I vividly remember Ralph Nader pulling one or two percent of the Democratic vote away from Al Gore. A vote for Nader was half a vote for Bush. Look what we got as a result!

I'm not saying I would *never* be drawn away from the Democrats. But I will *never* be drawn away from the candidate with the best chance of defeating the candidate who is crazy--and right now that means I vote Democrat so I won't wind up under the thumb of the Republicans and I do that without exception.

So Greens or whoever shouldn't bother offering me progressive candy hoping I will throw away my vote. If we splinter, we will end up the way we were under Bush, and the Earth can't take too much more of that.