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| Greens Welcome Constructive Input, Not Whining. |
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Pacific Green Party of Oregon November 13, 2003 "Whining Doesn't Count." The Pacific Green Party of Oregon today announced that it welcomes constructive input from Democratic Party officials and strategists with regard to the 2004 presidential election. "We have to recognize there is a perception that Greens somehow caused the Democrats to lose the presidential election in 2000," said Blair Bobier, a spokesman for the party and its 1998 candidate for governor, responding to a column in the October 12 Oregonian by David Sarasohn. "Of course, we see things differently. For starters, Al Gore ran such a lousy campaign he managed to lose his home state. More importantly, though, Gore actually won the popular vote nationwide. If our country had a more just and modern electoral system, Gore would be president today. If Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris hadn't illegally removed thousands of Democratic voters from the registration lists in Florida, Gore would be president today." However, many Democrats still insist on blaming the Greens and Ralph Nader for Gore's defeat, so Greens have to deal with this misconception. "We welcome constructive input from Democrats," said Bobier. "Basically, what they're saying in columns such as Mr. Sarasohn's, is they can't win without us. If they want to approach us respectfully with a strategy for removing George Bush from office, We're willing to listen. But no more whining. I was always taught to take responsibility for my own actions and not place blame elsewhere. Mr. Sarasohn and his cronies obviously haven't learned this lesson yet." Bobier added that Greens are interested in electoral reforms such as instant runoff voting and proportional representation, which would benefit both Greens and Democrats, and that Democratic support for these electoral reforms could become the basis of discussions between the parties.
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