Greens.

While she has not declared her candidacy as of yet, she has made gestures towards seeking the Green’s nomination. McKinney attended the California Green Party strategy retreat in Sonoma, California, where she was the keynote speaker. When asked what color her parachute would be in 08, she responded, "it's not red and it's not blue."

I only hope that this pro-dictator, anti-Semite, conspiracy theorist, and all around idiot doesn’t get the Green’s endorsement.

UPDATE – One day after I wrote this piece, McKinney withdrew her name from the pool of candidate’s vying for the Green slot. I like to think the piece that I had written but never published was what stopped her.