Hey Sierra Club! Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

As a former member of the Sierra Club (sorry for the lapse), I would like to understand why you would endorse Lincoln Chafee.

"The club said a vote for Chafee is better than a vote for a Democrat because of his position as a dissident within the majority party."

This has to be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard, and given that George Bush is president, that says alot. His position as a "dissident" is worthless, since he is almost a minority of one in a party whose policies are anti-environment, which is to say anti-Sierra Club. Just look at NARAL and their (lack of) success at keeping anti-choice judges off the Supreme Court. And they endorsed Chafee as well.

Please, if you can't manage to support the candidate whose party will actually implement the policies you are calling for, then withhold your endorsement. To do otherwise is a waste of an endorsement, and any money that goes with it. It also provides cover to the Republicans, because now they can claim that they have the endorsement of a major environmental activist group. True? No. Do they care? No.

Just out of curiousity, did the Sierra Club interview any of Chafee's potential Democratic challengers?

For the record, I was going to renew my membership, but given this endorsement, I am going to send my $39 to Sheldon Whitehouse. I feel it will be money better spent.