Many people ask what the Green Party's Plan and why don't they tell anyone. Well I was looking for one too, so I decided to brainstorm one. Maybe we can work on it together, and start expressing it to the people.
Plan A:
2008-------The Green Party wins in 2008.
Plan B:
2008----The Green Party wins 5% of the presidential election
the country will take the Green Party more serious, give them media exposure, provide campaign funding, allow them in the debates, and pay for their convention.
2008-2012--We mobilize and build on the momentum of 2008. We register new voters who have not voted before. We convince all people who support Green Values to vote green. (the majority is not rich, or middle class, the majority is working poor and struggling middle class). We also organize people to vote Green in their local elections. We build up our base locally, joining the efforts of non profits, and grass roots organizations. We get more people to vote green in next election. We select our presidential ticket earlier, improve our website, and get our messages and frames together (similar to how the democrats finally got their frames right in 2008). We get access to the debates to inform more voters about the Green Party.
2012--------We get 15-25% of the presidential vote. (Ross Perot got 19% in 1992 after appearing in the debates with the democrat and republican candidate.) Instead of letting the Dem/Repub controlled media decide for us that we messed up, we decide for ourselves, that we succeeded in building a movement and sending the message that we taking back out country.
2012-2016--We build on the momentum and success of the past 8 years. We convince more voters to join a movement that truly represents them. We gain more grounds in local elections, build our base up stronger, and improve our communication efforts. We perfect our message and frames. We set our sites on winning governor, senate and congress seats. We appear in the debates and have more campaign ads.
2016--------We will win the presidential seat with at least 52%. We take back our country, change foreign policy, improve social services, and give the people (the majority) what they want and need. We select new Supreme Court Justices, Cabinet members, and put pressure on the House and Senate to enact laws that represent the people's values.
Then what? Anything we want. Anything you want.
By 2016, we could have a chance at winning with a 3rd party, a party that you support, it doesn't have to be Green, but something that has your values. Are you really voting for your values and expectations of government when you vote democratic, or is it just better than republicans. when will we vote for what we want, not just what is a LITTLE better.
thats a plan for taking back our country from the ultra rich, corporations, and old-money-elite.
In 8 years we could have a country that supports Social Justice, Peace, Grass Roots Democracy, Diversity, Gender Equality and Ecological Wisdom. (and all the values you want in government)
Thats a lot better than "change" what ever that really means
thats a lot better than "better than bush" but not what we need.
hmmm...
