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Even Nader knows he has no chance to win. All he can do is help Bush/Cheney.

 

Ralph Nader: Good for Consumers and Environment, Bad for Voters

Ralph Nader has done a lot for consumers, the environment and more. But by running for President in 2004 he's only helping Bush. Everyone has the right to run for public office, but that doesn't make it right to run for office. There are other ways to express ideas and demand change. There are better ways to "send a message" than casting a vote that empowers the extreme right wing.

Nader has the right to run for office, but that doesn't mean it's right for him to help the right - or right for anyone to help him help Bush. Nader made his point in the 2000 Election. Why make the same point again when the 2004 Election is too important to lose. Unless you want four more years of Bush/Cheney - neo-cons and theo-cons running amok - please don't support Ralph Nader.

Nader admits Kerry is much better than Bush. Winona LaDuke - Nader's running mate in 1996 and 2000 - says, "I'm voting for John Kerry this November. I'm voting my conscience." All (former) Nader voters should listen and help stop Nader from helping Bush. Wear No Nader Shirts and Hats. Buy No Nader Stickers and Mugs. Tell would-be Nader voters to send a message with email, fax, phone, or stamp. A vote is a terrible thing to waste.

 

Progressives Speak Out about Election 2004:

WINONA LaDUKE - Nader's running mate in 1996 and 2000: "I'm voting for John Kerry this November. I'm voting my conscience."

HOWARD DEAN: "If George W. Bush is re-elected [sic], the health, safety, consumer, environmental, and open government provisions Ralph Nader has fought for will be undermined. George Bush's right-wing appointees will still be serving as judges fifty years from now, and our Constitution will be shredded. It will be government by, of, and for, the corporations - exactly what Ralph Nader has struggled against."

 

Below from www.changein04.com

MICHAEL MOORE - filmmaker, author: "There are times to vote to make a statement, there are times to vote for the underdog and there are times to vote to save the country from catastrophe. This time we can and must do all three."

 

RALPH NADER - presidential candidate: "[John Kerry is] certainly better than Bush.... He's got a lot of good in him...."


MEDEA BENJAMIN - Green Party US Senate candidate, California, 2000: "In the swing states, where this election's going to be determined, [Greens should] recognize that we owe it to the global community to get rid of George Bush. And if people in those swing states support that strategy of getting rid of George Bush, then voting for Kerry might be the strategic vote for them."


HOWARD ZINN - author, A People's History of the United States: "If Kerry is elected, we'll have a little ledge to stand on... Presidents can be moved by their constituencies."


NOAM CHOMSKY - professor, author, activist, dissident: "[T]here are differences (between Kerry and Bush). In a system of immense power, small differences can translate into large outcomes."

 

JOHN RENSENBRINK - co-founder, Green Party of the United States: "People...are very focused on stopping the right-wing cabal that has taken over the country. Therefore, the focus has to be on defeating Bush."

 

PAT LAMARCHE - Vice Presidential candidate, Green Party: "There are huge issues...." (listing the war, the environment, healthcare, the economy, and jobs.) "But most important of all is making sure that George Bush is no longer president of the United States."

 

NORMAN SOLOMON - activist, columnist, author, Target Iraq: "The emergence of 'GREENS FOR KERRY' reflects a growing recognition of what's at stake. There are many things wrong with John Kerry's political positions - yet piling up sufficient votes for Kerry on November 2 is the only practical way to rid this country and the world of the horrific Bush presidency. Let's get to work on this historic imperative! Voting Bush out means voting Kerry in."

 

BARBARA LEE - US Representative (D-Calif.) - "I told Mr. Nader: 'A vote for Ralph Nader is really a vote for George Bush.' We can't risk this Bush presidency taking hold again."

 

 

Ralph Nader: He's
Good for Consumers,
But Bad for Voters

Ralph Nader has done a lot for consumers, the environment and more. But by running for President in 2000 he only helped the right wing. Everyone has the right to run for public office, but that doesn't make it right to run for office.

