Reply #9: That is the million dollar question, one that I haven't fully answered myself [View All]

I've stuck with the Dems through thick and thin, ever since the McGovern campaign. Sadly, I've seen the Dems move further and further away from my position, becoming ever more right leaning with time. After Clinton, whom I disagreed with on many issues(NAFTA, welfare "reform", etc.) I seriously considered voting Nader in '00. I refrained though, knowing that it was going to take a large push to keep Bush out of office. I did the same in '04. I think my real tipping point was earlier this year, when the Dems refused to defund and end the war. I draw the line when party politics means supporting more death destruction. I really have to see who is going to get the Democratic nod for next year, but if it Hillary or some other corporate candidate, I'm probably going to go Green. I can only continue to vote against a person, or vote for a lesser evil for so long. About the only candidate that I'm enthusiastic about voting for is Kucinich, and I realize that his chances are slim.

I think that more and more people are reaching the same breaking point, that the ongoing death and destruction has outraged them so much that they can't continue to support anybody who isn't taking action to stop the war. Thus, I think that, especially if Hillary gets the nod, we're going to see a situation much like 1968, where you have millions of anti-war liberals either voting third party or staying home. Harsh medicine I know, but perhaps it will wake up the party leaders and force them to pay attention to the voters. God knows, nothing else has.