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the Greens recognize the necessity of everyone who opposes shrub to unite in order to stop the neocons from destroying America and the world. Although they do not support the policies of the Democratic party, they recognize that the Democratic party is the only political body that can, at this time, realistically field a candidate that can defeat shrub in the 2004 election.

If the Greens support their own party candidate, and fail to support the Democratic candidate, and shrub wins the election, the Green party will become a national pariah, and will possibly not only lose some of their current membership, but will also lose future membership, effectively destroying their chances of becoming a major party. (And the US will be in danger of becoming a full blown fascist nation that might go so far as to eventually outlaw the Green party).

It seems that they may be willing to temporarily suspend party solidarity in the instance of the 2004 presidential election and unite with democrats to defeat shrub, and return to party solidarity after the fascist threat of shrub and the neocons is ended.

Although I have never voted for anyone but a Democrat, I, like the Greens, have been very disappointed with the shift to the right that the Democratic party has taken since the foundation of the DLC and its split from the traditional principles of the Democratic party.

If the Greens unite with Democrats in order to defeat shrub, I'll probably join the Green Party after the 2004 election, unless it appears that the Democratic party radically reverses its pro-transnational corporate direction. (If Greens don't unite with Dems to defeat shrub and shrub wins the election, I'm hoping that there is a safe place to hide in the Andes).