There are better ways to "express ideas" and challenge moderate and liberal politicians to do better without empowering right wing politicians who destroy everything the progressive and liberal movements hold dear.

Nader doesn't merely "express ideas." He mainly "challenges" liberals and Democrats, while giving right wing Republicans a relative free pass. Worse, Nader actively collaborates with pro-Bush right wingers to help them win elections.

Nader says he prefers candidates like Bush and Cheney over Clinton and Gore. Why? He hopes if the right wing extremists make life horrible for enough people, we will turn to Nader.

That's why Nader and his Naderites attack all Democrats and liberals and help the right wing Republicans. We support everyone's rights to free expression and political participation. In that vein we demand equal rights to challenge Ralph Nader's spoiler politics and misinformation.

Yes, Nader has every right to run for office, but we also have an equal right to tell the awful truth about Nader. He busts unions, abuses employees, and invests in "frankenfoods," weapons-makers and oil companies.

We use facts like these to expose Ralph Nader's poisonous impact on politics. We "send messages" via email and the telephone - and this blog. We urge you to do the same, and to use your vote to select leaders and send messages by other means.

Once Ralph Nader knew better than this. We'd hoped recent events would remind him of his better days and common sense. Unfortunately they haven't.

Nader even refuses to listen to former top supporters like Oscar winners Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, and Tim Robbins. Nader scorns his friends including Phil Donahue, Danny Glover, Bonnie Raitt and Willie Nelson who urged him not to run in 2004.

Nader plays fast and loose with the facts. He pretends he's a mind reader dishonestly claiming his critics want to censor him and deny his rights.

Wrong. We have no problem with Nader's free expression so long as it's honest. It often isn't, so we correct the record.. We also urge you not to support any Nader or any pro-Nader group until they abandon their counterproductive agenda.

This is not about doing something for Democrats or John Kerry. This is about caring for yourself, your loved ones, your community and Planet Earth. Unless you want four more years of Bush / Cheney neo-cons and theo-cons, please don't support Ralph Nader.

 

 

Important Links:

Greens/Democrats vs. Nader/Bush


NaderWatch Discussion Group


Stop Nader.com


Not Nader.com


DontVoteRalph.net


Ralph Don't Run


The Nader Factor.com


BushWatch's NaderWatch


Damned Big Difference


Greens for Kerry


Repentant Nader Voter


Say No To Nader.com


Ralph Nader's Skeleton Closet





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Let Nader Speak to his Right Wing Supporters
TheNaderFactor.com August 31, 2004

We at TheNaderFactor.com think its only fair after all the help Republicans have given Nader – let alone Nader taking their help – that we bring them all together for one big party in New York City. Well, we need Your Help. TheNaderFactor.com is launching its own little signature-gathering effort. We call it – "Let Nader Speak to his Right Wing Supporters" (we know its not that catchy). http://www.thenaderfactor.com/petition7

Our petition is simple. If Republicans and Nader plan to work together, if Republicans plan to gather signatures to help Nader, then we think its only fair that we concerned Americans help Nader gather signatures to get speaking time at this week’s Republican Convention. Any speaking time will do, of course.

Of course, we need others to help the poor Republicans. We need Democrats and Independents – and their friends - to go to TheNaderFactor.com and demand Ed Gillespie, Chairman of the RNC, to give Nader speaking time at the Republican National Convention.


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Ad Campaign Asserts a Bush-Nader Alliance
MARK GLASSMAN The New York Times Editors' Note August 24, 2004

A new advertising campaign satirizing the Republican financial support of Ralph Nader's independent campaign for the presidency sums up the effort this way: Bush-Nader '04. In a 60-second television advertisement that begins running on Tuesday an announcer alludes to an unlikely partnership between Mr. Bush, the conservative incumbent, and Mr. Nader, the long shot who has made a career out of championing liberal causes. The advertisement displays state by state where Republican groups have supported Mr. Nader.

