Comments on: Colorado’s Sweet 16

By: Peter Orvetti

Peter Orvetti — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:02:42 +0000

I think he would have had to file during daylight hours, making it difficult.

By: ronaldkanehardy

ronaldkanehardy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:29:37 +0000

I’m disappointed that the Vampire isn’t on the ballot in Colorado.

By: darolew

darolew — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:38:35 +0000

“So should the three (or four, depending how you look at it) libertarian partiesâ€¦”

Or only one, if you have high standards like certain personalities we should know.

“The three socialist parties ought to consider getting their act together.”

While there’s only three of them on the Colorado ballot, there are actually many more socialist parties.

The three listed are the Party for Socialism and Liberation, the Socialist Party USA, and the Socialist Workers Party. Also in existence, there’s the Peace and Freedom Party, the Socialist Equality Party, the Workers World Party, the Communist Party USA, the Democratic Socialists of America, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, the Revolutionary Communist Party USA, the Social Democracy of America, Socialist Action, Socialist Alternative, the Socialist Labor Party of America, the Workers Party USA, and the World Socialist Party of the United States.

By my count, that’s sixteen active socialist parties in the United States. Many of them don’t run candidates (at least anymore), but all of them are at least as significant as the Boston Tea Party, and so I think it’s fair to count them.

While certainly humorous, I think continual schisms over small differences has not worked out particularly well for the far-left. This might serve as an interesting lesson that other ideologies can learn from (just sayin’).

By: inDglass

inDglass — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:57:17 +0000

I bet that if the other 49 states weren’t such jerks about ballot access Colorado wouldn’t get ganged up on like this.

By: svf

svf — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:14:07 +0000

The three socialist parties ought to consider getting their act together.

So should the three (or four, depending how you look at it) libertarian parties…

By: RedPhillips

RedPhillips — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:57:17 +0000

Heartquake 08?

The three socialist parties ought to consider getting their act together.

By: Mike Theodore

Mike Theodore — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:19:05 +0000

Watching Titanic and reading the biblical ramblings of one of his supporters. I’ll poke around it and make sure my mom isn’t praising a sane looking Milnes.

By: Peter Orvetti

Peter Orvetti — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:14:42 +0000

Koenig’s site is http://william2008.com/

By: Mike Theodore

Mike Theodore — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:51:49 +0000

What’d I get you thinking?
I wish my state could have this much, I might just have to move out here before my first chance to vote.
My mom just heard of this Koenig fellow, and is head over heels over some things he said. I’ll have to look into him.