"Republicans are helping Nader get on the ballot in Oregon, Nevada, Michigan, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Mexico, even Florida," an announcer says. "Why? Because the right wing believes that helping Ralph Nader helps George Bush." The advertisement is sponsored by TheNaderFactor.com, a liberal group seeking to prevent the re-election of President Bush.Chris Kofinis, a senior adviser to the group, said the goal of the advertisement was to discourage Mr. Nader from accepting money and help from Republicans in qualifying for ballots.

"We're talking about organized Republican operatives," Mr. Kofinis said. "They're not doing it nonbattleground states." The advertisement concludes with a blue italicized Bush-Nader logo, a parody of the Bush-Cheney logo. The advertisement is tongue-in-cheek, Mr. Kofinis said, "but the message of the ad is that Republicans are helping Nader, and Nader is not disavowing that help."

The commercial cost $5,000 to produce, and the TheNaderFactor .com is spending an additional $20,000 to run it dozens of times this week in New Mexico and Wisconsin, where Mr. Nader won a significant number of votes in 2000. His deadline for submittting the necessary number of signatures for getting on the ballot in those states is Sept. 7. Polls suggest Mr. Nader could get at least 2 percent to 3 percent of the vote in a dozen swing states.

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Top Massachusetts Bush donor contributed to Nader
By Associated Press August 12, 2004
BOSTON --Ralph Nader has found an unexpected friend in Massachusetts.
Hopkinton computer tycoon Richard Egan, the Bush campaign's finance chairman in John Kerry's home state, has personally contributed the maximum amount allowed by law -- $2,000 -- to Nader's presidential campaign. Egan's son John and daughter in law have each also 'maxed out,' bringing the family's total to $6,000.

Bush backers are hoping Nader will siphon enough votes from Kerry to tip the election to President Bush. The co-founder of data storage giant EMC Corp. and Bush's former ambassador to Ireland, Egan is legendary in Republican circles for his ability to collect hundreds of thousands in campaign dollars.

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Republicans fund Nader as decisive electoral weapon
Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington August 10, 2004 The Guardian (UK)

Ralph Nader, the consumers' champion who became the scourge of Democrats for his determination to run for US president, faced a concerted challenge yesterday to his candidacy in a battleground state. In two separate lawsuits, Democratic activists in Pennsylvania sought to keep Mr Nader off November's ballot.

The move intensifies the war between Republicans and Democrats over Mr Nader's candidacy, a conflict fuelled by the maverick's willingness to accept funds and help from some of George Bush's most ardent supporters.

Republicans are eager to see Mr Nader do well - not because of his stand on the environment or Iraq - but in the hope that he will tip the balance towards Mr Bush in the race against John Kerry, the Democratic challenger. But the Democrats have stood their ground, with activists harrying Mr Nader's effort to get on the ballot in several states.

In the Pennsylvania lawsuits Democrats accused the Nader campaign of falsifying thousands of names on petitions endorsing his candidacy in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas. His campaign was also accused of failing to pay the contractors who organised the petition and who allegedly paid homeless people a dollar for each signature.

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Workers: "A lot of us were scammed" by Nader
Petition circulators demanded payment for signatures collected.
By Michael Currie Schaffer Philadelphia Inquirer 07/31/2004

Ralph Nader's presidential campaign this week abruptly abandoned the Center City office that housed its efforts to get on the Pennsylvania ballot, leaving behind a mess of accusations and a damaged building. The office, on the 1500 block of Chestnut Street, was emptied Thursday after a raucous scene the night before. Police were called as dozens of homeless people lined up to collect money they said they were owed for circulating petitions on the candidate's behalf.

Many of the circulators were never paid, according to outreach workers and interviews with several men who had collected signatures. "A lot of us were scammed," said Ed Seip, 52, who said he collected more than 200 signatures for Nader. Nader has until Monday to collect the 25,697 petition signatures required to be on the presidential election ballot.
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